Michelle Spoo holds a photo of her late husband, James Spoo, and their dog, Diesel, then a puppy. Spoo was born June 4, 1971. He joined the Army in November 2001 and served as an explosives ordinance disposal t More
U.S. Air Force then-Senior Airman Douglas Smits, the 35th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal operations section chief, pauses for a photo outside in Kandahar, Afghanistan, 2007. Smits suffered More
Cmdr. Keith Stuessi, a family physician with the Concussion Restoration Care Center, examines Sgt. Gorge Segura, artilleryman with India Battery, 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, at Camp Leatherneck, Afghan More
Valerie Wallace, right, calls the psychological health and traumatic brain injury team at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., a godsend in helping wounded warriors like her son, Army Sgt. John B More
Command Sgt. Maj. Jason Runnels, the command sergeant major of the 14th Transportation Battalion and Gen. Chiarelli May 22 in Boston holding the home base that service members of the 53rd Transportation Battali More
U.S. Army Spc. Brian Walker, 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Cacti, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Task Force Bronco, from Johnson City, Tenn., wears a Wounded Warrior bracel More
Tim McGraw performs during a free Tour for the Troops concert at Camp Pendleton's Paige Fieldhouse, Nov. 13. The event was sponsored by Air Force Reserve, TriWest Healthcare Alliance and Marine Corps Community More
A self portrait of myself, a 30-year-old native of Huntington Beach, Calif., assigned to Combat Camera Pacific Reserve, currently a Los Angeles police officer assigned to Southeast division. In the illustration More
Vice Adm. William E. Gortney, director of Joint Chiefs of Staff, takes questions from conference attendees during a morning plenary session at the 2012 Military Health System (MHS) Conference, held at the Gaylo More
Cody Turner prepares a patient for his magnetic resonance imaging scan at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, April 3, 2012. Turner is an MRI technician with the 455th Medical Support Squadron and hails from Avon, C More
An image of the NICoE Satellite Center Camp Lejeune was on display at the groundbreaking ceremony held aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune June 13. Once complete the network of NICoE Satellite Centers will pr More
U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond T. Odierno and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell discuss mild traumatic brain injuries and concussions in an Aug. 30 panel between U.S. Army leaders and NFL officials. The pan More
Traumatic brain injuries affect numerous wounded warriors across the Marine Corps. The TBI resource fair held aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune Sept. 11 had many different booths with resources to help woun More
U.S. Army Pfc. Jose Ojeda, with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, relaxes at the Warrior Recovery Center (WRC) at Kandahar Airfield in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Oct. 2, 2012. Ojeda r More
About 90 high school football coaches from around the nation take part in a panel discussion on concussions and traumatic brain injuries with panelists from the NFL and the U.S. Army as part of the U.S. Army Al More
A soldier receives information on signs and symptoms of a concussion during a consultation at the Traumatic Brain Injury clinic at Fort Belvoir Community Hospital. The Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center t More
Dr. Alan G. Finkel, neurologist from the Department of Brain Injury Medicine at Womack Army Medical Center, answers a question from an audience member during a discussion panel March 7 at Womack's Weaver Audito More
Navy Lt. Dennis White, a psychiatrist, and Petty Officer 3rd Class Allan Lee, a corpsman, both with the Regimental Combat Team 7 Observational Stress Control and Readiness Team, pose by a sign at Combat Outpost More
Former Blanchfield Army Community Hospital Emergency Center chief returned to visit BACH March 15, this time as a Tennessee state senator. Blanchfield Army Community Hospital's Interservice Physician Assistant More
In an effort to help educate beneficiaries on what brain injury services and support are available, a Brain Injury Awareness Open House was held, March 21., at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu. The Pacif More
Sexual Assault Awareness Month Proclamation 2013 April 3, 2013, as part of the INFOX in Caserma Ederle, Vicenza, Italy. Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Donahue II, USARAF commanding general (center) signs the proclamation More
The first highlight of the 2013 Warrior Games' archery competition was when Richard Stalder fired a Robin Hood at the United States Air Force Academy, Colo. May 15. The term refers to an archer firing an arrow More
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jose Canales, senior breach supervisor with the 38th Engineer Company, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, receives the Purple Heart medal from Under Secretary of the Army Dr. J More
Female service members line up ready to jump into the Pacific Ocean for the first leg of the Armed Forces Triathlon, June 1, 2013, at Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu, Calif. The event featured male and fe More
Secretary of the U.S. Army John McHugh addresses experts within the brain injury community on the Army's take on traumatic brain injury during the 2013 Secretary of Defense Symposium on Traumatic Brain Injury h More
Staff Sgt. Todd Domerese shares his story of traumatic brain injury and road to healing at a groundbreaking ceremony June 13 at Fort Campbell, Ky. for the third in a series of nine National Intrepid Center of E More
