In memory of
ALL FALLEN HEROES
and
Dedicated to the men and women of The United States Armed Forces
Inspired by
Robert Mark Horrigan
Master Sergeant
United States Army Headquarters
Special Operations Command
KIA Al Qaim, Iraq
June 17, 2005
Fact Sheet
1. Of the more than 1.4 million service men and women who have served in the two war zones, nearly 700,000 have become eligible for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical care, of whom about 230,000 have sought such care since 2002.
2. A total of about 50,000 troops have been wounded in action. The survival rate of those wounded is higher than it was in Vietnam and much higher than World War II, due to body armor, advances in battlefield medical procedures, and more rapid evacuation. Concern is growing about injuries and ailments that have come to mark this war: amputations, traumatic brain injuries (TBI), and the mental and emotional shock of combat.
3. "Of the Iraq/Afghanistan veterans who sought care from the VA, about 38 percent have received at least a preliminary diagnosis of a mental health condition, and 18 percent have received a preliminary diagnosis for PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), making it the most common, but by no means, the only mental health condition related to the stress of deployment," Michael Kussman, undersecretary of the Veterans Health Administration, told a House Committee on Veterans' Affairs hearing in February, 2008.
4.
According to the Congressional Research Service, more than
50,000 of our military service personnel and veterans are
returning from
OUR MISSION
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