Interview Date: January 28, 2010
Andrew Napier enlisted in the National Guard as a medic immediately after high school. In this interview, he discusses preparation for, and deployment to Afghanistan, and the stress of being a medic. He also describes ambushes and identifying a KIA in detail while in Afghanistan. In addition, Napier discusses his association with the University of Kentucky VA office after coming home and its effectiveness in helping ...
Interview Date: June 30th, 2011
Chris Robinson is from Paint Lick, Kentucky and he joined the National Guard at twenty-eight years old. He joined the Army to become a combat medic and deployed to Iraq. Chris is currently going to school at Eastern Kentucky University and working on a nursing degree. In this interview he talks about working in the hospital and also having to care for detainees in the prison. ...