Story by Ken Scar | U.S. Army Cadet Command (Army ROTC) | 03.25.2018
Retired U.S. Army Col. Ben Skardon, 100, a survivor of the Bataan Death March and revered alumnus and professor emeritus of Clemson University, was once again the oldest by far of the 8,380 registered participants in the annual Bataan Memorial Death March at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., March 25. He is the only survivor of the real march that walks in the memorial march....
Story by William Gaddie | 96th Test Wing | 05.02.2017
Tech. Sgts. Benjamin Seekell and Brian Williams’s life-changing experiences led them to become Warriors and helped forge an inseparable bond between them. The friends participated in the Warrior CARE events and team training here Apr. 24 – 28....
Story by Airman 1st Class Parker Dubois | Joint Base Langley-Eustis | 04.19.2017
The Newport News police and fire departments competed against the Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team in a seven-inning game, April 15, 2017, to raise awareness for the sacrifices and resiliency of the nation’s veterans. The WWAST is comprised of veterans and active-duty members who lost limbs while serving in the military since 9/11. The members’ amputations range from above the knee......
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Jon Cupp | U.S. Army Medical Readiness Command, East | 10.01.2015
For military service members who have experienced a loss of limbs, getting through the initial shock and critical first days of survival are just the beginning of their long road to recovery....
Story by Cpl. Isaac Lamberth | Marine Corps Air Station Miramar | 04.04.2012
A four-vehicle convoy travels along the barren desert when the first vehicle is suddenly struck by an improvised explosive device. A Marine in the first vehicle is hit in the face by shrapnel. A Navy corpsman riding in the third vehicle jumps out and pulls the injured Marine from the vehicle and rushes to assess his injuries. The convoy commander immediately radios for a medical evacuation....
Story by Dustin Senger | Fort Carson Public Affairs Office | 05.21.2011
“The worst thing you can do to a warrior is take him out of his warrior tribe,” said Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Livesay of Dallas, Texas, a leg amputee and former Special Forces medical sergeant....
Courtesy Story | Office of the Secretary of War Public Affairs | 12.15.2010
Top scientists and technologists are working with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to give arms and hands back to warriors who lose them in battle....
Story by Spc. Daniel Schneider | 366th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 07.19.2010
Soldiers of 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, U.S. Division-Center, delivered boxes of prosthetic limbs July 19 to the Adamiyah Hospital, a rehabilitative hospital in the Baghdad area....
