CAMP DODGE, Iowa - Oluwaseun Adedeji, 20, a cadets from the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities provides security while his teammates call in a nine line MEDEVAC request during the Capt. Shane Mahaffee Medical Challenge at Camp Dodge, Iowa, March 17 during the first 3rd ROTC Brigade Gaspers-Cahill Ranger Challenge.
Adedeji, who emigrated from Nigeria in 2002, said the challenge has offered excellent opportunities for the cadets to think on their feet and taught them to plan for the unexpected.
“I love the Army,” said Adedeji, a member of the Minnesota National Guard, who plans to become on Infantry officer once he graduates. “This is my calling, I believe.”
The medical challenge was named for Mahaffee, an alumni of the Southwest Missouri State Army ROTC Program, died May 5, 2006 in Al Hillah, Iraq when his vehicle hit an improvised explosive. Three other members of his team were killed in the attack. They were attached to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division in Iraq.
He is survived by his spouse, Jennifer, and children, Adelia and Ethan, of Gurnee, IL.
9 Line MEDEVAC Request
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Cadets from the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities execute a causality evacuation during the Capt. Shane Mahaffee Medical Challenge at Camp Dodge, Iowa, March 17 during the first 3rd ROTC Brigade Gaspers-Cahill Ranger Challenge.
The challenge was named for two of the brigade’s 11 alumni who died in combat, Nebraska graduates, 1st Lt. Kevin J. Gaspers and Capt. Joel E. Cahill.
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