Staff Sgt. Royneka Hood, Marine Liaison, checks where her Marines and sailors are at Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center on June 30, 2013. Hood is the military liaison for all Marines and sailors at the Hun More
Sgt. 1st Class Karl Shirrmacher, 445th Civil Affairs Battalion, U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) in Mountain View, Calif., smiles after watching his best warrior competito More
Dustin Halper, a site certified hyperbaric technologist at Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune, puts on an oxygen mask while inside a Hyperbaric Oxygen Multiplace Chamber aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune Aug. 8. More
Navy Lt. Orlando Cabrera (left), a native of Plainfield, N.J., conducts a strength test on a patient experiencing muscle pain at the combined aid station on Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Dec. More
Even the youngest family members get in on the action at the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration in New Orleans Jan. 11. Community partner Home Depot provides wooden craft kits for during the event and this camouflage More
Retired Army Sgt. 1st Class Victor Medina, right, addresses a class of future nurses about what it is like to live with a traumatic brain injury at El Paso Community College, Northwest Campus, El Paso, Texas, M More
Runners check in before the I Believe I Can Fly 5K at Toledo Express Airport April 9, 2017 in Swanton, Ohio. The 180th Fighter Wing, Ohio Air National Guard and the Arms Forces worked together to put on the 5K More
Lance Cpl. Angel Flores runs plumbing pipes through a hole in the wood frame of a home during a construction project Aug. 17, 2014, for the Military Missions in Action American Heroes Home Build of Pamlico Coun More
Randall Davis, left, reaches the finish line of the Pikes Peak Challenge for the second time, the day after his 46th birthday. He first completed the challenge in 2008. Davis said the climb "symbolizes the moun More
The 32nd vice chief of staff of the Army, retired Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli, leads a discussion about suicide, post-traumatic stress, and traumatic brain injury with senior leaders from across Joint Base Lewis-Mc More
A combat engineer assigned to the 555th Engineer Brigade received the Purple Heart medal during a ceremony Jan. 5. Spc. Asa Bingham, 22nd Engineer Clearance Company, suffered traumatic brain injury from a roads More
Joint Task Force 505 service members prepare to load a UH-1Y Huey helicopter onto a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 19. The plane is bringing More
Pam Hayes, founder of The Arms Forces and coordinator of the I Believe I Can Fly 5K, addresses runners and supporters before the race Oct. 18, 2015, in Swanton, Ohio. Men and Women of the 180th FW traded combat More
“Healing America’s Heroes through the Power of the Arts” Marine Staff Sgt. Anthony Mannino performs Art Therapy as part of his Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) treatment and recovery. Art Therapy Intern, Adrienne More
A Soldier takes a cognitive hand-eye coordination test on the Dynavision visuomaster training device at the traumatic brain injury clinic in the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson hospital, March 2, 2016. A physic More
An individual participates in an open house at the Traumatic Brain Injury clinic March 7, 2016, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany. The event included a tour that exhibited some of the tools used to More
Sandia National Laboratories veterans Lindsey Kibler and Gabrielle Holcomb hold photographs from their service in the U.S. Army at the New Mexico Veterans’ Memorial Park in Albuquerque. Kibler and Holcomb are t More
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Description: August 2016 Science Cafe. Caption: Melissa Walker, Art Therapist and Healing Arts Program Coordinator at the National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE), Walter Reed Nat More
U.S. Army Col. Bruce Rivers, staff ophthalmologist Fort Belvoir Community Hospital performs corneal cross-linking procedure on U.S. Military Academy West Point Cadet Saverio Macrina at Fort Belvoir, Va., Nov. 2 More
A native of Mountain Pine, Arkansas, Erik Babb, procurement technician with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Alaska District, received Matai (mah-TIE'), a Portuguese water dog, at no cost from 832 K9's Deputy More
Using nanotechnology inside gel samples scientists will see what happens to the brain during an explosion — at the cellular level.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 1, 2017) – Hospitalman David Vargas (left), a behavioral health technician at Naval Hospital (NH) Jacksonville, conducts a block design test on a patient to assess functioning of the pa More
Navy Cmdr. John Hughes, director of the Magnetoencephalography (MEG) Laboratory at the National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE) at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., stands bef More
Charles Brill, a physician’s assistant who works at the Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Intrepid Spirit Center, inserts needles into Spc. Arthur Barlow, an automated logistical specialist assigned to Headquarters and More
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U.S. Army Master Sgt. Justin Hummer, 27th Special Operations Support Squadron Joint Ground Liaison Office NCO in charge, prepares to receive a Purple Heart as his family looks on May 5, 2017, at Cannon Air Forc More
CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait—Staff Sgt. Michael McMillan, 35th Inf. Div. behavioral health non-commissioned officer in charge confers with Capt. Trever Patton, 35th Inf. Div. psychologist, Oct. 30.
