Wounded Special Operations Soldier Promoted Bedside at Walter Reed Medical Center
WALTER REED NATIONAL MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER, Washington D.C. — Ian Ives, a recently wounded Army public affairs sergeant assigned to 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) was promoted to…
Burned Soldier Continues Long Road To Recovery
Staff Sgt. Robert Henline is in the process of trying to reclaim his life. Burned badly in Iraq, he’s one of thousands of wounded U.S. troops being treated…
Reunited, the soldier whose vehicle was blown up by the Taliban and the comrade who saved him from Afghan hell
rvival against the odds. Lance Corporal Martyn Compton suffered horrific burns to 75 per cent of his body when his armoured vehicle was blown up by a Taliban….
‘I am the 1% that recovers’: Resilience standard set as Russian linguist fights quadriplegia
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Her last memory was not what open eyes saw.‘I am the 1% that recovers’: Resilience standard set as Russian linguist fights quadriplegia U.S. Air…
Meet U.S. Army Captain (Ret.) Tyson Quink.
Tyson Quink’s journey into the military started with football. “My focus as an eighteen-year-old was how to play football in college. One day I got a call from…
Winter Sports Clinic: National Guard Veteran, amputee wants to ‘live not just survive’
For nine years, doctors tried to repair Sandi Braunstein’s leg. She injured it twice in back-to-back incidents in 2007 while she was in the Minnesota National Guard, and…
Injured Marine an inspiration: Your Say
Ronny “Tony” Porta, injured by an IED explosion in Iraq, is a very inspirational Marine. He was severely burned, had his right arm amputated and is disfigured. Those…
Welcome home parade for Pfc. Maggie Bilyeu
Crowds begin to line the downtown square to welcome Pfc. Maggie Bilyeu home during a parade, Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, in Taylorville, Ill. Bilyeu was injured last year…
Meet the wounded veteran using bionics to take back his independence
Jerral Hancock was sleeping on his mother’s floor, working at Wendy’s, and trying to figure out how to make a better life for his newborn son when he…
A whole new face: Transplant joy for hero soldier whose face was destroyed in car crash
down the street, children hid behind their mothers because they were scared of what they saw. On becoming a father himself, he decided to have a face transplant,…