The working wounded (12/5/04)

The working wounded

Unlike past wars, if injured service members want to remain in uniform and can do the job, the military tries to help them stay.

BY ANNE HULL
Washington Post


After an anti-tank mine destroyed his foot and part of his leg in Iraq, Capt. David Rozelle, 31, considered his future. In another era, the commander of a cavalry troop would have been heralded for his bravery and likely issued a medical retirement.

But Rozelle experienced a different message while hospitalized at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington.

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