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		<title>Veteran Vet Returns from War Zone to Cecil County SPCA</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s a long way from Cecil County to Afghanistan, from treating dogs and horses here to dodging rocket attacks to work with Special Forces teams in remote villages. But Dr. Gregory McDermott, a veterinarian and a Major in the US Army Reserves, has done it all in the past year or so. “I traveled the whole eastern third of Afghanistan and treated over 2,000 animals,” he said. He also trained US military paramedics in treating animals and was a goodwill ambassador with Special Forces units in efforts to “win the hearts and minds of the people” by treating their animals in rural areas. “Their goats, sheep and camels are like money and social status to the Afghan people,” Dr. McDermott said. When a small team of Special Forces personnel arrived in a village—after combat units had cleared the area of Taliban sympathizers—villagers were aloof or wary of the Americans. But when they learned that a veterinarian had arrived to help them, “the people came out in droves” and brought their animals. Dr. McDermott came back to Cecil County from his one-year deployment a few weeks ago, returning to his previous post as the full-time veterinarian at the Cecil County Society [&#8230;]]]></description>
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