By / Published November 18, 2011
Senior Airman Gerrett Cook, Provincial Reconstruction Team Paktya medic, from Tracy City, Tenn., receives an Air Force Achievement Medal for his actions in saving the life of a Soldier in July on Forward Operating Base Gardez, Paktya Province, Afghanistan, Nov. 4. Cook, deployed from the 45th Medical Operations Squadron, Patrick AFB, Fla., is one of four medical personnel assigned to the PRT, responsible for the well-being of more than 75 Soldiers and Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Wesley Farnsworth)
Paktya Provincial Reconstruction Team medics U.S. Air Force Senior Airmen April DeLuna from San Antonio, Texas and Gerrett Cook, from Tracy City, Tenn., are credited with saving the life of a Soldier July 7. Airman Cook is deployed from the 45th Medical Operations Squadron, Patrick AFB, Fla. DeLuna and Cook work in the PRT aid station and are two of five medics who care for more than 75 Soldiers and Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Wesley Farnsworth)