Elissa Lonsdale-Nester served for eighteen and a half years as an Army combat medic, as well as drill sergeant and senior medic for the PACOM Aviation Brigade. She was medically retired in 2015.
Elissa Lonsdale-Nester is shown in her full jumping equipment. Nester would go on to organize an Airborne Introduction Program focused on teaching soldiers how to prepare for airborne school.
Lonsdale-Nester is shown as she takes her oath as a drill sergeant in 2006. She would remain in the position until 2008.
“Doc, go do your thing.” These were the words that then 25-year-old Elissa Lonsdale-Nester probably thought she would never hear, but heard them loud and clear during her time in Iraq in 2003....
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