Lifeline – Rescue Trooper

Filecard Information

File Name: Steen, Edwin C.
Grade: E-5
Birthplace: Seattle, Washington
Primary Specialty: Medic

Lifeline was a para-medic with Seattle Fire Department for five years before he discovered that EMS ( Emergency Medical Service) personnel who were disabled while giving aid off duty were not eligible for pensions. In his mind, rescue personnel were never off duty. He decided to make his status permanent by enlisting in the Army as a corpsman.

“Elite units always take care of their own. The Joes are no exception. the troops have to know if something really heavy comes down on them and they’re in no condition to walk out of the mess, some-body is going to have the heart to wade in and extricate them. That somebody is Lifeline.”

Introduced its 1st v1 figure in 1986.