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As to scope, another characteristic considered is geography. In studying a map of the area, draw a horizontal line from the northern boundary of Turkey, west to east, with the western boundary being the western boundary of Egypt and the eastern boundary being the eastern boundary of Pakistan. Extend
these lines southward, and on the west it includes parts of Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia in Eastern Africa. In the east,
a large segment of India would be included. The purpose of
this geography lesson is highlighting the overall interests of
the United States in all these countries. Many have American military advisors and in some cases American military facilities.
The majority of the participants credited with SWA Era military service served outside the theater, but as noted above, they served with distinction in their military assignments.
Bill Duncan
ARMY
My military career began with a four-year scholarship, graduating in 1987. During this period, I attended Airborne School and Advanced ROTC Camp. At graduation, I was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the USAR. I received an educational delay from active duty to attend medical school. During medical school, I was a member of a New Jersey National Guard unit. On graduation from medical school in 1991, I was promoted to Captain and began my Army career as a Family Medicine Intern/Resident at Womack Army Medical Center at Fort Bragg. Basic training was at Fort Sam Houston, and later the Combat Casualty Course at Fort Bullis in 1993. During my third-year residency at Fort Bragg, following a mid-air collision on March 23, 1994, I cared for some of the 80 injured soldiers. There had been 24 killed. On completing my residency, I remained at Fort Bragg as a clinic physician caring for soldiers and their families. In September, I was reassigned to the Womack Army Medical Center as an attending physician in the family medicine clinic caring for active-duty soldiers, families and retirees. My mobilization unit was Battalion Surgeon, 3rd Batallion, 505 Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, 1994-1998. This unit was mobilized for Operation Restore Democracy in Haiti. The dispute was settled and the mobilization averted. My four-year term was completed, and I was honorably discharged, as a Major, June 30, 1998.
Greg Bahtiarian
Armand N. DeSanctis
I joined the U.S. Army strictly as a volunteer in 1981. There was an urgent plea for physicians during the Cold wave to hit Omaha Beach on D-Day and served through the entire Normandy campaign and the Battle of the Bulge. My
Photo provided by Dean L. Winslow, MD
Gregory Bahtiarian
grandfather, Anthony DeSanctis, served in World War I, and
my great grandfather, Thomas McCullough, in the Civil War, Battle of Gettysburg. I felt it was my duty to serve as well. I was Later, I provided combat medical support as a battalion surgeon, 3/15th Infantry Regiment, 157 Separate Infantry Brigade. I was discharged nine years later, in August 1990.
Armand DeSanctis
Galicano F. Inguito, Jr.
I was in the Delaware Army National Guard. I
completed Basic Training at Fort Bliss, TX in 1986 and prior to enrolling at Jefferson Medical College. While in medical school, I transferred to the Pennsylvania National Guard and subsequently applied for and received the Army Health Professions Scholarship. I served at the Tripler Army Medical Center as an OB/GYN intern in Honololu, HI. In the Demilitarized Zone in Korea and from there moved to Fort Belvoir, VA, which was my last duty station prior to doing my Family Medicine Residency at the Eastern Virginia School of Medicine. I did receive the National Defense Service Medal, Army Commendation Award (two awards), Army Achievement Award, and am a member of the 38th Parallel Medical Society in Korea. I received a maximum score on the Army Physical Fitness Test.
Galicano Inguito
Paul Kupcha
I participated in the Health Professions Scholarship Program for medical school. This program carried with it a four- year obligation with the United States Army. While attending at Fort Devens, MA. After medical school, my internship was completed at Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI. For residency in orthopedic surgery, I was accepted at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. Two days after the completion
of the residency, I reported for duty at Fort Dix, NJ, and was
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