I Came For The Free Army Flashlight (Judy Fryover)
About this episode
Judy Fryover shares her experiences as an Army Reserve nurse, highlighting the challenges and realities of military healthcare in war zones.
Send us Fan Mail War zone medicine is not just trauma bays and helicopters. Sometimes it is 140-degree heat, dust storms that ground flights, and a charge nurse trying to keep blood running while a policy says patients must move in 72 hours. Judy Fryover, an Army Reserve nurse and later colonel, walks us through the real texture of military healthcare, from the small details that make you laugh to the moments that stay heavy long after you leave Iraq. We start in Portland, Michigan, where Ju...
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