To comply with the Geneva Accords, these medevac choppers are not equipped with machine guns.

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In Al Kut, south of Baghdad, things can be quiet for days for an Arkansas National Guard medevac unit.

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These include: special operations, search and rescue, logistic support, medevac, anti-submarine warfare, etc.

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Had he broken a leg, it would have been necessary to use a satellite radio to call the medevac helicopter.

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The private sector anticipates myriad uses for V-22 derivatives -- including executive aviation, disaster relief, medevac, short-haul transport, package express, etc.

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For nearly half an hour, Sal worked to stop the bleeding and help his friend breathe until the MEDEVAC arrived to lift the wounded from the ridge.

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There's an Arkansas National Guard medevac unit at Camp Delta just outside the city of Al Kut on a bend of the Tigris river about 60 miles south of Baghdad.

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The Afghan National Security Forces have improved but cannot function without international enablers -- in areas such as air support, medevac, intelligence and logistical assets and maintenance -- for several years to come.

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He started to radio for a medevac helicopter.

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And today we see the lifesaving difference he made -- in the mine-resistant vehicles and the unmanned aircraft, the shorter medevac times in Afghanistan, in our determination to give our wounded warriors the world-class care they deserve.

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