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Wounded Warrior Diaries - 0 views

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    Welcome to the Wounded Warrior Diaries, where American servicemembers wounded in combat share stories of their service, including their hard-won battles on the road to recovery.
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Dressing wounds after war - 0 views

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    Eighteen months ago, Lt. Col. KC Bolton took command of the newly created Warrior Transition Battalion at Fort Lewis, where 99 combat-wounded soldiers are recovering from injuries suffered "in theater."
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Homes for Wounded Veterans - 0 views

  • Model Formula for our Wounded Hero Home Program:Average Cost of Home $250,000 Source of Funds: Developer donates lot $ 50,000 Builder matches lot value $ 50,000 Cash raised from community $100,000 Veteran mortgage $ 50,000
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      I guess we shouldn't say 'free' housing. Maybe a free house is a better way to describe it.
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    Specially adapted homes are being built by Helping a Hero for our severely wounded heroes injured in theater during the War on Terror
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Pilot Program Helps Streamline Disability Evaluation Process for Wounded Service Members - 0 views

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    FALLS CHURCH, Va. - The Department of Defense (DoD) is working with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to expand a pilot program that simplifies the current disability evaluation process for wounded, injured and ill service members.
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President Obama Visits Wounded Warriors at Landstuhl - 0 views

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    The Commander in Chief focused his attention on wounded warriors during a June 5 visit to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany.
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Building starts on center for wounded soldiers - 0 views

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    Officials broke ground Friday on the Army's first permanent complex devoted to healing wounded soldiers.
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Wounded Warriors, Other Gates Priorities to Continue in Next Administration - 0 views

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    WASHINGTON, Jan. 8, 2009 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is pleased by "great progress" in improving care and support for wounded warriors, but believes these developments "are still not good enough" and plans to implement more, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell said today.
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MHS - Warrior Care Webhall - 0 views

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    The Military Health System will host a Web town hall on Nov. 19 from 2 to 4 p.m. Eastern time on www.health.mil as part of the ongoing dialog between senior military leaders and service members and their families about the Defense Department's medical care programs and services for its wounded, ill and injured troops.
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Wounded vets working their way back into world - Breaking News From New Jersey - NJ.com - 0 views

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    If they are able, every wounded soldier is assigned a job, internship or takes continuing education classes during their recovery, said Col. Jimmie Keenan, chief of staff of the nation's Warrior Care and Transition Office. The goal is to place troops in jobs that match existing skills, help them learn new ones, or, if an injury means they need a new career, help them find one.
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Rush program helps Guardsmen practice combat medicine -- chicagotribune.com - 0 views

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    Hearing the sounds of wounded soldiers crying for help and the staccato of nearby gunfire, Illinois National Guard Capt. Thomas Kim briefly flashed back to a war zone, but his mind quickly returned to the combat trauma simulation being held in a classroom at Rush University Medical Center .
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Wounded honored at 'Heroes' ball - 0 views

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    About 300 troops from Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington and the National Naval Medical Center in nearby Bethesda, Md., were VIPs at the event, held at the Warner Theatre in downtown Washington.
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Army secretary visits injured troops in transition unit - 0 views

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    The Army's top civilian leader visited Fort Bragg's wounded soldiers Monday, days after a news report that they are being punished three times as often as healthy soldiers on post.
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For the good of the soldier - 0 views

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    Outgoing Pentagon personnel leader discusses paradigm shift in caring for wounded troops
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Wounded Marine Careers Foundation - 0 views

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    partnered with Panasonic. There is a story on the Panasonic site.
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TRICARE Takes Platinum and Gold in 2008 Magellan Awards - 0 views

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    TRICARE's Wounded Warrior campaign took the number eight spot and Childhood Obesity the number 24 spot in the list of Top 50 campaigns out of more than 450 entries for 2008 and for the first time, TRICARE was listed in the top 10 among powerhouse organiza
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Pentagon examines new treatments for warriors' psychological care - 0 views

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    The Defense Department is investigating new treatments as part of a focused, sustained campaign to assist wounded warriors suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury, a senior U.S. military official told Pentagon journalists recently.
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In the newsroom: Medevac crews on call during offensive | Stripes Blogs - 0 views

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    The offensive in southern Afghanistan hasn't come without its casualties for U.S. and NATO forces there. Stripes reporter Drew Brown tells us that over the last few weeks helicopter ambulance crews from the 2nd Platoon "Gypsies" of Company C, 3rd Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade have pulled dozens of wounded - and sometimes dead - U.S., British and Afghan troops from the battlefield. Brown's dispatch takes you to the battlefield and safely back out again with a group of dedicated medevac crewmembers.
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