Walter Reed Army Medical Center

Soldier Who Lost 4 Limbs Gets 'Smart Home'

Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: John Hodge, Wounded Warrior, Video, US Military, Military, Travis Mills Org, Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation, Amputee, Quadruple Amputees, Quadruple Amputee, Gary Sinise, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Travis Mills Soldier, Travis Mills Afghanistan, Travis Mills, Veterans, Impact News

Sergeant Travis Mills’ life changed forever when he lost all four limbs to an Improvised Explosive Device in Afghanistan. But two charities are maki...

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Bullet That Killed Lincoln Gets A New Home

AP | DAVID DISHNEAU | Posted 12.16.2011

Read More: Weird Maryland, Weird Museums, National Museum of Health and Medicine, Abraham Lincoln, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Bullet That Killed Abraham Lincoln, Tim Clarke Jr, Weird News News

SILVER SPRING, Md. — The bullet that killed Abraham Lincoln is mounted under glass, like a diamond in a snow globe, in its new home at the Natio...

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'Troops Need You' Keeps Wounded Service Members On Path To Recovery

The Huffington Post | Yepoka Yeebo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wounded Troops, Troops Need You, National Naval Medical Center, Eric Egland, Bethesda, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Recovery, Greatest Person of the Day, Impact News

When a former CIA operative tried to offer financial help to recovering troops, and bureaucracy got in the way, he did as he was taught: "I ended up u...

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Congresswoman Giffords Benefits From Civilian/Military Health Care Cooperation That Navy Attempts to Dismantle

Hal Donahue | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dod, Bethesda Naval Hospital, Department of Defense, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Navy, Military Healthcare, Military Budget, Army, Military, Military Spending, Health, Health Care Reform, Gabrielle Giffords, Gabrielle Giffords Shooting, Health Care, Gabby Giffords, US Navy, Walter Reed, Politics News
Hal Donahue

Giffords' survival to this day is vivid testimony to the effectiveness of our Department of Defense and civilian medical communities not just to patient care but to the dissemination of information and training.

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3 Comments on Chairman of the Joint Chiefs' Memorandum

Hal Donahue | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wounded Warrior, Bethesda Naval Hospital, Army, Brac, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Navy, Military Healthcare, Walter Reed, Politics News
Hal Donahue

As the Department of Defense squanders over 1.5 Billion dollars on the less than average New Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Admiral M...

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Walter Reed Closure Begins; Wounded Warriors Surge

Hal Donahue | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wounded Veterans, Wounded Warrior, Dod, Congress, US Casualties, Department of Defense, Brac, Civilian Casualties, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Navy, Air Force, Military Healthcare, Marines, Military, Army, Health Care, Defense Department, Walter Reed, Secretary of Defense, Politics News
Hal Donahue

As a truly world class rehabilitation facility closes at Walter Reed, that facility is being replaced by fragmented and geographically separate facilities. Now care for our combat wounded is about to suffer further.

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Operation Thriller USO Tour, Day No. 1

David Morrell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wounded Soldiers, National Navy and Medical Center, International Thriller Writers, War Veterans, Uso Operation Thriller, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Veterans Day, Veterans, Politics News
David Morrell

We were given the honor of spending time with wounded military personnel. In an emotional six hours, almost all wanted to tell their vivid stories, as if they couldn't believe what had happened, fulfilling a need to chase away the nightmare.

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Infamous Army Hospital May Have Exposed Patients, Staff To Nuclear Material

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The military's flagship hospital has acknowledged it mishandled two packages of radioactive material in May, possibly exposing staf...

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Charles Eggleston, Wounded Warrior, Helps Other Wounded Warriors Through USO Programs

HuffPost | Erica Liepmann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Wounded Warrior, United Service Organizations, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Uso, Charles Eggleston, Breaking the Roles, Operation Enduring Care, Impact News

Mention the United Service Organizations -- almost universally known as the USO -- to most Americans, and the first thing you'll likely hear is "Bob H...

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McChrystal, Sympton not Cause; DoD Healthcare Debacle Continues

Hal Donahue | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pentagon, Dod, Bethesda Naval Hospital, Gen. Stanley McCrystal, Robert Gates, Obama Administration, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Navy, Kenneth Kizer, US Navy, Walter Reed, Secretary of Defense, Politics News
Hal Donahue

DoD Photo McChrystal is a symptom and not a cause of the problems within the Department of Defense (DoD). For far too long, the folks at the Pentago...

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Diversion of Wounded From Walter Reed to Less Capable Hospitals Ordered

Hal Donahue | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pentagon, Wounded Veterans, Brac, Bethesda Naval Hospital, Congress, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Veterans, White House, Vfw, Military, American Legion, Military Families, Healthcare, Politics News
Hal Donahue

The Department of Defense (DoD) is denying our troops the best medical treatment. "From: Perry, Cyndi I Ms CIV USA MEDCOM HQ Sent: Thursday, April 0...

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When Man's Best Friend is the Best Medicine

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011

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Wayne Pacelle

I often think about the hardship and trauma that America's soldiers experience in serving our country, whether in Iraq, Afghanistan, or in some other ...

