July 27th, 2020
Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras

I have developed something of a reputation when I am on call every several weeks. The call hours are 1700 to 0630 the next morning, and all weekend. Usually it’s just little stuff like nausea and vomiting, but sometimes more serious stuff comes in. The first week I took call I evacuated three to the hospital, one by air.

So the medics and the nurses have various names for me: Dr. Death, The Cloud of Darkness, the Harbinger of Doom, etc.