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May is National Military Appreciation Month! The Office of Warrior Care Policy is honored to support all our brave Service members. Operation Warfighter (OWF) Events May 3, Fort Meade, McGill Training and Education Center, 8452 Zimborski Avenue: 9 a.m.-12 p.m. May 15, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Lobby of Building 62, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Watch the blog, Warrior Care Facebook and Warrior Care Twitter accounts for live coverage of this year's Warrior Games, taking place May 11-16 in Colorado Springs! Attention RCCs, Advocates and other care coordinators! The December 2012 Training and Development Quarterly is now online. Browse through it today! http://www.scribd.com/doc/119911194/RCC-Training-and-Development-Quarterly-December-2012Categories
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Adaptive Sports Gives Wounded Warriors New Purpose
Most people would have a difficult time maintaining a positive attitude after a serious accident resulting in a traumatic brain injury, speech, balance and memory issues, but not Jeannette Tarqueno. Just four months after being hit in the head by…
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Wounded warrior finds new hope, perspective through adaptive sports
An active duty Marine since 2004, Jorge Toledo deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan multiple times and would “go back in a heartbeat.” But a pre-deployment training flight accident at Camp Pendleton in 2011 changed his plans. After his helicopter…
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Operation Warfighter intern receives award in recognition of workplace contributions
For Mark Lyons, the plan was simple: 20 years in the Marine Corps followed by a career in law enforcement. But when his left leg was amputated through the knee in early 2011, Lyons realized he needed a new…
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Departing head of Warrior Care Policy stresses recovering Service members, families must remain a priority
A message from departing Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Warrior Care Policy, John R. Campbell When I left the Marine Corps in 1970, I was fortunate to re-enter an American community, and a job market, where people knew…
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NRD recognized for contributions to military, veteran communities
Posted on March 18, 2013 | No CommentsThe goal of the National Resource Directory (NRD) is to provide a central, web-based access point to federal, state and local services and resources that support recovery, rehabilitation and community integration for today’s Service members, veterans, families and caregivers. ... -
Paperless non-medical case management system adds functionality, users
Posted on February 20, 2013 | No CommentsThe Office of Warrior Care Policy (WCP) has recently expanded its online non-medical case management tracking system to several new user groups. These new partnerships bring the benefits of the automated, paperless system to an even wider variety of...
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Wounded Warrior Programs
DoD training helps care coordinators ‘put the pieces together’
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Transition Assistance
DoD and VA continue to improve online access to benefits information
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Military Families
Caring for the Caregiver; the Heroes’ Hero.
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