[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3649]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 MILITARY MEDICAL PERSONNEL RESOLUTION

  (Ms. BEAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. BEAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commend our Armed Forces 
medical personnel who provide outstanding care to our servicemembers 
wounded in battle. During a trip to Iraq last fall, I visited our 
theater hospital at Balad Air Force Base and witnessed these skilled 
medical professionals in action and met the brave soldiers whose lives 
they saved.
  Newsweek's current cover story recounts in harrowing detail 
Lieutenant Colonel Richard Jadick's heroic performance during the 2004 
assault on Fallujah. The 38-year-old Navy doctor and former marine 
volunteered to serve alongside the First Battalion, Eighth Marines in 
what would be his first combat experience.
  During 11 days of battle, Dr. Jadick and his team of 54 Navy corpsmen 
treated hundreds of men and saved the lives of at least 30 seriously 
wounded marines.
  Mr. Speaker, the survivability rate for wounded personnel in Iraq and 
Afghanistan is the best of any conflict in our Nation's history, due, 
in no small part, to the skill and courage of personnel like Dr. 
Jadick.
  This morning I urge my colleagues to cosponsor H. Con. Res. 309 and 
join me in saluting these outstanding servicemembers for their hard 
work and fearless dedication.

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