Nearly two years after arriving in America with the promise of a new nose and ears, Aesha Mohammadzai has finally begun the process of reconstructive surgery.
She came to the U.S. after the Taliban cut off her nose and ears, but saving Aesha would be very complicated.
The St. Louis Cardinals will visit the White House on January 17 to commemorate their victory in the 2011 World Series.
Wounded warriors will gear up Sunday and go into a different battleground -- the New York City Marathon.
Wounded warriors went into a different battleground Sunday -- the New York City Marathon.
In the aftermath of Haiti's devastating earthquake in January 2010, a group of dedicated amputees who share a love of soccer emerged as a symbol of survival and rebuilding.
Pakistan needs to do more to implement safeguards that would control a fertilizer that is being used in explosive devices in Afghanistan, according to an American lawmaker who recently visited the country.
Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington closed its doors Saturday, completing the military hospital's merger with the Bethesda National Naval Medical Center. The event was marked with a flag-lowering ceremony, which followed the transfer of Walter Reed's 18 remaining patients to the combined medical center's Bethesda, Maryland, campus.
Time is up for the six-year process of closing Walter Reed, the century-old Army hospital in Washington.
One day, in the not-too-distant future, nobody will visit them.
A top military official at Walter Reed Army Medical Center has been relieved of duty and charged with knowingly falsifying his personnel records.
One of the most famous veterans of the "Greatest Generation" has joined the ranks of recently injured members of the military at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Wounded soldiers have befriended WWII vet Bob Dole who is recuperating from surgery at Walter Reed Hospital, CNN's Ed Henry reports.
There are dozens of get-well cards on his wall. On his bed, there's another pile from family, friends, high school pals. The patient must be 19 or 20 -- a kid -- and his smile is magnetic.
Edwin Salau knew coming back would be hard. But he had to do it. The retired U.S. Army first lieutenant needed to know that his sacrifice was worth it.
Wounded American soldiers return to Iraq for closure, part of 'Operation Proper Exit.' CNN's Mohammed Jamjoom reports.
Lt. Col. Greg Gadson is not a bionic man, but he does have a new set of powerful knees.
Sgt. Juan Luis Alcivar raised his right hand and pledged allegiance to the Constitution, swearing to protect it against all enemies, foreign and domestic.
Sgt. Juan Luis Alcivar, who lost his arm fighting for the U.S. in Iraq, becomes an American citizen.
Sports Illustrated will announce its choice for Sportsman of the Year on Dec. 2. Here's one of the nominations for that honor by an SI writer. For more essays, click here.
Less than two years after reports of decrepit conditions at the nation's most prominent military hospital, the military broke ground Thursday for the new Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
Army Sgt. Nick Paupore was in the lead Humvee in a convoy rolling through Kirkuk City, Iraq, when the vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb.
American Morning's John Roberts talks with New York Times political reporter Jeff Zeleny about the upcoming Democratic debate.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates is asking for nearly $190 billion from Congress to help fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, an increase from the amount requested earlier this year.
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Jim Nicholson announced Tuesday he would leave his post later this year to resume a career in the private sector, a statement from the department said.
The U.S. troops brought to Walter Reed Army Medical Center are among the military's most severely wounded from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Peggy Baker said she never gave much thought to the military before her son enlisted in the Army shortly after September 11, 2001.
Helping out military families
Iraq war veterans are coming home with injuries of a scope and magnitude the government did not predict and is now struggling to treat
The Department of Veterans Affairs knew for months that shower heads, handrails and other fixtures posed serious suicide risks to Seattle-area psychiatric patients, but refused to fix the problems
Wounded Warriorsupdated: Tue May 22 2007 18:03:00
Set your VCR to record the CNN Presents Classroom Edition: Wounded Warriors when it airs commercial-free on Monday, May 28, 2007, from 4:00 -- 5:00 a.m. ET on CNN. (A short feature begins at 4:00 a.m. and precedes the program.)
Lt. Gen. Kevin Kiley has lost his job as Army surgeon general, another casualty of the care scandal at Walter Reed Medical Center.
The Army has created a new post to help address problems at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the Army's vice chief of staff announced Thursday.
Former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole and ex-Cabinet member Donna Shalala vowed Wednesday to carry out a "vigorous" review of health care for recovering war veterans, focusing primarily on Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
President Bush on Tuesday named Democrat Donna Shalala and Republican Bob Dole to head a commission to investigate problems at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Witnesses told a House panel Monday that wounded U.S. soldiers are forced to struggle against a nightmarish and untrustworthy Army medical system that leaves veterans stranded in unfit conditions.
Secretary of the Army Francis Harvey resigned Friday in the wake of recent reports of substandard conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, a key facility treating troops wounded in Iraq.
Friday, March 2updated: Fri Mar 02 2007 03:01:00
NEW YORK (CNN) -- The widow of New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle has filed suit against the company that made her husband's doomed plane, alleging that "catastrophic failure" of its flight control system caused the aircraft's crash into a Manhattan high-rise apartment building last fall.
The top general at Walter Reed Army Medical Center was fired Thursday, the military announced, following revelations of poor conditions in the building where troops who were wounded in Afghanistan and Iraq are treated.
Army Secretary Francis Harvey blamed a failure of leadership for substandard conditions in a building that is part of Walter Reed Army Medical Center and vowed Tuesday to move quickly to fix the problem.
Two best friends with the same first name, Jeff Brandt and Jeff Quelet, met years ago when both were in the early days of an unusual career: fitting patients with artificial limbs and body braces, ...
When you meet Pennsylvanian Robert Collins, radioman second class United States Navy (ret.) on a visit to the new World War Two Memorial in the nation's capital, you no longer care who was right or wrong in the argument over whether it should have been built on the mall between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial.
Because the nation was at peace during my own time on active duty in the United States Marine Corps, I -- like every man I know -- have often wondered whether, faced with the terror and the horror of combat, my own courage and honor would have met the test and been affirmed. I can only hope so. I will never know.
One of the nation's leading veterans' service organizations accuses the Pentagon of "severely restricting" its counselors from visiting wounded and injured service members at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
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