WEBVTT 00:01.649 --> 00:04.889 I am the first female to deploy to any 00:04.900 --> 00:08.060 war with a prosthetic leg , 10th person . 00:08.390 --> 00:10.446 And I want other people out there to 00:10.446 --> 00:12.612 know that when things happen to them , 00:12.612 --> 00:14.779 they get hurt or injured or sick , not 00:14.779 --> 00:17.399 to give up because it sucks sometimes , 00:17.409 --> 00:19.780 but it gets better . You can do 00:19.790 --> 00:22.709 anything . We've had a little over 00:22.719 --> 00:26.489 1700 injured in combat itself , but we 00:26.500 --> 00:28.667 have thousands more who are injured in 00:28.667 --> 00:30.833 motorcycle accidents and car accidents 00:30.833 --> 00:33.599 and training accidents and cancer and 00:33.610 --> 00:36.930 other diseases . And so our goal is 00:36.939 --> 00:38.828 anyone who is wearing a uniform , 00:38.828 --> 00:40.828 whether you're active duty National 00:40.828 --> 00:44.250 Guard or Reserve . Do you have access 00:44.259 --> 00:46.481 to these capabilities we have developed 00:46.481 --> 00:48.703 over the last 20 plus years . Yeah , it 00:48.703 --> 00:50.815 changed my life , you know , and back 00:50.815 --> 00:52.926 then there wasn't really any amputees 00:52.926 --> 00:55.037 yet . Unfortunately , there are a lot 00:55.037 --> 00:57.259 more now with the conflicts in Iraq and 00:57.259 --> 00:59.490 Afghanistan , we had a really the 00:59.500 --> 01:02.139 beginning of a huge surge of polytrauma 01:02.150 --> 01:04.330 and amputation patients . And we now 01:04.339 --> 01:06.819 have a robust team of researchers who 01:06.830 --> 01:08.441 are embedded in the advanced 01:08.441 --> 01:10.663 rehabilitation centers after getting to 01:10.663 --> 01:12.774 go to the center for the Intrepid and 01:12.774 --> 01:14.886 being around other soldiers just like 01:14.886 --> 01:17.108 me who had lost their limbs . It was so 01:17.108 --> 01:19.750 healing and opportunities just grew 01:19.760 --> 01:23.650 from that E AC or the S is a dod 01:23.660 --> 01:27.099 va joint entity . The three centers are 01:27.110 --> 01:29.332 Walter Reed , National Military Medical 01:29.332 --> 01:31.499 Center , Brook Army Medical Center and 01:31.499 --> 01:33.721 Naval Medical Center in San Diego . All 01:33.721 --> 01:35.277 three sites have integrated 01:35.277 --> 01:37.443 multidisciplinary health care , really 01:37.443 --> 01:39.443 focused on rehabilitation . So it's 01:39.443 --> 01:41.666 going to be your occupational therapy , 01:41.666 --> 01:41.349 physical therapy , orthotics and 01:41.360 --> 01:43.416 prosthetics , fabrication as well as 01:43.416 --> 01:45.304 physical medicine . But they have 01:45.304 --> 01:47.416 access throughout the entire military 01:47.416 --> 01:50.160 treatment facility to surgical services 01:50.169 --> 01:52.739 and nutrition care and the chaplain and 01:52.750 --> 01:54.972 mental health and all those things that 01:54.972 --> 01:57.510 really are required for whole person 01:57.529 --> 02:00.849 health care . I grew as a 02:00.860 --> 02:03.959 person because of the drive that it's 02:04.300 --> 02:06.244 made grow with me to fight for the 02:06.244 --> 02:08.078 things that I want . Now , I'm a 02:08.078 --> 02:10.356 professional pilot , I'm a scuba diver . 02:10.356 --> 02:13.720 I sky dive . I just want to do anything 02:13.729 --> 02:16.940 and everything and I want to show other 02:16.949 --> 02:19.339 people that they can do it too . And 02:19.350 --> 02:21.517 we're here to help support that we are 02:21.517 --> 02:25.220 here to help patients and providers 02:25.630 --> 02:28.940 with knowing what the standard is , how 02:28.949 --> 02:31.116 to get the standard and to help you on 02:31.116 --> 02:33.282 that journey . So that everyone across 02:33.282 --> 02:37.119 the dod really benefits from all of the 02:37.130 --> 02:39.297 things that have evolved from the last 02:39.297 --> 02:41.559 20 years of conflict . No matter what 02:41.570 --> 02:43.820 happens to you , you lose a limb , you 02:43.830 --> 02:46.360 can continue on and you can do anything . 02:48.080 --> 02:48.100 Yeah .