RELEASE NUMBER: 081219-05
DATE POSTED: DECEMBER 19, 2008

5th SFG Soldier named USASOC Medic of the Year

USASOC Public Affairs Office

Spc. Rotha R. Dornes, top, from 2nd Bn., 75th Ranger Regiment, receives the USASOC Special Operations Combat Medic of the Year award from Col. Virgil Deal, USASOC Surgeon, at the USASOC Surgeon's Conference Dec. 14 in Tampa, Fla. Dornes also received a Bronze Star Medal for Valor at the conference for his actions while deployed in support of the War on Terror. Sgt. 1st Class Eric Strand, bottom, a Special Forces medical sergeant from 3rd Bn., 5th SFG(A), receives the overall 2008 USASOC Medic of the Year award from the Special Operations Medical Association in Tampa, Fla., Dec. 16. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Victoria Meyer, USSOCOM Public Affairs)

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, Dec. 19, 2008) – Two Special Operations Forces medics were recognized as the 2008 USASOC Medics of the Year during the annual USASOC Surgeon’s Conference in Tampa, Fla., Dec. 14.

Sgt. 1st Class Eric Strand, a Special Forces medical sergeant from 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), was chosen as the Special Forces Medic of the Year. Additionally, Strand was chosen as the overall USASOC Medic of the Year by the Special Operations Medical Association at their annual Mess Night Dec. 16.

Spc. Rotha R. Dornes, a Special Operations combat medic from 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, was also recognized during the conference. Dornes was also awarded a Bronze Star Medal for Valor for actions while deployed in support of the War on Terror.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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