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Walter Reed Pioneers Pain Management Program By Rudi WilliamsAmerican Forces Press Service Third in a Three-Part SeriesWASHINGTON, May 26, 2004 – Regional anesthesia, a technique that delivers local pain relief through a catheter, is gaining momentum as a pain-management technique for people wounded in battle. Army Lt. Col. (Dr.) Chester C. Buckenmaier III, chief of the regional anesthesia section at Washington's Walter Reed Army Medical Center, discusses continuous peripheral anesthesia blocks with George Washington University Medical Center Drs. Olya Quitkin, right, and Lavern Bentt. The visiting doctors from that facility, also in Washington, were at Walter Reed observing the...

  United States Department of Defense.News TranscriptOn the web: http://www.dod.mil/transcripts/2004/tr20040412-0601.htmlMedia contact: +1 (703) 697-5131 Public contact: http://www.dod.mil/faq/comment.html or +1 (703) 428-0711 Presenter: General John Abizaid, Commander, U.S. Central Command Monday, April 12, 2004 10:55 a.m. EDT Operational Update Briefing (Special briefing via teleconference between Baghdad, Iraq and the Pentagon. Also participating was Lieutenant General Ricardo S. Sanchez, Commander, CJTC-7, and Mr. Bryan Whitman, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)            Whitman:  All right.  Well, thank you for taking the time today to join the Pentagon press corps back here.  And I know that you want to make a few...

3rd Infantry soldiers riding next to reporter wounded Medic's 15-minute struggle to save their lives seemed to last hours By RON MARTZAtlanta Journal-Constitution Staff Writer Related: • Brant Sanderlin's photos • War news updates With Charlie Co., Task Force 1-64, Baghdad, Iraq -- The soldiers were there for a reason. The logical, rational explanation is that they were there because their tank caught fire and had to be destroyed. So, without a ride, they jumped onto the armored personnel carrier with me. I prefer to believe it was the hand of God that put them there, one behind me,...

<p>Britons rescue the two American crews after days of hobbling along.</p> <p>CAMP VIPER, Iraq -- Learning Sunday that they had been considered missing in action was only the latest nightmare for eight Marines whose M1A1 Abrams tanks broke down in the Iraqi desert and lost contact with U.S. forces.</p>

America's Quiet Patiotism (Filed: 01/04/2003) To say the military assault on Iraq is an American war does not detract from the bravery of our soldiers, or the courage of the Prime Minister in committing forces to a cause he believes to be just as well as necessary. But it is an American war in that no other country could conceivably launch a land, sea and air assault on this scale half-way around the world. It is an American war in the sense that while the toppling of Saddam Hussein has long been a dream at some of the more hawkish...

March 30, 2003US Marines turn fire on civilians at the bridge of deathMark Franchetti, NasiriyaTHE light was a strange yellowy grey and the wind was coming up, the beginnings of a sandstorm. The silence felt almost eerie after a night of shooting so intense it hurt the eardrums and shattered the nerves. My footsteps felt heavy on the hot, dusty asphalt as I walked slowly towards the bridge at Nasiriya. A horrific scene lay ahead. Some 15 vehicles, including a minivan and a couple of trucks, blocked the road. They were riddled with bullet holes. Some had caught fire and...

This is probably redundant... but just in case....Patriot Rally for AmericaIn case you missed it or don't have cable...Playing again on C-Span Click image to watch at the appointed hour. 01:55 am2:34 (est.) RallyPatriot Rally for America Free RepublicRobert K. Dornan , R, CaliforniaBlanquita Cullum , America's Voice It also appears that C-Span will sell copies of the programRally Patriot Rally for America Free Republic Washington, District of Columbia (United States)ID: 175314 - 03/01/2003 - 2:40 - $90.00Dornan, Robert K., U.S. Representative, R, CaliforniaCullum, Blanquita, Talk Show Host, America's VoiceMartin, Kevin, Director, African American Republican Leadership Council, Government AffairsTrulock, Notra, Associate Editor,...