1. Wounded Warrior Item #1 - How it Began Item #2 - Building the Team
Item #3 - Learning
Item #4 - Wounded Warrior Regiment
Item #5 - Maxwell’s Mission
Item #6 - New Problem
Item #7 - How Can You Help?

2. Item #1
How it Began

3. Kalsu, Iraq Last picture before injury
Video

4. Kalsu, Iraq First picture after injury

5. Shrapnel
Brain
Elbow

6. Received my Purple Heart
National Naval Medical Center Bethesda, Maryland

7. Medical Summary At Night: OVER-ACTIVE MIND
Day Time: Expressive and Receptive APHASIA
Vision Limited Reading/Writing
Fatigue Mental Exhaustion
Right Leg: Lack of solid control
Right Arm: Lack of solid control

8. Limited Duty

9. ITEM #2
Building the Team

10. 1st: Hang out with my unit - Drink Coffee. Chat. Visit.
2nd: Visit Hospitals
- Learned
Loneliness. Guiltiness. Sadness. Confusion. BORED!
Idea - Live Together?
3rd: Propose the Idea to the (then) CG II MEF
Gen Jim Amos…..Approved

11. Unit was Growing Spring 2005 Barracks – 6 Others – 10% Spring 2006
Glenn Beck – WEB
Glenn Beck - Memory

12. Benefits of the Barracks
Togetherness Events. Talking to each other.
Purpose Part of a Marine Corps Team
Vehicle/Driver available
Problem Solving Individuals are supported Case Manager More Responsive
Food Delivered
Education
Papers, requests, follow ups, second opinions

13. ITEM #3
Learning
(Drowning)

14. Learning Education was not Automatic
The original plan was successful Togetherness is good BUT
We were not prepared for other issues It grew… and grew… and grew… More Marines with More Issues

15. Learning
As we solved the problems for those in the Barracks, the question continued to raise…
What about those who do NOT live in the Barracks?

16. Learning
USMC Items Tracking Wounded, Command structure, CONOPS, PEB, VA. TSGLI, Extension, MFL Capabilities, CACO capability, RBE training, promotion, retention, re-enlistment, MOS options, Fitreps, Pro/Cons, options, Wounded Marine Medical decisions, etc…
Family Items - Funding for trips to see sons/husbands (S/H) (ITO, Follow on trips, follow on trips so see kids) - Authorization to see S/H in Landstuhl (Orders, or options?) - Parents/Spouse Disagreements (Financial, passionate, etc)

17. Learning
Medical Items - Multiple Injuries Issues (Pills, attention to all injuries instead of the most important - 2nd Opinion (My elbow as an example) - Decisions (remove leg, connect nerve vains, etc..) - Hospital Options Location - (Home town, VA, current duty station, etc…) Specialty – Walter Reed, Bethesda, Tampa, Willmington, etc..
Public Items - Public Events (Golf, Xmas Event, etc…) - News (Newspapers, Radios, TV) - Donations (Everything!) - Visitors (Everyone is welcome at CL, but not all places)

18. Learning Medevac to United States Multiple routes Initial hospitals
Follow on hospitals (several)
Home town
Units location

19. Approved Family Members Arrival
Wounded
31st Combat Support
Hospital
Baghdad
Unit/Local BAS
Field Hospital
Return to Duty (RTD)
Return to Duty (RTD)
Return to Duty (RTD)
Return to Duty (RTD)
Landshtul Germany
Calling?
Tracking?
Explaining?
Funding?
Approved Family Members Arrival

20. Calling? Tracking? Explaining? Funding? www.SemperMax.com Others
Andrews AF Base 744th Communication Squadron Network Administration (301) /
Camp Pendleton Naval Hospital
Camp Lejeune Naval Hospital
National Naval Medical Center 8901 Rockville Pike Bethesda, MD (301) ; toll-free
Walter Reed Army Medical Center 6900 Georgia Avenue, NW Washington, DC
Brooke Army Medical Center Location: 3851 Roger Brook Dr. FSH TX Contact Info: (210)
Naval Medical Center
San Diego
34800 Bob Wilson Drive
San Diego, CA
Calling?
Tracking?
Explaining?
Funding?
Local Support in most Military Hospitals
Marine Liaison Marine for Life VA Information Visitors Other Injured and their families

21. Limited Duty Marines/Sailors may be moved to many different places.
Often, they are moved more than once.
National Naval Medical Center
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Naval Medical Center
San Diego
Camp Lejeune Naval Hospital
Brooke Army Medical Center
Camp Pendleton Naval Hospital
Others
TBI: Palo Alta
VA Hospital
Civilian Hospital im Home Town
TBI: Tampa
TBI: Richland
Other VA Hospital Specialties
Any Other Military Hospital
Other VA Hospital in Home Town
Home on ConLeave between each Medical appointment
Home awaiting Order
All wounded can be tracked as long as the proper input is made.

22. Not in the Barracks?? ? www.SemperMax.com When Can I re-join my unit?
Fitreps?
Awards?
Pro/Cons?
Promotions?
BAH issues (Brook vs. Pendleton)?
Medical Decisions (e.g.-Have leg removed)?
PEB?
TSGLI?
VA?
Approved ConLeave?
Funded family in medical trip?
Funded trip to follow on Med appt?
Re-enlistment?
New MOS?
When Can I re-join my unit? ?

