Bagram Air Base Afghanistan

Doug has been deployed with the United States Air Force as a Critical Care Combat Medic. He is assigned to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Bagram Air Base. He treats Coalition forces, local nationals (to include kids), and the enemy.

Trauma is nothing new for Doug. At home he does the same work on the ICU at Landstuhl. The injuries are the same, primarily blast injuries from bombs, which cause, burns, amputations, and severe brain injuries and secondarily gunshot wounds. What is new is that Doug has never had to give critical care to children. He has had children with devastating injuries and some who have not been able to survive.

Please pray that God would give Doug the strength to see and deal with all that he is exposed to on a daily basis. We pray that God would give him the compassion necessary to give the same great care to the enemy laying next to one of those little children. Lastly, we ask that Jesus bring fellow believers into his life there to encourage and support him during this journey.

Thank you for praying.