Deployed Capt from MDG recognized by AF Times

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  • By Samuel King Jr.
  • Team Eglin Public Affairs
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. --  Recently a deployed member of the 96th Medical Group was selected as an honorable mention for the Air Force Times Airman of the Year. 

Capt. James Parris is currently deployed to Afghanistan as part of a Provincial Reconstruction Team was nominated for the award by his Eglin flight commander, Lt. Col. Mark Antonacci, 96th Medical Operations Squadron. 

"Many of these significant tasks did not fall within the typical job description for an Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant," said the colonel. "Captain Parris has had a huge impact on his deployed unit and the host nation." 

In addition to pro­viding medical care for service members and local civilians, Capt. Parris arranged staff and medical supplies for clinics, and contributed suggestions for the construc­tion of $7.5 million hospital and a $4 mil­lion midwife training facility. He also par­ticipated in "Strong Foods," a program designed to improve nutrition in Afghan children. 

Capt. Parris also is an Advanced Cardiac Life Support Instruc­tor, a Counter-Insurgency Effects Group member and a Battalion Aid Station Med­ical Liaison.

An article was published on Captain Parris's contribution to the mission in Afghanistan a few months ago. Here is the link to that story that further explains the captain's accomplishments. 

http://www.eglin.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123132732