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rapidfire Spotlight Active Duty Attention! Check out these military-related entertainment offerings. BOOK >> My War: Killing Time in Iraq (Putnam Adult, 2005): Colby Buzzell, a U.S. Army machine-gunner who did a yearlong tour in Iraq, writes about the long, boring spells interrupted by wild fits of confusing action. Buzzell first started writing about his experiences in a blog. TELEVISION >> World’s Largest Concert (PBS, March 2006): A segment of this show, a sing-along concert that links students around the world through music, was taped at McConnell AFB, Kan. About 55 local students sang “My Country ‘Tis of Thee.” On display was a 22nd Air Refueling Wing KC-135 Stratotanker, a formation of 50 airmen, and a color guard. MOVIE >> Lincoln and Lee at Antietam — The Cost of Freedom (Inecom Entertainment Co., 2006): This DVD, narrated by Ronald F. Maxwell, documents the battle that changed the course of the Civil War. It includes first-person accounts, commentaries from renowned historians, and an original music score and costs $24.95. L t. Cmdr. George G. Reichert serves as ship’s nurse aboard the USS Nimitz. Why does the Nimitz have just one nurse? I have four Navy corpsmen to assist me with inpatient care while under way, so there’s really no need for more nurses. We have 10 health care professionals and 30 to 40 corpsmen in the medical unit. Why the Navy? I joined the Army hoping to see the world, but ended up in Missouri instead, so after ﬁnishing nursing school I tried the Navy. On our last deployment alone we visited Hong Kong, Guam, Kuala Lumpur, Bahrain, Dubai, Perth, and Hawaii. What kinds of cases do you treat? Mostly, the population we serve is young so most are in pretty good shape physically. We see a lot of celluli- tis and appendicitis; we do some hernia repair — things like that. Occasionally we treat more serious cases: trauma, gunshot wounds, heart attacks. What’s the best thing about being a nurse aboard the Nimitz? The variety of things you see. The opportunities for growth and doing different things are just endless. What’s your most memorable experience? We treated an Iraqi ﬁsherman who had been shot in the abdomen by local bandits. We medevaced him to our ICU, where he stayed until we could transfer him to an Iraqi hospital. It was quite a sight seeing the captain of the Nimitz talking with the captain of a small Iraqi ﬁshing boat. — Mark Cantrell M MOAA’s Call for Resolutions OAA’s biennial resolutions offer members the opportunity to participate in the management and direction of the association. Any member may propose a resolution, which should address a legislative or management issue related to the purposes of the association. Proposed resolutions need not be wordy or legalistic, but should express ideas clearly and brieﬂy. A Resoultions Committee, appointed by the chairman of the board, will review all submissions. If the committee ﬁnds a proposed resolution to be relevant to the association’s purposes, it will be structured to the desired format. All elegible members will vote on the resolutions through the ballot process. MO RESOURCES ■ Proposed resolutions must be received no later than March 15. Send to the Committee on Resolutions, MOAA, 201 N. Washington St., Alexandria, VA 22314-2539. IMAGES: LEFT, COURTESY LT. CMDR. GEORGE G. REICHERT, USN; ABOVE, IMAGES.COM/CORBIS http://IMAGES.COM/CORBIS

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Military Officer - March 2006

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