Walter Reed Army Medical Center

benefits of free medical and dental benefits, tuition assistance programs, free travel and free meals and housing for service members is all the benefit necessary for serving. Military medical personnel are among the best in their fields. With ever major medical specialty available military service members have access to some of the most comparable health care facilities in the country including the Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD and the much-acclaimed Walter Reed Army Medical Center located in

Introduction An individual’s capacity to move is critical to carry out basic activities of daily living (ADL). Motion illnesses considerably minimize a patient’s quality of living. This can be caused by two ways- a) injuries in upper or lower extremities and b) problems in Central Nervous System (CNS-brain or spinal cord). Thanks to the improvements in technology so that new ways of treatments are available for the treatment of the seriously injured survivors especially from war. In addition and

The Greatest Casualty is being Forgotten Luke Wilson is a symbol of strength and perseverance. When he was a Junior in High School he signed up for the Oregon National Guard. He immediately took to the military and knew his purpose in life was to serve his country. He served proudly for three years before disaster struck. While he was stationed in Baghdad when his convoy was attacked by insurgents. The Bradley, a lightly armored tank, was leading the convoy when it was disabled by an Improvised

African American woman general in 1979. Brown entered the United States Army Brown was one of seven children, that was born on October 10, 1927, in Malvern Pennsylvania. She and her siblings were raised on her fathers’ farm in West Chester, Pennsylvania She was inspired at twelve years old to become a nurse. Brown applied to the West Chester school of Nursing, but was rejected based on

October 1, 2012 Fort Hood Shooting Brief Description of Attack On November 5, 2009 at approximately 1:30 p.m., a gunman opens fire inside the base's Soldier Readiness Center at U.S. Army Base, Fort Hood, Texas. Soldier Readiness Center, is where soldiers who are about to be deployed or who are returning undergo medical screening (http://search.proquest.com). During the shooting the gunman killed 13 and wounded 31 others. The gunman was shot and wounded by base police during the incident

Stephen L. Ondra, MD is the Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC). HCSC is the parent company of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, Texas, Oklahoma New Mexico, and Montana. It is the fourth largest health insurer in the nation and is the nation’s largest not for profit mutual health insurer. In his role, Dr. Ondra is responsible for the strategy and oversight of medical policies, medical management, pharmacy, quality improvement and performance

that the different branches of the military (Army, Air Force, Navy) had different military clinics, hospitals and individual resources dedicated for the particular service. However, all the branches were technically revolving under one health care platform. It was inconceivable for some that one day all the branches in the military will be integrated and operates under one health care

Major José Manuel Pizarro Matos Bio-Summary Major José Manuel Pizarro-Matos is the Chief, Client Services Division of the U.S. Army Institute of Public Health (AIPH). He also occupied the Chief of the Molecular Biology Section and Chief of the Method Development Section at AIPH before becoming the Division Chief. He came to the US Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD) from, where he served from 2009-2012 as deputy chief of the Research Division, chief of the Pharmacology

The Invisible Wounds of War: Coming Home from Iraq and Afghanistan, written by Marguerite Guzman Bouvard, is a book that illuminates the mental, spiritual, societal, and personal damages to veterans, their families, and their communities returning home from the longest wars in history. Delving into the lives of U.S. servicemen and servicewomen, Bouvard sheds light on how two wars altered so many lives and wounded their psyches for years to come (Bouvard, 2012). Also, Marguerite Guzman Bouvard is

the U.S. Army and the first African-American Chief of the United States Army Nursing Corps. While being strong-willed, Johnson-Brown changed the perception of the Army and the nursing profession by expressing perseverance, ambition, and wisdom. Being born and raised in Malvern, Pennsylvania, Hazel Winifred Johnson was one out of seven children and had many responsibilities at a young age. The entire family lived on a farm on Valley