Tom Odom
11-18-2009, 06:50 AM
This came out yesterday through our PAO here in MND-B. LTC Karcher and his family remain close to the hearts of the 1st CAV and the greater Fort Hood community. If you want an example of what is right with the Army and the extended Army familiy, here it is.
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Tom
Face of Defense: Officer Works to Walk Again (http://www.defenselink.mil/News/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=56708)
By Heather Graham
Special to American Forces Press Service
SAN ANTONIO, Nov. 16, 2009 – Five months ago, Army Lt. Col. Tim Karcher was in Sadr City, Iraq, commanding the 1st Cavalry Division’s 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, and preparing to complete the hand-off of the volatile region to the Iraqis.
Today, he is relearning how to walk.
On June 28, Karcher was on his way to a ceremony to hand over control of a joint security station in Sadr City to Iraq, when a powerful roadside bomb designed to pierce armor ripped through the mine-resistant, ambush protected vehicle in which he was riding. Karcher lost both legs above the knees.
It was Karcher’s third deployment. He was shot in his left shoulder in January 2006 during his second deployment, but recovered quickly and returned to his unit in Iraq six months later. This time, things were different.
Karcher was transferred from the U.S. Army Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., on July 5. There, complications arose. Amputation of both legs above the knees was not the most serious of his injuries.
More at the link (http://www.defenselink.mil/News/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=56708)
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Tom
Face of Defense: Officer Works to Walk Again (http://www.defenselink.mil/News/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=56708)
By Heather Graham
Special to American Forces Press Service
SAN ANTONIO, Nov. 16, 2009 – Five months ago, Army Lt. Col. Tim Karcher was in Sadr City, Iraq, commanding the 1st Cavalry Division’s 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, and preparing to complete the hand-off of the volatile region to the Iraqis.
Today, he is relearning how to walk.
On June 28, Karcher was on his way to a ceremony to hand over control of a joint security station in Sadr City to Iraq, when a powerful roadside bomb designed to pierce armor ripped through the mine-resistant, ambush protected vehicle in which he was riding. Karcher lost both legs above the knees.
It was Karcher’s third deployment. He was shot in his left shoulder in January 2006 during his second deployment, but recovered quickly and returned to his unit in Iraq six months later. This time, things were different.
Karcher was transferred from the U.S. Army Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., on July 5. There, complications arose. Amputation of both legs above the knees was not the most serious of his injuries.
More at the link (http://www.defenselink.mil/News/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=56708)