Ronald Reagan and HS-4 Medevac 14 Year-Old Girl From Cruise Ship

NAVY newsstand ^ | USS Ronald Reagan Public Affairs

[SandRat]

071215-N-3659B-065 PACIFIC (Dec. 15, 2007) Medical personnel aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) transfer a patient from an HH-60H Seahawk from Helicopter Anti-Submarine Warfare Squadron Four (HS) 4 following an emergency medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) at sea. The crew of Ronald Reagan and HS-4 helped MEDEVAC a 14-year old Illinois girl who had suffered from a ruptured appendix while vacationing aboard the Dawn Princess cruise ship off the coast of Baja, California. Upon arrival to the ship, the ship's surgeon conducted an emergency appendectomy and the patient is resting comfortably aboard Ronald Reagan. U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joseph M. Buliavac (Released)

[TomServo]

Love the headline...

For a minute I thought...

[Sigh] - Nevermind...

[acapesket]

Thank the Lord that the United States of America is blessed with all of these wonderful human beings!

[Bahbah]

For a minute I thought...

:)

[Justeggsactly]

Can you just imagine the memories this gal will have? Think in a few years someone will be enlisting in the USN?

[Ken522]

I bet that girl is going to want to join the Navy as soon as she can!

[george76]

They have to go out, but they do not have to return.

[Battle Hymn of the Republic]

had been experiencing abdominal pains while aboard

I love boating, but hate cruises!

[george76]

They have to go out, but they do not have to return.

[SandRat]

She’ll have to wait until she’s graduated H.S. and is 18 though.

[george76]

Sorry for the double.

[USNBandit]

Parents got a pretty good return on their tax dollars this year.

[MindBender26]

In our memories... and our dreams.

[SandRat]

I’ll SAY!

[cpdiii]

When you are in trouble the United States Military is your savior. If you are the bad guys, they are your worst nightmare. In the left hand they hold the olive branch of peace but the right hands armored fist holds the lightning bolts of Thor.

[cornfedcowboy]

The girls mother is gonna need to bake a whole bunch of cookies. Doesn’t the RR have something like 5,000 sailors aboard?

[Ramius]

They have to go out, but they do not have to return.

That's actually a Coast Guard saying, not the Navy. And in CG boot camp they give that speech... "Maybe you've heard that saying about how you have to go out but you don't have to come back..."

"That's *bunk*". They'll say. "Those boats we let you use are expensive. You damn well better bring them back.".

:-)

[dcwusmc]

WAY KOOL!!!! Way to go, Ronnie Reagan!!!

[SandRat]

Try home to about 6,000 Navy personnel.

[A.A. Cunningham]

Minimum age for enlistment is 17 with parental consent.