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Army Helps Wounded Warriors Get Jobs
Richard Martin keeps a rearview mirror on his desk to prevent co-workers from startling him in his cubicle. The walls are papered with sticky notes to help him remember things, and he wears noise-canceling headphones to keep his easily distracted mind focused.Army: Mental-Health Care a Priority
Caring for minds torn by war is as important as treating physical wounds, but significant challenges exist in providing that care, said Secretary of the Army John McHugh, after visiting this post Tuesday.Initiative Helps Disabled Vets Stay Active
A recent initiative launched by officials with the Department of Veterans Affairs and the U.S. Olympic Committee is giving disabled veterans a chance to rediscover their potential through athletics and competition.
Pentagon, VA Expand Disability Claims Test
Defense and Veterans Affairs officials today announced another step in their efforts to streamline the process of determining veterans' disability ratings.Program for Wounded Vets to Still Serve
“I lost my legs. That's all. I did not lose my desire to serve, or my pride in being an American.” Those words from a wounded warrior recovering at Bethesda Naval Hospital from injuries suffered in Iraq inspired Navy Lt. Eric Greitins and Kenneth Harbaugh to found “the Mission Continues,” a new kind of veterans organization.
Center Assesses Trauma Treatments
Treatment for servicemembers suffering from psychological trauma really is a brave new world.Craigslist Founder Joins Blue-Ribbon Panel
Craig Newmark, the founder of "craigslist" and a well-known technology visionary, has agreed to serve on the blue-ribbon panel of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that will review and evaluate ideas to improve disability claims processing times and provide greater transparency to Veterans.Airman Creates Wounded Warrior Program
An Airman here helped develop the Balad Wounded Warrior Program, a program created to ease the transition of wounded servicemembers through the medical evacuation process.
AW2 Launches New Website, Blog
The U.S. Army Wounded Warrior Program launched a redesigned Web site and blog Thursday as part of the program's realignment under the Army's Warrior Transition Command.
US Just Starting to Deal with War Wounds
The United States is just beginning to deal with the long-term implications of caring for servicemembers and their families whose lives have been changed by the wounds of war, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said here today.AW2 Program Helps Warriors Find Work
Instead Ranno, who is the first person to find work in Europe through the AW2 program, works as a postal finance clerk at the main post office on the Community Support Center in Heidelberg. Ranno medically retired from the Army Aug. 21.
Proposed Rule Provides For Warrior Care
Defense Department federal employees could receive up to 26 weeks of unpaid leave to care for a military family member injured in the line of duty if an Office of Personnel Management proposal is adopted.Doctors, Scientists Improving Wound Care
After a bomb blew off much of his left forearm in Iraq in 2003, nurses came to his room daily to wash out his wounds. He described the treatment as two minutes of torture. They would swab the open wound as Anderson gritted his teeth and white-knuckle gripped the hospital bed railing.Rebuilding Lives of Wounded Warriors
As a participant in the Army Wounded Warrior Program (AW2), Walburn recently related his experiences during a talk here at Gibbs Hall as part of the 14th Annual Intern Professional Development Day.
AFIP Partners With Walter Reed
For many years the mission of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology’s (AFIP) division of microbiology has been detection and developing therapeutics for biowarfare agents.
Technology Provides Hope for Paralyzed Vets
With immobility causing degeneration in the bones, joints, heart, lungs and skin of tens of thousands of disabled veterans, scientists are developing equipment that could get them back on their feet.Vets' Org Fires Vet for Combat Injuries
oday the Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center (LAS-ELC) filed a lawsuit in Alameda County Superior Court, alleging that the Military Order of the Purple Heart (MOPH) in Oakland, Calif., unlawfully discriminated against Marine corporal Morris Blakey when they fired him based upon disabilities sustained during service in the first Gulf War.Resource Directory a Wealth of Info
The National Resource Directory is an online resource for wounded, ill and injured servicemembers, veterans, their families and those who support them.Transition Program Helps Wounded Soldiers
Injured Soldiers looking to transition back to civilian life have long been able to start with the Army Career and Alumni Program -- but for wounded warriors who didn't know that, ACAP recently rolled out a virtual welcome mat to remind them.Most Popular
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