Recently added articles from Soldiers Magazine:
For those left behind.(MAIL CALL: Letters from the Field)(Letter to the editor)
Jul 01, 2008; Magirolla, Anthony ... I JUST wanted to tell you that I was deeply touched by Carrie McLeroy's May article "For Those left Behind." It was both moving and very informative, and I think it explained in a clear and informative way how the Army's casualty-notification and casualty-assistance processes work. ...
Remembering a fallen soldier.(MAIL CALL: Letters from the Field)(Letter to the editor)
Jul 01, 2008; Alben, Dorthea ... WHILE I never knew Staff Sgt. Michael Gabel, your May article" Legacy of a Fallen Soldier" made me sorry I never had the privilege. He sounds like a wonderful human being, and I'm sure the Army, and the nation will miss his talent and experience. More ...
Parents of the fallen.(MAIL CALL: Letters from the Field)(Letter to the editor)
Jul 01, 2008; Kaplan, Ron ... I JUST wanted to thank Elizabeth Lorge for her wonderful May article about the parents who have turned the loss of their sons into a way to connect with, and support, other parents who find themselves in the same situation. I can't even begin to imagine what it must be like to ...
Ladies of Arlington.(MAIL CALL: Letters from the Field)(Letter to the editor)
Jul 01, 2008; Elieson, Jason ... LAST year I attended the funeral of a young Soldier at Arlington National cemetery. It was very moving, but I was puzzled by the presence of an old lady who was obviously not a member of the grieving family, yet was escorted by a Soldier and paid her respects to the family at the end of ...
Navy Eye in the Sky?(MAIL CALL: Letters from the Field)(Letter to the editor)
Jul 01, 2008 ... WHILE I enjoyed the May article "The Eye in the Sky," I couldn't help noticing that the man working on the UAV in the opening picture on page 20 is a sailor, not a Soldier (you can tell because he has a name tape above his back pocket). While I ...
A soldier's best friend.(MAIL CALL: Letters from the Field)(Letter to the editor)
Jul 01, 2008; Andres, Jon ... GREAT May story on the bomb-sniffing dogs. I've worked with them several times in both Iraq and Afghanistan, and they've saved my life more than once by warning us about hidden ...
Correction.(MAIL CALL: Letters from the Field)(Correction notice)
Jul 01, 2008 ... The cover image on our May issue was taken by Staci-Jill ...
Lauding the largest WTU.(warrior transition units)
Jul 01, 2008; Lamance, Rich ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] TAKING care of Soldiers is a tradition as old as the Army itself. Gen. George Washington led the way with an order to vaccinate the entire Continental Army for smallpox, a feat never done before. And young Maj. Walter Reed led the fight against yellow ...
A close look at AW2.(army wounded warrior program)
Jul 01, 2008; Lamance, Rich ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE Army Wounded Warrior Program, also referred to as AW2, was created in 2004 in response to the needs of the most severely wounded, injured or ill Soldiers from the war on terror. The AW2 helps the most severely wounded Soldiers by providing ...
WRAMC: providing top-notch care.(Walter Reed Army Medical Center)(Company overview)
Jul 01, 2008; Coleman, Craig ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WALTER Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., has made great progress in caring for wounded servicemembers. Since the war on terror began five years ago, WRAMC personnel have treated almost 8,000 servicemembers who supported operations Iraqi and ...
On point: the army in action.(Joint Task Force-Bravo)(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Joint Task Force-Bravo civil engineers Capt. Sarah Williams and Air Force Tech. Sgt, Mike Vaughn set up a video-teleconferencing unit to send imagery to the United States during Exercise Fuerzas Aliadas Humanitarias 2008. Held in Central America, the ...
Best care anywhere.(Landstuhl Regional Medical Center)
Jul 01, 2008; Roberts, Chuck ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SGT. Rodolfo Martinez was medevaced to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, following a vehicle-bomb explosion in Afghanistan that also trapped him beneath rubble. The forward observer, assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 508th Infantry ...
Life at the MTD.(Medical Transient Detachment)
Jul 01, 2008; Roberts, Chuck ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE majority of wounded warriors arriving at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center reside at the Medical Transient Detachment while receiving care. While at the MTD, servicemembers are medically assessed to determine whether they can be treated and ...
Caring for burned soldiers.(Institute of Surgical Research Burn Center)
Jul 01, 2008; Wilson, Elaine ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] STAFF Sgt. Michael Schlitz grimaces in pain as Spc. Steven Neveau, a burn-therapy assistant, rotates the burned Soldiers arm to keep scar tissue from freezing his already limited movement. "No pain, no gain," Schlitz said through gritted teeth, ...
Afirming soldiers.(Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine)
Jul 01, 2008; Gilmore, Gerry J. ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE Defense Department has launched a five-year, Army-led cooperative effort to leverage cutting-edge medical technology to develop new ways to assist servicemembers who've suffered severe, disfiguring wounds. The newly established Armed Forces ...
New soldiers become combat lifesavers.(combat lifesave skills)
Jul 01, 2008; McLeroy, Carrie ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] RECENTLY re-deployed Soldiers are noting that the first 10 minutes after a Soldier is wounded are critical in saving his life. Those precious minutes are known as "the platinum 10." Today's asymmetrical warfare and the injuries Soldiers have ...
Caring for TBI patients.(traumatic brain injury)
Jul 01, 2008; Tolzmann, Michael ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THEY walk, talk and stand tall in uniform like other Soldiers at Fort Bragg, N.C., who wear the immediately recognizable combat patches so commonly seen at the post that's home to XVIIIth Airborne Corps and the 82nd Airborne Division, among other elite ...
Iraq Medevac.(25th Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team)
Jul 01, 2008; Mills, Thomas ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WHEN a patrol of Strykers from the 25th Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team was attacked recently in Iraq, aeromedical evacuation crews from the 3rd Inf. Div.'s Combat Aviation Brigade came to the rescue. The Black Hawk helicopters from ...
Easing pain with acupuncture.(battlefield acupuncture)
Jul 01, 2008; Roberts, Chuck ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A MEDICAL procedure dating back thousands of years was introduced to patients and medical staff recently at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany. "Battlefield acupuncture" was introduced to LRMC doctors, who then applied the procedure ...
Turning grief into action.(Oregon National Guard Reintegration Team)
Jul 01, 2008; Lippert, Kim ... SERGEANT 1st Class Vince Jacques dangled upside down with his legs trapped under the dashboard of the Humvee in which he'd been riding. The vehicle was a mangled mess after running over an improvised explosive device in Iraq. Jacques' gunner, Pfc. Ben Ring, was seriously ...