Commitment to Military Amputees

As our service men and women return home in need of rehabilitative care, the Amputee Coalition of America is there to help. The ACA works closely with Walter Reed Army Medical Center and Brooke Army Medical Center to ensure that military men and women who sustain limb loss while serving our country receive comprehensive support.

A large part of a successful recovery process lies in discovering how fully one can function after surgery. Since military amputees are young and healthy prior to their battlefield trauma, limb-altering surgery potentially changes every facet of their lives, including the opportunity to return to active duty. The physical fitness and endurance required of military personnel only amplifies the difficult changes they experience. The ACA provides these young men and women with peer visitors who have also suffered an amputation as a result of their military service.

Military in-Step, a guide to adapting to limb loss, was developed by ACA in collaboration with the U.S. Army Amputee Patient Care Program and features articles specific to treating and recovering from blast-related amputations.

» Click here to read Military in-Step