GIs who lost limbs in Iraq learn to surf
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As a child of 1970s California, Derek McGinnis felt that riding waves was like a birthright, and losing his left leg to a suicide bomber in Iraq wasn't going to stop him from surfing again.
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For six years, Ali Al-Lati has worked with the U.S. military, teaching soldiers simple Iraqi words and commands, telling them about the cultural mores of his native land and offering advice on how to deal with the extreme weather they'll face in Iraq.
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Correspondent Michael Weisskopf had his right hand blown off in Iraq. This is the story of how he rebuilt his life -- and what he learned from the soldiers who lost even more
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To enable soldiers to give critical medical care to comrades on the battlefield, the Army will begin teaching combat lifesaving techniques to recruits during basic training.
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Correspondent Michael Weisskopf had his right hand blown off in Iraq. This is the story of how he rebuilt his life - and what he learned from the soldiers who lost even more
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When he lost both of his legs in a roadside bomb attack in Iraq, Robbie Doughty was no longer able to serve his country on the battlefield. But if things go his way this fall, he hopes to serve his community as an elected official.
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At a sprawling base set amid the wiregrass pastures of southern Alabama, the Army is teaching its next class of helicopter pilots how to avoid getting shot down when it's their turn to go to Iraq.
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The 50-foot Swift boats were easy targets as they plowed through the waterways of the Mekong Delta in packs of three or four, making big waves and thunderous noise when approaching. Former Viet Cong soldier Duong Hoang Sinh remembers them well &#151; the one time he tangled with three Swift boats, the Americans killed all of the insurgents in his unit except for two.
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WASHINGTON -- A state-of-the-art rehabilitation center opening next year at Walter Reed Army Medical Center seeks to return more amputee soldiers to a place once thought impossible: the battlefield.
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Now a Purple Heart recipient, U. S. Army Spc. Jeffrey King, 23, of Crestview Road, who was critically wounded in Iraq last week, is holding his own.
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RAMADI, Iraq -- Marine Corporal Saul Mellado could be back in California, finishing the final months of his enlistment in a safe billet at Camp Pendleton.
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They played together in childhood, wrestled together in high school and joined the Marines together after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. This week, the two young men from California's San Joaquin Valley died together in a dangerous area of Iraq where the military is preparing a major assault on insurgents.
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Life with the 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment in southern Afghanistan is a battle not only against a stealthy and stubborn enemy but against some of the earth&#039;s harshest natural elements.
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KIRKUK, Iraq -- As he walked through the mud surrounding his temporary barracks, 1st Sgt. Ken Agueda carried an M-4 assault rifle without its essential lethal components: bullets. Earlier in the day, Agueda had turned in his ammunition -- cartridges, assorted grenades -- in preparation for his journey home after nearly 13 months in Iraq.
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After the end of the first Gulf War, block-lettered signs were posted in buildings at Fort Lee, Va., home to the U.S. Army's quartermaster corps. "Forget Logistics and You Lose," they read. The Iraqis have yet to learn that lesson.
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A 'breakdown in discipline' among reservists in Iraq raises troubling questions
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ABCâs Bob Woodruff tells his story of surviving an explosion in Iraq with candor and restraint, then focuses on those who return and do not heal as thoroughly.