Fortunately no one got hurt that day, and my skills were not needed over the target. For this mission, I was on the casualty evacuation aircraft, very standard, very routine, and was parked at another place waiting. I typically planned the medical plan of the battle I kind of detailed the medical plan. My role was stand by over the target in the helicopter and wait to see if there were casualties. Tell me what you remember about that day six years ago. So in a sense it was just another mission with a slighter better chance due to the confidence in the intel. This mission was somewhat different because we felt the intelligence was more reliable … but still there had been so many dry holes-that’s the military’s term for a mission that turns up nothing-looking for Hussein. We had done a lot of missions-tons of different missions up to that point, looking for Hussein and the others. What was going through the minds of the men and women of the Task Force before the raid? “I remember very distinctly hearing, ‘We have Big Jackpot.’ We were all doing high fives.” For that particular mission, I was in the helicopter covering the target. My job was to fly on the mission with them and be prepared in case anyone ever got hurt. I was assigned to the task force with the mission of getting Saddam Hussein and other high-value targets. What was your particular role in the operation? You were a flight surgeon for the 1st Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne). He spoke with Elise Jordan from his home of Ashland City, Tennessee, about that fateful night-a turning point in the Iraq War. Green, who today practices medicine in Panama City, Florida, authored a book about his experience, A Night With Saddam. Special Operations flight surgeon, handled medical plans and casualty care for the task force charged with capturing Saddam Hussein. Baghdad time, with no casualties accompanying the swift raid. The former dictator surrendered at around 8:30 p.m. Today marks the sixth anniversary of Saddam Hussein’s capture in a eight-foot deep “spider hole” near his tribal hometown of Tikrit, Iraq, by a team of around 600 American forces.
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