New Treatments Improve Life for Injured Soldiers

http://www.army.mil/article/64355/New_Treatments_Improve_Life_for_Injured_Soldiers/

 

 

This article and Youtube video shows new technologies improving the lives of wounded soldiers and giving them the freedom to do things they would not have normally been able to due to their injuries. High tech prosthetics have improved greatly over the past 10 years as the number of seriously wounded vets coming home from Iraq increases. The video shows how a wounded soldier struggles and the difference in his life the new high tech prosthetic legs make. The article is from the Army website and good source of information.

Military Technology

Since the beginning of human history on this planet, we have been looking for newer and better ways to kill each other.  There has been a race to find an advantage on the battlefield that could improve your chances for survival and victory.  The United States Military has been at the forefront of technological development since the beginning.  I have seen first-hand how rapidly technology can advance when lives and the fate of a country are at stake.  Many of the technological advancements that we rely on in our daily lives, including your cars navigation system and the internet that brought you to this blog, were first researched and developed for the purpose of national security.  This blog will encapsulate a great history of military technology and provide some foresight into what the future of military technology could possibly hold.  I owe my life to a few basic pieces of technology and come to think of it... you do too.