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Couple survives Soldier’s injuries, works toward new future

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Couple survives Soldier’s injuries, works toward new future

  "I never, ever expected to get a phone call. I thought you were invincible," Cheryl Leonard said to her husband, recalling his last deployment. But her phone did ring in March 2010, just a few months after 1st Sgt. Mike Leonard went to Afghanistan. As a

WTB Soldiers take care of their own

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WTB Soldiers take care of their own

  Balancing on a knee scooter, Sgt. Joey McGee helped other volunteers dig a ditch Sept. 14 to install electricity in a shed for a fellow wounded veteran. The Charlie Company Soldier barely knew retired Sgt. Brian Roberts while he was in the Warrior Transition Battalion with McGee;

How to get more out of PT

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How to get more out of PT

  Whether one needs physical therapy treatment or is already engaged in it, Physical Therapist Lou McGranaghan offers advice on how to get the most out of physical therapy. Physical therapy works to restore function to injured areas of the body and to diminish pain. McGranaghan said the first

Post-traumatic growth: thriving despite the scars

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Post-traumatic growth: thriving despite the scars

  Chaplain (Capt.) Jonathan Entrekin envisions a time when it becomes the norm for people to work past their traumas, past accepting their "new normals," and into a place in which they grow from their experiences in new ways- a phenomenon called post traumatic growth. The Warrior Transition

JBLM Soldier wakes up to new life, journey

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JBLM Soldier wakes up to new life, journey

When he woke up, 17 days had vanished. The last thing Sgt. Nino Gray remembered was riding in his Stryker in Afghanistan, on the way to deal with youths damaging a Hesco barrier. Now, he found himself in a hospital bed halfway around the world with his

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