Military Amputees to Get New Rehab Center (11/19/04)

Military Amputees to Get New Rehab Center
Updated: Friday, Nov. 19, 2004 - 4:52 PM
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By SAM HANANEL
Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - A state-of-the-art rehabilitation center opening next year at Walter Reed Army Medical Center seeks to return more amputee soldiers to a place once thought impossible: the battlefield.

Besides treadmills and stationary bikes, the $10 million Military Amputee Training Center will have weapons simulators, a climbing and rappelling wall and military vehicle simulators to help soldiers adapt their prosthetics to driving tanks and trucks.

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