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LCSC professor to be deployed to Afghanistan
Rod Sanders, an assistant professor in Lewis-Clark State College`s Nursing/Health Sciences Division, will be deployed to Afghanistan in February of 2012. His last day on campus before leaving for training will be Friday, Nov. 18.
Sanders is a Major in the U.S. Army Reserve and has 16 years of experience in the Armed Services. He is expected to return from Afghanistan in December of 2012 and be back at LCSC in the spring of 2013.
The 44-year-old professor will report to Fort Dix, near Trenton, New Jersey, on Nov. 27. There he will receive pre-deployment training and will be taught skills in basic language and culture, weapons, convoys, and cold weather, and will be instructed on NATO rules and the role of the assignment.
Sanders will be part of a five-man team referred to as "Task Force Scorpion," a group created by NATO to specifically train and educate the people of Afghanistan. Because of his knowledge of hospitals and education, Sanders was selected to evaluate Afghanistan`s military hospitals and first aid stations. He will also be tasked with recommending improvements to training.
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