Timeline: How One Blast Affected Five Soldiers

by T. Christian Miller, Al Shaw, Jeff Larson and Krista Kjellman Schmidt

March 22, 2011, 12:03 p.m. EDT

Explore the events leading up to and following a Jan. 16, 2009, rocket attack at Camp Liberty, in Baghdad, Iraq, that left five soldiers of Psycho Platoon with mild traumatic brain injuries. Some dates are based on individual sources' memories and may be approximate. Related article: Aftershock: The Blast That Shook Psycho Platoon »

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Savelkoul Joins the Army

Brock Savelkoul joins the Army and is stationed at Fort Riley, Kan., in the artillery division. His assigned position is artillery survey, meaning he prepares terrain for mounting artillery canon.

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