Respiratory therapist becomes battlefield medic

Senior Airman Joshua O’Sullivan, a respiratory therapist from the 88th Medical Group, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, has been named to the 10th volume of the Air Force’s Portraits in Courage, an annual program that highlights individual Airmen and teams for their honor, valor, devotion and selfless sacrifice in the face of extreme danger to themselves and others. O’Sullivan was attached to a Critical Care Air Transportation Team at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, on Nov. 12, 2016, when an explosion near his quarters critically injured military personnel. A trained medic, O’Sullivan raced to the scene to render aid. For what he accomplished that day as he treated the wounded and mustered support from other responders to get the victims to the hospital, he has been recognized by the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo/Wesley Farnsworth)(U.S. Air Force photo/Wesley Farnsworth)