FORT CARSON, Colo. — Jeffrey Rodriguez, a medical technician with the Armed Service Blood Program (ASBP), collects plasma donations from Spc. Aarone Bayless, a cavalry scout with 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, March 3, 2022, during a blood drive hosted by the ASBP based in Fort Bliss, Texas, and operated at Fort Carson. Plasma is the liquid portion of blood that enables blood to clot and can prevent wounded Soldiers from bleeding to death on the battlefield. (Photo by Spc. Scyrrus Corregidor)
By Sgt. Kelsey Simmons
4th Infantry Division Public Affairs Office
FORT CARSON, Colo. — Spc. Roin Hildabridle, a M1 Abrams crew member with 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, donates blood, March 3, 2022, during a blood drive hosted by the Armed Service Blood Program (ASBP) based in Fort Bliss, Texas and operated at Fort Carson. The ASBP provides quality blood products and services for all worldwide customers during both peace and wartime. (Photo by Spc. Scyrrus Corregidor)
FORT CARSON, Colo. — Soldiers and civilians with the 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division and the Fort Bliss Blood Donation Center worked together to collect blood donations in support of the Armed Services Blood Program March 1-3, 2022 at Fort Carson.
The ASBP provides quality blood products for service members, veterans and their Families in times of peace and war.
“The blood donated helps us to treat and potentially save the lives of our fellow Soldiers around us, especially on the battlefield,” said Spc. Natellia Olmodo, a combat medic with 4th Sqdn., 10th Cav. Reg.
Soldiers with the Fort Bliss Blood Donation Center traveled from Texas to Fort Carson to set up the event with the 4th Sqdn., 10th Cav. Reg., and the amount of blood received made the trip well worth it.
FORT CARSON, Colo. — Staff Sgt. Bridget White, a combat medic evacuation squad leader with 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, draws blood from donor Staff Sgt. Archibald Echevarria Jr., an M1 Abrams tank systems maintainer assigned to 4th Sqdn., 10th Cav. Reg., 3rd ABCT, 4th Inf. Div., March 3, 2022, during a blood drive hosted by the Armed Services Blood Program (ASBP) based at Fort Bliss, Texas, and operated at Fort Carson. Service members, government employees, retirees and military Family members are eligible to help the military community by donating blood through ASBP. (Photo by Spc. Scyrrus Corregidor)
“50 units of blood was the goal for the week,” said Staff Sgt. Jordan Dean, a combat medic with 4th Sqdn., 10th Cav. Reg. “Over the course of three days, 310 units of blood and 30 units of plasma were donated,
which equals a market value of $110,980. The usual goal if they’re back at their home station is about 50-100 units a day, so we maxed out their daily goal, which is phenomenal.”
Many Soldiers came out to support the program throughout the week by donating blood or plasma.
“I’m here today to donate plasma and help out people who need it,” said Spc. Aarone Bayless, a cavalry scout with 4th Sqdn., 10th Cav. Reg. “I encourage everyone to get out there and donate whenever they can.”
Although the 4th Sqdn., 10th Cav. Reg., hosted the event, Soldiers across Fort Carson showed up to do their part in helping their community or to at least gain the few incentives unit commanders offered to donators.
“There should be a personal motivation to help out your buddies to your left and your right in case they get hurt,” Dean said. “Furthermore, if Soldiers donate, they get an ASBP shirt. Commanders also gave incentives such as late work calls; however, they’re guaranteed to get a T-shirt and to know they did something good for the DOD community.”
FORT CARSON, Colo. — Staff Sgt. Bridget White, a combat medic evacuation squad leader, with 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, collects blood from donor Staff Sgt. Archibald Echevarria Jr., a M1 Abrams tank systems maintainer, with 4th Sqdn., 10th Cav. Reg., 3rd ABCT, 4th Inf. Div., March 3, 2022, during a blood drive hosted by the Armed Service Blood Program (ASBP) based in Fort Bliss, Texas, and operated at Fort Carson. The ASBP is a nationwide program consisting of donor centers from the Army, Air Force and Navy. (Photo by Spc. Scyrrus Corregidor)
FORT CARSON, Colo. — Staff Sgt. Jordan Dean, a treatment squad leader with 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, prepares to collect a blood donation from 1st Lt. Austin Odium, a quartermaster officer with 4th Sqdn., 10th Cav. Reg., 3rd ABCT, 4th Inf. Div., March 3, 2022, during a blood drive hosted by the Armed Services Blood Program (ASBP) based at Fort Bliss, Texas, and operated at Fort Carson. Dean also coordinated the blood drive with the ASBP. (Photo by Spc. Scyrrus Corregidor)
FORT CARSON, Colo. — Larry Gilliam, a Capt. in the U.S. Air Force Civil Air Patrol and volunteer, hands a t-shirt to Spc. Mario Martinez, a M1 Abrams tank crew member with 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, March 3, 2022, during a blood drive hosted by the Armed Service Blood Program (ASBP) at Fort Carson. The ASBP is based out of Fort Bliss and is the official military provider of blood products to U.S. Armed Forces. Soldiers who donated blood or plasma received an ASBP t-shirt for their selfless service to potentially save another Soldier’s life. (Photo by Spc. Scyrrus Corregidor)