Portland, Ore., native Pfc. Geoff Bakker, a 28-year-old combat medic with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, out of Fort Bliss, Texas, and currently attached to 2nd BCT, 1st Infantry Division, stares out the window of a humvee during a patrol through western Baghdad Aug. 2.