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FORWARD OPERATING BASE SALERNO, Afghanistan (24MAY2010) – Embodying the warrior spirit, an Afghan National Army Soldier showed the lengths some men will go to put duty before self May 20.
In Zormat, Paktya Province, Afghanistan, Said Ajan Abrahim’s 203rd ANA Corps element came under heavy fire from insurgents at an ANA checkpoint.
In the ensuing combat, Abrahim’s leg was nearly severed. Being an ANA medic and having the overwhelming urge to remain in the fight, Abrahim placed a tourniquet on his own leg and severed the remaining attachment with a medical knife.
“This soldier embodies the warrior spirit that we seek to help the ANA instill in all of their soldiers," said U.S. Army Capt. Daniel Newman, from Merrimack, N.H., commander for Company C, 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry Regiment.
After being wounded again, he was finally disabled from being able to fight. However, upon his medical evacuation, and sitting on a stretcher fully concious, the only question Abrahim had was how his fellow Soldiers had fared in the encounter.
The action demonstrated the ability of the ANA to repel an attack by insurgents, said U.S. Army 1st. Lt. Mark Fazio, from Merrimack, N.H., fire support officer with Co. C, 3rd Bn., 172nd Inf. Regt.
Fazio said the event also showed that rather than run, the Afghan Army are willing to stay and fight a determined enemy, even in the absence of Coalition Forces.
“This soldier's actions make me proud to serve with these Afghan warriors," U.S. Army Sgt. Corey Joyal, from Merrimack, N.H., team leader with Co. C, 3rd Bn., 172nd Inf. Regt.
Abrahim was evacuated to the Forward Operating Base Sharana where he received treatment at the urgent care center. He is expected to make a full recovery.
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