If we had a number of injured folks and medical personnel could not get to them to be transported, we could use this [device] ... to protect them from other external sources.

I can't comment to why he wasn't flown. The medical folks that were there would have weighed more into that than our people on the scene. Decisions were made on their advice at that point.

We responded to the hurricanes with between 200 and 250 medical, security and logistic support personnel as well as aircraft from the Army and Air Guard sides. This was huge for us because it came two weeks after the BRAC decided to take us off the base closure list, which would have taken the C-130s used to help following Katrina.

Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all.

I'm a medical doctor and a biomedical scientist.

a personnel matter not involving a student.