Changing names of Iraq camps causing problems for air evacuation teams

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http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=24138

Baghdad’s Green Zone, now known as the International Zone, may be the best-known name change of a major coalition base.

But other U.S. camps around Iraq are shifting monikers also, which air evacuation teams say is causing them problems when they are trying to fly wounded troops out of danger.

“They should just pick names, and have someone say, ‘OK, that’s it,’” said Sgt. Donald Marten, a medic for the 45th Medical Company (Air Ambulance) from Ansbach, Germany, who are now in Tallil, Iraq. “No more changes.”

Although pilots use ground controllers and grid coordinates to help them get to their destinations, air evacuation pilots memorize basic routes to various camps in their sectors.