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Or it col Chester Mclaughlin chairman of the orthopaedic surgery department at the air Force regional medical Center in Wiesbaden Germany had sought to re enter the Arm several years ago alter having loll Lor private practice. But the army lost his paperwork and an air Force Recruiter signed him up. I have this sense Hal everything Hal happens is supposed to happen Mclaughlin said Aller Alt if he had nol entered the air Force he would not have been sent to Wiesbaden and would not have done the work thai led to his Excalibur award by the society of air Force clinical surgeons. The award is for the outstanding air Force surgeon in the Grade of lieutenant colonel or below Lor service to air Force Medicine improving wartime readiness and helping to retain military medical personnel. The honoree is popularly known As the Best surgeon in the service. Among the accomplishments he was nominated for were development of an orthopaedic symposium for health care providers from smaller Safe facilities and of emergency medical realm enl courses. Development of a concept to handle casually retrieval determining in what order to treat casualties and life saving care As Well As definitive care in one location. His work As chairman of he War preparedness study group and assistant director of Wiesbaden s flying ambulance surgical trauma team a rapid deployment team. Planning a major medical exercise Wilh the Frankfurt army regional medical Center in May. A graduate of Hahnemann medical College Philadelphia Mclaughlin entered the army in 1962. With the wounded trom Vietnam at Letterman army medical Center in California he saw More orthopaedic surgery than a private doctor would he got out of the army partly to gel away irom the overwhelming destruction of lives from the War. We had two wards of amputees i was the isl Lime i had seen patients with both arms and both legs off Mclaughlin said. I had seen enough of ruined lives that i thought i had to get away from it " Money and the Tow popularity of military doctors also played a part in his decision. At the Lime i Tell t wanted to make a Loi of Money to said. I allowed myself to be by people who thought military physicians were nol up to Par so i figured it was time for me to leave some lung that i Houghl i did want to be identified with " Bui shortly alter leaving the service. realized a wanted Back in i realized Early on i had excellent training and i did l have a thing to be ashamed re he a d my particular personality is such that i was Bellei suited toward the military he said i like dealing Wilh military people. I have More of a sense of Cowdery with my colleagues in the military Han i Gol As a civilian. Rogar Diess of How you relate to one another in civilian life you be still in essence military Lite la exciting to him. He likes the possibilities available in the military to perhaps leave orthopaedics Lof a while and learn How to jump Oul of air planes or become an administrator. A i were to do that As a civilian i d have to be a clone. I d have to change lives to do but also important to him is Hal More is expected o a military doctor. He realized thai More clearly when he was working on the concept to Combine casually retrieval triage and patient care Al one site. I did l feel until then that i really understood the importance of what we do Over Here. We re Here to Lake care of the troops. A lot of us practice a civilian Type of Medicine but within a Mailer of hours Hal could nol be the Case. One minute you re practising a civilian Type of Medicine and the the next minute we re on a plane to Raf Lakenheath England and Laking Par in an Mclaughlin 51, wants to stay in Wiesbaden As Long As the air Force will let him. The people i work with Here Are thoroughbreds. We have great leadership. They la have to drag me out by the he s currently writing a Book on emergency medical Ireat men. Bui there Are also nor work related interests. I love being a tourist. I Don l mind gawking Al tall he is training for the Berlin Marathon and to runs for the Lindsey As track team. Mclaughlin also weaves sculpts and enjoys photography. And when Hera s time he s a vegetarian gourmet Cook. Don l think i be Ever been happier in a place " the stars and stripes Pagala
