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Staff Sgt. Wastart

332d Air Expeditionary Wing

June 13, 2009 | 6:05

Talks to a military reporter about how the 447th Expeditionary Medical Squadron medical facility at Sather Air Base in Baghdad, Iraq is different from other medical facilities and functions with a smaller staff, his personal history as a military medical technician, the difference between his duties as a National Guard medic and his civilian job as a fire fighter and paramedic and how the overall experience has been for him. Also see “447th Expeditionary Medical Squadron at Sather Air Base” in the B-roll and Packages sections and “Col. McCarthy” and “Chief Master Sgt. Steanson” in the Interviews section.