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I've run two 5Ks in the last year. Both times I encountered the same Marine with a prosthetic leg built for speed. The first time I beat him by a few steps. The second time he beat me by a few more steps then I'm willing to say.Before I started here I Read More
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This was in USA Today this week:Afghan insurgents are using roadside bombs powerful enough to throw the military's new 14-ton, blast-resistant vehicles into the air, increasing broken-back injuries among U.S. troops.
Doctors at the U.S. military hospital Read More
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I've talked about this before, but here is another great article on some great work being done for the special needs kids of Basra, Iraq. Wheelchairs for Iraqi Kids is doing good work here. In Iraq, one of the worst sites to see is the kids with special Read More
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Interested in SCI studies? Body Composition Assessment in Spinal Cord InjuryHunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia.Are you:1 year after spinal cord injury? Between ages of 18 and 65?Available for 2 consecutive days? Located in the Read More
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Saturday, October 10th is 5 years since Christopher Reeve died. I've said before, I've never met the man. Of course I loved him as Superman, and I especially liked Deathtrap, which he did with Michael Caine and Dyan Cannon. After being here for Read More
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Technology is wonderful. This is a super therapy that is housed at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. For those service members with balance or gait impairments, or Traumatic Brain Injuries, the CAREN system might just well be a huge leap in the right Read More
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We are all about spreading the word, keeping you up-to-date with the
research, letting people know about the free services we offer, and
connecting people affected by paralysis. And, of course, raising money
so we can continue to do this and more.Facebook Read More
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New website for the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (DCoE). Service members and family members should use this site. Good information for those living with the wounds of war.Check this site out.Steve Read More
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More Help for Wound WarriorsThere is a new Army Wounded Warrior (AW2) website. If you are an Army Wounded Warrior, or know somebody who is, please share this new information. The site will provide much more information than in the past.GI Bill BenefitsHere Read More
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For Vets waiting for GI Bill checksAs VA Secretary Shinseki said, "Students should be focusing on their studies, not worrying about financial difficulties."Starting this Friday, 2OCT09, students can go to one of the VA's 57 regional benefit offices to Read More
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The New Jersey Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Awards Committee reviews employers that were nominated by their citizen-soldiers for the “Freedom Award” to select the annual “Pro Patria” award recipients. The Committee reviewed 96 nomination Read More
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This is good news, to see that focus on the real issues surrounding wounds/injuries from military service is coming from the very top is a very good sign. This is a huge problem that is just starting to be realized and dealt with. The military Read More
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A week from Friday would have been Christopher Reeve's 57th birthday. I bring it up nine days ahead of time because it happened again this morning. When I walk into the home office here in Short Hills, NJ and flip on the lights, this photo of Chris and Read More
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There is probably no more unifying occurrence in the minds of most Americans, then the 9-1-1 attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon. Not since Pearl Harbor has there been such an instantaneous and powerful call-to-arms...one that had young men and Read More
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One of the more pleasant things to do while a service member is in combat...is to provide humanitarion aid to the populace. I had several oportunities to participate in these types of missions...and they always tugged my heart strings.
Here is U.S. Read More
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