23. We need a
Chain of Command...
I briefed Gen Conway

24. Wounded Warrior Regiment
Item #4
Wounded Warrior Regiment

25. Wounded Warrior Regiment
Colonel Greg Boyle Commanding Officer Wounded Warrior Regiment

26. WWR Organization Mississippi River Deputy Commandant for
Manpower and Reserve Affairs
Headquarters Marine Corps
Quantico, VA (DC M&RA)
Wounded Warrior Regimental Headquarters, Quantico, VA (WWR)
Wounded Warrior Battalion-West
Camp Pendleton, CA (WWBN-W)
Wounded Warrior Battalion-East
Camp Lejeune, NC (WWBN-E)
Mississippi River

27. * Know that a Regimental Marine is in your area Help is out there
Call Center
(877)
WWR services the Total Force –
Active Duty / Reserve / Retired / Former Marines
Quantico
Landstuhl
Camp
Lejeune
Camp
Pendleton
Okinawa
The WWR changes the way we did business – from multiple command involvement with multiple different processes – to a single command that brings unity of command, unity of effort, and continuity of care across the Marine Corps.
The WWR handles all WWs – active duty, reserve, former Marines, etc…
It has a strategic reach spanning USMC operations world-wide. Its CONUS presence includes 2 WW battalions, 1 WW company in WESTPAC, PATs and liaisons at MTFs and VA PRCs, 10 DISCs, and 120 Hometown Links. With this capability, if required, the Regt can put a Marine in uniform on the front doorstep of a Marine in need – for that face to face leadership.
We currently have 232 staff personnel in the Regt - with planned future growth to 361 personnel. This is a significant manpower investment and shows the Marine Corps’ commitment to WW support.
Guam
Hawaii
WW Regiment
WW Battalions
Patient Affairs Team (PAT)/VA Liaisons
District Injured Support Cells (DISC)
WW Company *
120 Hometown Links (not shown)

28. Item #5
Maxwell’s Mission
Find Them All!

29. The Tiger Team ? The Team 29 Palms Balboa Naval Hospital
Camp Pendleton ?
Where are they?
Scripps
29 Palms

30. The Tiger Team… Tampa, FL James A. Haley VA
San Antonio, Texas Brooke Army medical Center

31. Item #6
New Problem

32. Serious Problem Dr Armando –
I talked to you this morning, just for a bit. As you may recall from that, I am running into a lot of problems with my current capabilities. I think that I am just working too much. I think that my brain gets real tired, and this is the result.
- My right leg. No pain, it just begins to drag.
- Headaches.  Not intense, but the left side of my head hurts. New.
- Speaking/Words  It is worse
- Memory – New. I don’t remember having this problem.
-Loss of Balance - It used to be very rare/ Now it is common.
- Depression – Often, I do not even want to get out of my bed. New problem.
- Stress - I do not remember having this.

33. Shrapnel leeching heavy metal toxins in cerebral fluid
Not Good

34. 2007
2004

35. ICU Meeting my Anesthesiologists Recovery in Bethesda Home
National Rehabilitation Center

36. Weakness/Nerve Loss Oct 2008
Neck/Shoulder
Vision
Hand/Wrists
Foot/Ankle

37. Item #7
How Can You Help?

38. Know about the Wounded Warrior Call Center
To reach the Wounded Warrior Call Center, call
(877) 4USMCWW ((877) ).

39. Remember… Help is out there
Call Center
(877)
Quantico
Landstuhl
Camp
Lejeune
Camp
Pendleton
Okinawa
The WWR changes the way we did business – from multiple command involvement with multiple different processes – to a single command that brings unity of command, unity of effort, and continuity of care across the Marine Corps.
The WWR handles all WWs – active duty, reserve, former Marines, etc…
It has a strategic reach spanning USMC operations world-wide. Its CONUS presence includes 2 WW battalions, 1 WW company in WESTPAC, PATs and liaisons at MTFs and VA PRCs, 10 DISCs, and 120 Hometown Links. With this capability, if required, the Regt can put a Marine in uniform on the front doorstep of a Marine in need – for that face to face leadership.
We currently have 232 staff personnel in the Regt - with planned future growth to 361 personnel. This is a significant manpower investment and shows the Marine Corps’ commitment to WW support.
Guam
Hawaii

40. Support Call Center My Web Site Donations are amazing
Money is not involved in any way
Sharing stories is important.
The concept of the Barracks
Donations are amazing
They contact other organizations if at all possible
Smart

41. Talk to Wounded Warriors
Were you injured?
(Do you mind telling me) What Happened?
How are you doing?
Their response….”I’m Fine”
You should disagree “I could never handle that” etc…
Did you loose a friend?
If so, it is the worst thing that happened.
Say nothing negative
Especiappy “anti-war”
Thank you, etc…
What unit were you in?
Best unit in the Army.
If a Marine, it is important. But not as much.

42. Remember, they are people
Visit. Talk. Help. Try to provide HOPE.

43. Questions?