Spc. Erin Raymond, left, of St. Robert, and Staff Sgt. Lavern Peart, of Waynesville, evaluate potential threats during a building clearing exercise.
Missouri Guardsmen refresh on how to clear rooms during weekend drillFORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. (Nov. 9, 2009) — Even for a combat medic like Spc. Erin Raymond, knowing how to clear a room is a fundamental soldier task. “I have to be a soldier before I’m a medic,” said Raymond, who lives in Saint Robert. “It’s important because, even though I am a medic, if I’m put in a situation where one of our members is wounded and I have to help clear a building, I need to know my basic soldiering skills before being a medic. Also, if by chance I ever need to go into a building to get a casualty out or provide care, I have to know the proper way to do it without getting myself or any of my other team members injured.” Raymond joined members of her new unit, the Missouri National Guard’s Headquarters and Headquarters Company in the 35th Engineer Brigade of Fort Leonard Wood, for some military operations on urbanized terrain training during monthly drill.
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