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Monday, 25 February 2008 |
General: Army Still Facing Warrior Transition Unit Challenges
Tucker lauds progress but says more ‘hard thinking’ necessary
BAUMHOLDER, Germany — Nearly a year ago, Col. Robert P. White was catching up on old times with his old boss, Brig. Gen. Mike Tucker, when the phone rang. White was in a pre-command course at Fort Knox, Ky., where Tucker was serving as deputy commanding general.
“I’m sitting there having a beer with him and he gets a call. He walks out of the room and comes back in and his face, his jaw just dropped,” White told a group of 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division commanders.
On the phone was the chief staff of the Army, who had a special assignment, one that would place Tucker in the eye of the storm. Revelations about shoddy outpatient care at Walter Reed Medical Center had just burst into the national consciousness. Tucker’s task was to make things right.
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Monday, 25 February 2008 |
Helping Wounded Warriors to HealThe Newport News Army post is part of a new program
FORT EUSTIS - — It was April 10, 2007, just before 6 p.m. in Iraq. Army Spc. Joshua Napier, a Gloucester native on his first trip to the nearly 5-year-old war zone, stood on top of a bomb bunker repairing its roof.
The 22-year-old, now at Fort Eustis with the wounded- warrior transition unit, was proud to be deployed as an infantryman with the North Carolina-based 82nd Airborne Division.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 03 February 2010 )
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Monday, 25 February 2008 |
Healing the Mind, Body, Heart, Spirit
COLUMBIA — Every morning, hundreds of soldiers at the U.S. Army's Fort Jackson scramble out of their barracks and file into formation for another day of boot camp. It's a predawn ritual that has played out here since World War I.
Nearby, in the shadow of Moncrief Army Community Hospital, a smaller group of soldiers assembles near a row of temporary buildings. Some hobble on crutches or canes. Some cradle wounded hands. Others struggle with wounds you can't see. None of these soldiers shoot rifles, dig foxholes or train for war. For now, their mission is singular: Heal.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 20 October 2009 )
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Wednesday, 03 February 2010 |
Captain Scott Smiley '03 Assumes Command of the West Point Warrior Transition Unit (WTU)
Used with permission from the West Point Pointer View / Story and photos by Tommy Gilligan
Soldier, Infantryman, Airborne, Ranger, combat diver, mountain climber, skier, triathlete, surfer, husband and father are just a few words to describe Capt. Scotty Smiley. Now, add company commander to his decorated resume and incredible distinction. At 1 p.m. Monday, Smiley became the first blind officer who has been bestowed the responsibility of leading a company as he assumed command of the Warrior Transition Unit at West Point.
For people not familiar with Smiley's story, the idea of an officer at the rank of captain taking command is part of the normal progression in a commissioned officer's career path and this is the way the new commander feels. Yet, what makes him so similar to so many throughout the Armed Forces has allowed him to overcome so much to get to this point. During Smiley's last deployment to Iraq in 2005, he was wounded, permanently losing his vision. After receiving medical attention, Smiley was transferred to the Ft. Lewis, Wash., WTU, where he began his recovery and his journey to get back to active duty status. The 2003 West Point graduate wanted to get back to doing what he loved and that was serving his country in uniform.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 01 March 2010 )
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Tuesday, 10 March 2009 |
West Point WTU Signs Army Warrior Health-Care Covenant
Story and photo by Emily Tower Pointer View Staff Writer
 West Point Garrison Commander Col. Dan Bruno, left; Col. Mike Deaton, Keller Army Community Hospital commander; and Capt. Curtis Edwards, West Point Warrior Transition Unit commander, sign the Army Warrior Health-Care Covenant during a ceremony Feb. 27 at the Buffalo Soldier Pavilion.
"They have treated me like a Soldier," Goguen said proudly. "Most of the time, I have been treated as less. But here, there is a warm feeling. I’m extremely happy they transferred me here."
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 20 October 2009 )
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