Lt, Col. David Romine, brigade surgeon for the 1st Cavalry Division's 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, right, chats with Capt. Stephen Schmidt, Company C, 2nd Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st ACB, Jan. 27 at Taji, Iraq. The Huntington, W. Va., native completed medical school in 1992 and entered private practice in the poor and medically under-served Mississippi Delta in 1993. He joined the Army to care for Soldiers following the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001.