May 13, 2008 Baghdad, Iraq: On this unfortunate day, my squad was attacked and my life changed forever. Our up-armored vehicle was struck with an explosively formed projectile EFP. Killing a great friend and injuring several others. The projectile traveled at a high rate of speed through the air, smashing and tearing through the thick armor.

Chad served in the Army from 1996 to 1998, when he was injured in a training accident at Fort Irwin in California that lead to his discharge. Life was going pretty well until early one morning in September 2005 when a driver lost control, crashed into the guardrails, and blocked both lanes of the highway with his car.

I joined the Army in 2001 when I was 17, only 3 days after graduating from high school, to become a OH-58 Kiowa Scout helicopter mechanic. Right after basic training, and while I was still waiting to start my advanced individual training, 9/11 happened. When it became apparent that our country was in a state of war, her class was cut short by

I am currently a Captain in the U.S. Army. I grew up on a small farm in central Kansas and after the September 11, 2001 attacks I completed college and joined the Army. One week after Officer Basic Course I volunteered to deploy to Iraq. I operated in Al Anbar Province, Iraq in 2004 and 2005. In May of 2005 I was injured from a land mine explosion while walking

I was injured in December 2006 while performing Convoy Security operations in Northern Iraq. My heelbone was shattered and my femur broken when my truck struck an anti tank mine. After nearly 3 months, and fighting MRSA, a resistant staph infection, I was given the option of a below knee amputation. After talking to some amputee climbers I realized

I first joined the Marine Corps in 1990, I served 18 years in the Marine Corps, just recently medically retiring after spending 1 ½ years in the various hospitals on the west coast. I suffer from severe Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and a Traumatic Brain Injury. My units I was assigned to include Lima Co. 3/3, Alfa 3rd ….

It’s been seven years since 33 year-old Nicolette Maroulis of Austin, Texas was injured while serving as a K9 Handler in the Navy. The Master at Arms second class spent 3-1/2 years in a wheel chair not knowing if she would ever be able to walk again, but she determined to try.

I am a veteran of OIF 3 and deployed to Southern Baghdad in 2005. I enlisted in 2000 as a Fire Support Specialist and was promoted to the rank of Sergeant in early 2004. As a Member of Det. 1 HHSB 1-487th FA, I was attached to C Co. 1-184th INF. Our Battalion was assigned to 4th, BDE, 3rd ID. As a forward observer I worked with an infantry platoon and conducted numerous patrols, raids…

On July 6th of 2005, I deployed to Iraq for the second time going to Baghdad Iraq. On July 14th 2005 during an operation in Baghdad, I was in a helicopter crash. The helicopter I was on had debris get sucked into the main rotor while landing causing the helicopter to go into an uncontrolled spin.

Originally from Philadelphia, PA, I graduated from Northeast High School in 1995. I joined the Marines on January 6th 1997. Serving twelve and a half years, my primary Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) assigned to me was Administration, but definitely not limited to that field.

On two separate occasions during his second deployment, Dan was struck by an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) and received shrapnel wounds to the head, neck and shoulder. The first one happened on the same day the contractors where murdered and hung from the bridge.