Army Staff Sgt. Sean Young, 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment training room noncommissioned officer, strums the guitar during music therapy with Danielle Kalseth, 673d Medical Operations S More
Shaun Carlson, a physical therapist at the Intrepid Spirit on Fort Bragg, N.C., smiles for a portrait, Dec. 11, 2017. Carlson grew up in a military family and said he has been fascinated by rehabilitation and s More
Col. Patrick M. Garman, Evans Army Community Hospital commander, speaks to attendees at the Creative Forces Community Summit Feb. 15, 2018, at the Ent Center for the Arts in Colorado Springs. Garman praised the More
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (March 20, 2018) – Noah Duncan, Naval Hospital Jacksonville’s traumatic brain injury program coordinator, discusses the hemispheres of the human brain and the effects of TBI with Naval Air St More
180330-N-PN275-1015 SAN DIEGO (Mar. 30, 2018) Tracey Bridges, left, from the Help Heal Veterans organization shows Shunda McGinest, a Registered Nurse case manager Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton a model used to More
New Freedom Farm (NFF) was founded in 2016 by Lois Dawn Fritz, a U.S. Navy veteran, and is located in Buchanan, Va. NFF is a non-profit sanctuary that offers non-traditional equine therapy at no cost to U.S. mi More
Maj. Gavin Meany, 34th Infantry Division psychiatrist, presents his traumatic brain injury slide show January 3, 2019, at the Kuwait North Military Medical Complex in Al Jahra, Kuwait. (U.S. Army National Guard More
FORT DRUM, N.Y. – Elizabeth Kirkpatrick, the physical therapist for the Fort Drum Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Clinic, uses a model of the inner ear to demonstrate how a concussion can cause inner ear, or vesti More
Creative Forces Program Manager Danielle Braxton oversees a Sailor working through an art project at Intrepid Spirit Concussion Recovery Center. Braxton works as an art therapist for those working through the I More
SAN DIEGO (Mar. 29, 2019) - Capt. Bradford Smith, commanding officer, Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD), delivers the opening remarks of the 6th annual Traumatic Brain Injury Symposium. The symposium is ho More
U.S. Army Pfc. Steven Moreno, a healthcare specialist at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, practices acupuncture as a form of pain management during LRMC’s Traumatic Brain Injury and Rehabilitation Clinic’s TB More
Members of the Headquarters Support Company, 834th Aviation Support Battalion stand in formation (maintaining physical distancing standards for COVID-19 prevention) on May 2, 2020, at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, dur More
Congressman Greg Murphy, R-N.C., visits the Intrepid Spirit Concussion Recovery Center on July 8, 2020 aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. Representative Murphy discussed with providers the various services More
Katie Sanders, the Warrior Recovery Center (WRC) music therapist, plays the piano over the phone for a patient during a virtual, individual music therapy session Sept. 14, 2020.
Seaman Blake Hargis, a corpsman with the Concussion and Injury Recovery Center, fills out a traumatic brain injury questionnaire for Sgt. Denver Owens, an electrician with 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Mar More
Col. Stephen Falcone (front left), commander of the 77th Sustainment Brigade, 310th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, and Lt. Col. Corey New (front right), commander of the 53rd Transportation Battalion, 77th More
U.S. Army Spc. Brian Walker, talks May 29 about his team’s reaction to being hit by an improvised explosive device during a recent convoy. Currently being treated at Bagram Air Field’s Traumatic Brain Injury Cl More
Lt. Gen. Thomas D. Waldhauser, commanding general, I Marine Expeditionary Force, and Sgt. Maj. Randall Carter, sergeant major, I-MEF, present country music star and actor Tim McGraw with a commemorative unit KA More
Cody Turner examines a patient's magnetic resonance imaging scans at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, April 3, 2012. Turner is an MRI technician with the 455th Medical Support Squadron and hails from Avon, Conn.
