• AW2 Soldier SPC Steve Baskis, featured in the Daily Herald, is participating in “Healthy Minds, Healthy Bodies” program to help him rebuild his body and train for the 2012 Paralympics in London.
• AW2 Soldier MAJ Tammy Duckworth, featured in the Hampton Roads Daily Press and Hampton Roads Recon, spoke on post-combat stress and traumatic brain injury at the 2010 Virginia is for Heroes Conference in Richmond.
• AW2 Veteran Dawn Halfaker, featured in Good Housekeeping, discussed the need for more female care at VA medical centers.
• AW2 Veteran Scott Winkler, featured on WJBF-TV, told his story about competing in the 2008 Beijing Paralympics—which will be chronicled in a movie—and teaching and training other injured Veterans.

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• AW2 Veterans Omar Avila, Ferris Butler, Charles Dominguez, Jay Fain, and Lonnie Moore and AW2 Soldiers SFC Joshua Olson and SFC Michael Schlitz, featured in DOD News and The Lead Online, returned to Iraq as part of Operation Proper Exit, a program aimed at helping the warriors find emotional closure after being injured.
• AW2 Veteran Zach Gardner, featured in Arkansas City Traveler, was connected with a nonprofit group that gave him a computer to assist with his college classes through his AW2 Advocate.
• AW2 Veteran Sean P. Moore, featured in Army News, was hired by the Sierra Army Depot through the assistance of AW2.
• AW2 Soldier CPT Scott M. Smiley, featured in DOD News and Times Herald-Record, became the first blind officer to lead a company as he assumed command of the Warrior Transition Unit at the U.S. Military Academy.
• AW2 Veteran Matt Staton, featured in DOD News, received technology-based assistance that has enabled him to embark on a successful post-military life.
• AW2 Veteran Dave Sterling, featured in The Garden City Telegram, spent a weekend of hunting and bantering with fellow servicemen at the Heartland Heroes Hunt at Fort Carson, CO.

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• AW2 Veterans and Family members attended the Army Family Action Plan Worldwide Conference in Arlington, VA, and are pictured with Secretary of the Army John McHugh in Army News. [Back row (L-R): Mario and Angelica Bracamonte, Melissa Cramblett and David Proctor, Jared and Jennifer Hatch, Ken and Brenda Kraft, and Jay Wilkerson. Front row (L-R): Vivica Stokes and Secretary of the Army John McHugh holding Stokes’ service dog, Starsky.
• AW2 Soldier SPC Michael Brown, featured in Albany Times Union, reunited with his brother and hit the ski slopes at Windham Mountain Resort.
• AW2 Veteran Michael Cain and AW2 Soldiers SFC Jonathan Grundy and SSG Preston Jackson were featured in MHS Profiles in an article about outdoor activities and community-supported recreational programs that provide wounded warriors with the confidence, strength, and pride required to heal both body and soul.
• AW2 Family, the Calhouns, were featured in a The Leaf Chronicle article about receiving a free house from Homes for Our Troops, a nonprofit program.
• AW2 Soldier CPT Ivan Castro, featured in The Fayetteville Observer, is the first blind officer to receive a diploma from the Maneuver Captains Career Course at Fort Benning, GA, and is now the operations officer for Fort Bragg’s Special Operations Recruiting Battalion.
• BG Gary Cheek, commanding general, U.S. Army Warrior Transition Command (WTC), featured in DOD News, signed an agreement with Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) to increase opportunities for wounded warriors.
• AW2 Soldier Melissa Cramblett is featured in Recruiter Journal (page 12) in an article about being a volunteer official spokesperson for www.StayStrongNation.org, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping servicemembers recover from post-traumatic stress disorder.
• AW2 Veteran Robert “Bobby” Henline, featured on KENS-TV, shares his story of burn injuries in a standup comedy act to make people laugh and also raise awareness.
• AW2 Soldier SGT Quitman “Trey” Lockley and his Family are featured on KKTV- TV in a story about his miraculous recovery from his injuries.
• AW2 Veteran Joseph Paulk was featured on WNDU-TV in an article about Operation Mend giving Soldiers their faces back through reconstructive surgery at no charge.
• Oregon Soldiers, featured on KVAL-TV, recounted a roadside bomb attack and how they saved AW2 Soldier SPC Jeremy Pierce’s life.
• AW2 Veteran Matthew Staton, featured in DOD News, spoke at the 2010 Military Health System Conference about the technology-based care he received through the Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program that has enabled a successful post-military life.
• AW2 Veteran Scott Vycital and AW2 Advocate Christine Cook were featured in The Denver Post about how AW2 support Soldiers and Veterans. Vycital, also featured in the Fort Collins Coloradoan, shared a box with the first lady at the State of the Union Address.

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• AW2 Soldier CPT Sam Brown and his wife are featured in an Army News article about his life altering injury turning into a unique war love story.
• AW2 Soldier SFC Joshua Ferguson and AW2 Veteran Ramon Padilla, featured in Mount Vernon Gazette, worked on their golf game at Mount Vernon’s practice range.
• AW2 Soldier CPT Ray O’Donnell, featured in the Honolulu Advertiser, took command of about 290 Soldiers that make up Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC) which provides support for the Stryker Brigade’s battalions.
• AW2 Veteran Ed Pulido, featured in DoD News, gave his insight on suicide prevention at the 2010 Defense Department/Department of Veterans Affairs Suicide Prevention Conference.
• AW2 Veteran Mike Sanchez was featured in a Fayetteville Observer article about amputees participating in clinical trials as a way to help fellow Soldiers.

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• AW2 Soldiers CPT Sam Brown, SFC Joshua Olson, and SFC Mike Schlitz and AW2 Veteran retired SGT Bill Congleton, featured in Defense News, returned to Iraq as part of the third installment of Operation Proper Exit to help wounded warriors heal from traumatic combat injuries.
• BG Gary Cheek, commander of the U.S. Army Warrior Transition Command, featured in Defense News, announced a new sports initiative for wounded, ill, and injured Soldiers and Veterans—the Warrior Games.
• AW2 Soldier SSG Casey Church, featured in The Telegraph, is determined to recover and leave Walter Reed as the person he was before.
• AW2 Soldier SSG Luis Elias, featured in The Signal, has been outfitted with an i-LIMB, a robotic prosthetic hand which can perform many of the same functions as his natural hand.
• AW2 Soldier LTC Greg Gadson was featured in the January issue of National Geographic in an article about bionics and testing powered limbs meant to restore mobility.
• AW2 Veterans Ireshekia Henry and Tara Hutchinson were featured on NBC’s “Today Show” in a segment on the Challenge Aspen Military Opportunities Winter Women’s Mountain Retreat.
• AW2 Veteran Julio Quiles, featured in Idaho Mountain Express, attended the Higher Ground watersports camp at Pettit Lake last summer and was invited to the Sun Valley Club event to talk about his experience.
• AW2 Advocate Ann Yingling was featured in the Fayette Woman cover story about her experiences as an Army spouse preparing her for her career as an AW2 Advocate.

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