justinsterett9 Jan 5 7 min First HH-60 Pave Hawk Flight Flying is an essential task for a flight surgeon. The initial appeal of being a flight surgeon for many of us is the coolness factor with...
justinsterett9 Sep 24, 2016 8 min The Mighty Eagle Since moving to southern Oregon I’ve been taunted by the constant roar of fighter jets buzzing the skies. One of my main motivations for...
justinsterett9 Nov 8, 2013 5 min Contractor Conundrum The most terrifying thing possible for a young physician is to be alone in the middle of Africa with an overweight, hypertensive,...
justinsterett9 May 1, 2013 6 min Afghanistan CASEVAC The day, or I should say night in a mid November of 2011 started like any other night in the plywood palace that was our clinic in...
justinsterett9 Jan 6, 2013 4 min Indirect Fire One of the ultimate hypocrisies I’ve noticed in the military is the obsession with preaching safety when at home. Driving 15mph on base,...
justinsterett9 Aug 5, 2012 3 min Golden Mortars The first time I heard the loud speaker shout out “INCOMING INCOMING” I nearly fell off the couch in the clinic where at least I thought...
justinsterett9 Jul 12, 2012 4 min Afghanistan Clinical Ops So after five months in Afghanistan I have a couple stories to tell. I should mention that since some of the people I work with have...
justinsterett9 Jun 2, 2012 4 min Doing the Deid Al Udeid air base is a small military staging area in Qatar right in the middle of the Persian gulf. For the most part it functions as...
justinsterett9 Oct 29, 2011 2 min Departure Leaving for a conventional military deployment has come a long ways since the days of GIs stepping out to a rusty old plane hell bound to...
justinsterett9 Apr 3, 2011 6 min CASEVAC Course Placing a blood pressure cuff on a patient is typically a simple task. This time was an exception. I felt for the cuff in my bag, pulled...
