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  • Iraq, Afghanistan Combat Wounded Participate in Wheelchair Games

    07/16/2009 4:28:30 PM PDT · by SandRat · 1 replies · 155+ views
    WASHINGTON, July 16, 2009 – When Army Staff Sgt. John Bennett got shot by a sniper in Iraq in February 2005, his dreams of competition crumbled along with three vertebrae. Steve McGuire, a now-retired Navy petty officer second class disabled by a motorcycle accident after returning from an Operation Iraqi Freedom deployment, said the National Veterans Wheelchair Games give him an opportunity to share with and learn from other disabled veterans. Photo courtesy of VA  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Looking back over that day in Hawijah, Iraq, the Montana Army National Guardsman feared he’d lost far more than...
  • War and Disabilities

    01/14/2004 5:45:02 PM PST · by joesnuffy · 8 replies · 373+ views
    News Max ^ | Jan. 14, 2004 | Michael Arnold Glueck and Robert J. Cihak
    War and Disabilities Michael Arnold Glueck and Robert J. Cihak Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2004 New Diagnoses and Strategies Create Both Short- and Long-term Problems for Medicine and the Military War is hell and becoming even more hellish. The "advancement" of technology has provided new ways to live and terrible ways to die. Those who live because of body armor now face hellish injuries to what's left of limbs and looks. These in turn provide new challenges to medicine and the military. The Body Armor Trap While there has been a generational decline in infantry skills, the American infantry still widely...