More on Catastrophic Injuries of U.S. Troops
In my post Brain Injury: Signature Wound of the War in Iraq, I discussed IEDs and brain injury as being the wound that many GIs were coming home with, and I encouraged our support — over the long haul...
View ArticleTBI: Traumatic Brain Injury
In my article Brain Injury: Signature Would of the War in Iraq (written before Woodwards’s show), I discussed repeat concussion as a cause of brain injury to American warriors who have been deployed to...
View ArticleProfiles in Courage
While most of America is working on a computer, talking on a phone, watching television or at the mall, these brave warriors get up every morning and face something more difficult than most of us will...
View ArticleThe Wounded Warrior Program
At my request, Jack Holt kindly made a transcript available from the bloggers interview with Colonel Rice who leads the Army Wounded Warrior Program. I was unavailable to participate in the interview,...
View ArticleChristmas Letters and Cards to the Wounded
Not too long ago, sending anonymous Christmas letters and cards to the wounded was impossible. The U.S. Postal Service will not deliver any letter, post card, or package that is not addressed to a...
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Man of the Year
Time has named Vladimir Putin person of the year. George W. Bush looked the man in the eye and found him to be “very straightforward and trustworthy.” On the other hand, I look Putin in the eye and...
View ArticleBacteria, Radiation and Iraq
When my son deployed to Iraq in 2007, there were many things I wanted to say but didn’t have time. I used Motomail to accomplish much of this conversation over the next seven months (at times writing...
View ArticleDevelopments in Treating Traumatic Brain Injury
There is exciting hope for our warriors who may otherwise suffer from traumatic brain injury (TBI). In a study of service members returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, researchers at the Rand...
View ArticleShinseki’s Shame: Veterans to Pay for Treatment?
The Captain’s Journal had decided to wait before weighing in on the appointment of General Eric Shinseki to head Veteran’s Affairs. We’re glad we did. Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki...
View ArticlePalau Taking the Uighurs for 200,000,000 Dollars
Closing GITMO has its price. The Chinese Muslims at GITMO, called the Uighurs, included four who had been cleared of charges by the U.S. Bermuda has agreed to take them in and allow them to pursue...
View ArticleObama Waxes Egomaniac in Front of Wounded Warriors
Obama intends to play some pickup basketball. U.S. President Barack Obama, who enjoys shooting hoops with family and friends, will take on a couple of tougher — and much taller –opponents Sunday: the...
View ArticleTreating Battlefield Injuries with Nanoemulsions
Imagine that you are in Iraq and you receive this letter from your father. “If you become wounded – especially on your extremities but also even on your whole body – and a doctor begins to discuss...
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Iraq Veteran Wins Bodybuilding Competition
In my younger years I competed on the power lifting team at the college level (squat, bench and dead lift). I still lift, but haven’t been able to keep that trim form I had when I was twenty. I can’t...
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