Sgt. Stephen K. Lunt, native of Moncks Corner, S.C., takes aim at a target during archery practice for the 2012 Warrior Games in Colorado Springs, Colo., April 25, 2012. Lunt suffered a traumatic brain injury f More
Sgt. Stephen K. Lunt, native of Moncks Corner, S.C., bumps the ball to a teammate during the Marine Corps versus United Kingdom sitting volleyball match of the 2012 Warrior Games at the United States Air Force More
The ceremonial dig for the NICoE Satellite Center Camp Lejeune occurred aboard Camp Lejeune June 13. The new center will be dedicated to the research and treatment of traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress.
Pfc. Jose Ojeda, a soldier from Comanche Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, relaxes at the Warrior Recovery Center at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Oct. 2, 2012. Ojeda received care at the WRC fo More
Navy Lt. Dennis White, a psychiatrist with the Regimental Combat Team 7 Observational Stress Control and Readiness Team, discusses a Traumatic Brain Injury pie chart with Petty Officer 3rd Class Allan Lee, a co More
The Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. James F. Amos, left, speaks with service members and attendees prior to a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Warrior Hope and Care Center in Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 7, 201 More
Col. Jamie Grimes (right), national director of the Defense and Veterans Brian Injury Center, Defense Center of Excellence, and one of the panelists for the discussion, introduces herself and shares some of the More
U.S. Army Sgt. Nathan Martucci, originally from Mount Arlington, N.J., is a Warrior Transition Unit soldier at Joint Force Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, March 11, 2013. Martucci works to improve multiple facets o More
U.S. Army Capt. Glenndale Williams, Tripler Army Medical Center resource management division, attends the a Brain Injury Awareness Open House, March 21, at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu. The Pacific R More
Sexual Assault Awareness Month Proclamation 2013 April 3, 2013, as part of the INFOX in Caserma Ederle, Vicenza, Italy. Col. David W. Buckingham, Commander US Army Garrison Vicenza , signs the proclamation aft More
Six teams of wounded, injured and ill veterans from the United States and United Kingdom competed in archery during the 2013 Warrior Games, May 15. The concentration required for archery may be therapeutic for More
U.S. Army Sgt. Joseph Moore, an infantryman with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 38th infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, receives the Purple Heart medal from the Under Secretary More
Competitors from the U.S. Air Force, Army, Marines, Navy, and athletes from the Canadian military forces sit together after the Armed Forces Triathlon, June 1, 2013, at Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu, Ca More
Sgt. 1st Class Karl Shirrmacher, 445th Civil Affairs Battlaion, U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) in Mountain View, Calif., watches as his best warrior competitor is treate More
2nd Lt. John Bobrousiecki, patient, Spinal Cord Injury and Disorders Center of Excellence, pulls weights during his kinesiotherapy session at the Hunter Holmes VA Medical Center on June 30, 2013. Bobrousiecki a More
U.S. Army Sgt. Margaret Kerchief, a medic with Charlie Company, 501st Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division takes patient information over the phone at the Warrior Recovery Ce More
Navy Lt. Orlando Cabrera, a native of Plainfield, N.J., inserts a needle into the ear of a patient at the combined aid station on Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Dec. 13, 2013. Cabrera, a physi More
Staff members Noel Ballard and Michele Gargiulo from the Office of Representative Steven Palazzo, Fourth District, Mississippi, attend the welcome breakfast and opening remarks at the Yellow Ribbon Reintegratio More
Retired Army Sgt. 1st Class Victor Medina answers questions from nursing students at El Paso Community College, Northwest Campus, El Paso, Texas, March 6, 2014. Medina suffered a traumatic brain injury while de More
Deborah A. Maisonet, left, and Pfc. Tae Park unpackage parts and cut piping for a plumbing project during the Military Missions in Action American Heroes Home Build of Pamlico County Aug. 17, 2014. Maisonet is More
The 32nd Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, retired Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli, leads a discussion about suicide, post-traumatic stress, and traumatic brain injury with senior leaders from across Joint Base Lewis-Mc More
Spc. Asa Bingham (center), 22nd Engineer Clearance Company, receives the Purple Heart Medal from Maj. Gen. Terry Ferrell, commander, 7th Infantry Division Jan. 5. Bingham suffered traumatic brain injury from a More
U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Carlos R. Pastora Jr., right, prepares a UH-1Y Huey helicopter to be loaded onto a C-17 Globemaster III at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 19. Service members More