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"The powerful true story of a SEAL Team Six member and military dog handler, and the dog that saved his life. Two dozen Navy SEALs descended on Osama bin Laden's compound in May 2011. After the mission, only one name was made public: Cairo, a Belgian Malinois and military working dog. This is Cairo's story, and that of his handler, Will Chesney, a member of SEAL Team Six whose life would be irrevocably tied to Cairo's. Starting in 2008, when Will...
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Publisher
Government Institutes
Pub. Date
2009.
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English
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The typical wounded soldier must complete and file twenty-two forms after an active-duty injury. To soldiers and their families coping with the shock and reality of the injuries, figuring out what to do next—even completing tasks that seem easy like submitting paperwork—can be overwhelming and confusing.
The second edition of this popular resource guide has been thoroughly revised to reflect new policies, additional benefits, updated...
The second edition of this popular resource guide has been thoroughly revised to reflect new policies, additional benefits, updated...
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Publisher
LP
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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For dog lovers and military families, a comprehensive and heartfelt collection of first-hand stories and in-depth reporting about how service, therapy, and companion dogs are changing the lives of active and retired military personnel injured in action - With more than thirty pages of color photographs.
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English
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This is the story of Napal, who brought Jason Morgan back from the brink. It is the story of a funny, lovable dog's power to heal a family and teach a wounded man how to be a true father. Humorous, intensely moving, and uplifting, this tale will lift every heart.
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The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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"Christian Bagge, an Iraq War veteran, lost both his legs in a roadside bomb attack on his Humvee in 2006. Months after the accident, outfitted with sleek new prosthetic legs, he jogged alongside President Bush for a photo op at the White House. The photograph served many functions, one of them being to revive faith in an American martial ideal--that war could be fought without permanent casualties, and that innovative technology could easily repair...
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Military life volume 6
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English
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The typical wounded soldier must complete and file twenty-two forms after an active-duty injury. To soldiers and their families coping with the shock and reality of the injuries, figuring out what to do next-- even completing tasks that seem easy like submitting paperwork-- can be overwhelming and confusing. The second edition of this resource guide has been revised to reflect new policies, additional benefits, updated procedures, and changes to insurance,...
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Mountaineers Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"Cindy Ross, founder of River House PA, an organization that helps veterans get out into nature to hike, paddle, and mountain bike, profiles sixteen individual veterans in depth, telling their personal stories and experiences. The broader story of the trauma veterans endure and how nature can help them to recover is interwoven throughout"--
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University Press of America
Pub. Date
[2009]
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English
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Describes the development of rehabilitation medicine from its inception in World War I and World War II through its expansion during the 1980s, as stimulated by the Medicare program. The book describes how the field developed in response to the need for care and rehabilitation of wounded soldiers, disabled veterans, and members of the workforce in the 1940s and 1950s. The book ends with the enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which embodied...
10) Warrior dog
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Feiwel & Friends, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group LLC
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"The powerful true story of a SEAL Team Six member and military dog handler, and the dog that saved his life. Two dozen Navy SEALs descended on Osama bin Laden's compound in May 2011. After the mission, only one name was made public: Cairo, a Belgian Malinois and military working dog. This is Cairo's story, and that of his handler, Will Chesney, a member of SEAL Team Six whose life would be irrevocably tied to Cairo's. Starting in 2008, when Will...
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Former Navy SEAL Senior Chief James Hatch tells a fierce, moving tale of being badly wounded on a special ops mission that ended his two-decades-long military career; his searing recovery; and the struggle to live life off the speeding train of war"--
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Atria Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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A decade ago, Special Forces warrior Jason Morgan parachuted into the Central American jungle on an anti-narcotics raid. Months later, he regained consciousness in a US military hospital, with no memory of how he'd gotten there-- and a prognosis that he would never walk again. After multiple surgeries and numerous setbacks, Morgan was a single father confined to a wheelchair and tortured by his pain. Light came in the form of Napal, the black Labrador...
14) Warrior dog
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Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Two dozen Navy SEALs descended on Osama bin Laden's compound in May 2011. After the mission, only one name was made public: Cairo, a Belgian Malinois and military working dog. This is the story of Cairo and his handler, Will Chesney, a member of SEAL Team Six whose life would be irrevocably tied to Cairo's, specially adapted for young listeners from Chesney and Joe Layden's No Ordinary Dog.
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Praeger Security International
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
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From the Publisher: Thousands of American service members are returning from their tours of duty with physical and/or psychological disabilities. Many-if not most-of these service members will need at least some assistance to adapt to their disabilities and learn how to reintegrate back into civilian life. Also impacted will be the spouse, friends, employers, family members, counselors, and community members of each veteran with a disability. The...
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Synergy Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
[2010, 1948]
Language
English
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A documentary filmed at an Army hospital which records actual treatment of World War II veterans suffering from neuropsychiatric conditions, commonly referred to as "shell shock" and "battle fatigue, " as a result of their battle experiences. Treatment methods include hypnosis, narcotherapy and psychiatric therapy. In 1946, just before its first public showing, the film was confiscated by the policy group of Army Public Relations. It wasn't made available...
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