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DoD Invokes LBJ - Wrong for Vietnam; Wrong for the Walter Reed Debacle

Hal Donahue | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bethesda Naval Hospital, Congress, Military, Army, Brac, Department of Defense, Obama, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Healthcare, US Navy, Politics News
Hal Donahue

The U.S. Navy continues to stoke the fires of failure at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.

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Dems Should Go For Broke

Joan E. Dowlin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Social Security, Patriot Act, Gop, Civil Rights Act, Speaker Pelosi, Gitmo, Health Care Reform, Medicare, Obama, Hurricane Katrina, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Justice Dept. Scandal, Bush, Torture, Afghanistan War, Politics News
Joan E. Dowlin

The Democratic party is in an almost unprecedented position right now in Washington. If the Democrats are facing defeat in 2010, they may as well go down in a blaze of glory.

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Diversion of Wounded From Walter Reed to Less Capable Hospitals Ordered (Part II) the Sanctity of BRAC

Hal Donahue | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wounded Veterans, Bethesda Naval Hospital, Congress, Brac, Obama Administration, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Military Healthcare, Healthcare, Walter Reed, Bethesda, Depart of Defense, Politics News
Hal Donahue

The Department of Defense (DoD) continues to resist Congressional concerns for military healthcare at Walter Reed and the transformation of military h...

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Postage and Other Economic Outrages Against Soldiers

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

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Don McNay

America ships soldiers off to Afghanistan and Iraq for free. If you come back in a body bag, they ship that back for free, too. However, we make families who send soldiers socks, food and underwear pay shipping costs.

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Hasan's Supervisor Warned Army In 2007, Claimed He Could "Put Patients In Danger"

NPR | Daniel Zwerdling | Posted 05.25.2011

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Two years ago, a top psychiatrist at Walter Reed Army Medical Center was so concerned about what he saw as Nidal Hasan's incompetence and reckless beh...

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Make Navy Bethesda a Joint Military Installation

Hal Donahue | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Brac, Wounded Warrior, White House, Bethesda Naval Hospital, Congress, Department of Defense, Military, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Health Care, Defense Department, Veterans, Walter Reed, US Navy, Politics News
Hal Donahue

Fort Myers, long a venerated Army post, is now a joint military installation. The transformation displayed extreme common sense and, by all accounts,...

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Nidal Hasan Warned Army During 2007 Walter Reed Speech, Urged Release Of Muslims From US Military

Washington Post | Dana Priest | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Army psychiatrist believed to have killed 13 people at Fort Hood warned a roomful of senior Army physicians a year and a half ago that to avoid "a...

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Jason Linkins

Stewart On Obama's Plan For Veterans' Insurance: 'That Can't Be Right'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Last night's segment on the "smaller outrage" that is the announced plan to ask our military veterans to use their private insurance to cover combat r...

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Fit For Duty: Proceed With Caution - Part II

R. B. Stuart | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Soldiers, Chemotherapy, Iraq, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Cancer, Chaplain, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Depleted Uranium, Health, Politics News
R. B. Stuart

My sister's cancer brought a roulette of abandonment and fears. The chemo compounded it by stripping away not only the cancer cells, but every living cell and organism that made up who she was.

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We Remember the Dead by Helping the Living

John W. Whitehead | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Civil Liberties, Veterans, Veteran's Rights, Iraq Veterans, John Miska, Vfw, Homeless Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Veterans' Health Care, Vietnam Veterans, National Park Service, Buddy Poppies, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Veterans and Homelessness, Veterans' Rights, Healthy Living News
John W. Whitehead

Clearly, we have not done enough for our veterans. That's why it's so infuriating that when someone finally does, government bureaucrats try to stop them.

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"Sister Soldier: A Chronicle of Life After Iraq" - Part I

R. B. Stuart | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 101st Airborne, Germany, Soldiers, Military, Tumor, Chemotherapy, Iraq, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Depleted Uranium, Cancer, Chaplain, Mosul, Politics News
R. B. Stuart

My sister Fran's cancer appeared at the beginning of January. She felt tired, bloated, and had an unusual feeling of fullness, and immediately thought her term in Iraq was the culprit.

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The Unspoken Casualties of the Iraq War

R. B. Stuart | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Clinton, Camp Spearhead, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Depleted Uranium, TSGLI Injury Benefits, Iraq, Soldiers, Nuclear Weapons, SS Frank Valentin, Health, Kuwait City, U. S. Army, Dept. Of Veterans Affairs, Arlington Cemetery, Cancer, Oaf, Oncology, Oif, Politics News
R. B. Stuart

A collage hangs on the wall of the 6th floor Oncology Ward 65 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Proudly amongst the staff photo's is the former P...

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Green Party Admits Soldiers Testing Positive to Depleted Uranium

R. B. Stuart | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Party Presidential Candidate, Squamous Cell, Camp Arijhan, Army Sergeant, The Iraq Coalition Casualty Count, James H. Lauderdale Jr., Camp Doha, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Depleted Uranium, Arizona, Radiation, Casualty Affairs, Kuwait, U. S. Military, .Cancer, The American Red Cross Blood Program, Dixie Lauderdale, Cynthia McKinney, Nj, Iraq, Ft. Dix, Politics News
R. B. Stuart

While soldiers in Iraq/Afghanistan are being exposed to the invisible radiological airborne dust, the Depleted Uranium issue fails to be raised by neither major political party.

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