2 sites, 2 visions

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A wounded Marine walks through the halls of the U.S. military's Ibn Sina Hospital in the Green Zone of Baghdad on Tuesday. Most seriously wounded American, coalition and Iraqi soldiers in Iraq are funneled through the hospital, making it the busiest combat trauma hospital in the world, according to the military.


2 sites, 2 visions
By Gidget Fuentes - Staff writer
Posted : Saturday Jan 5, 2008 7:12:31 EST

But at Camp Pendleton, one question looms: Where should the $30 million project be built?

Marine officials are weighing two possible sites at the sprawling West Coast base: the grounds of the Naval Hospital, near the existing Wounded Warrior barracks in the 26 Area, or the Mainside area of the base, where the majority of headquarters units, exchanges and other amenities are located.

Establishment of the Wounded Warrior battalions and regiment has been one of the commandant’s top priorities. The military construction project is to include a new 200-bed barracks designed specifically for wounded Marines and sailors to recover, and built along with a headquarters facility for the Wounded Warrior Battalion-West. Such facilities usually include ramps, wider doors, and rooms and bathrooms that can accommodate wheelchairs.

A similar complex, Wounded Warrior Battalion-East, is planned at Camp Lejeune, N.C. Both battalions fall under the Wounded Warrior Regiment, based at Quantico, Va.

The distance between the proposed West Coast sites — a winding, roughly three-mile drive — isn’t a long ride at this 198-square-mile base. But each site would offer some different advantages over the other.


Rest article at: http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2008/01/marine_wounded_warrior_080114w/



uhc comment: Five fucking years of war and occupation and these miserable fuckers haven't figured where to put the brand-new, shiny Wounded Warrior buildings? Gimmeafuckingbreak.