Lauren misses eating pancakes in the park at 2AM after a night out at the Buckeroo and dancing in the bull pen...not to mention the hometown 4th of July parade and chicken bbq, ending with fireworks at the lake. Ah, Molalla...
That's the case at Balad, where Travis Powell and over a dozen medics from Charlie Company, 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation, a medevac unit from Salem, Ore., wait for missions to come in on radios strapped on their hip belts.
- Lauren Beyer