When I turned around, the whole back of their apartment and back bedroom were fully engulfed in flames. This was less than two minutes after I got them out. Myers doesn't think he deserves thanks. He believes he was only doing his job, but a grateful family in the small, rural community of Brunswick, Md., will never forget. These are free to any concerned Gulf veterans by appointment in every VA medical center.
Services being offered include a comprehensive physical examination and lab tests.
Eighty-nine veterans also have received evaluations at VA's Persian Gulf Referral Centers, which have been operating since August 1992 in West Lost Angeles, Houston and Washington, D.C., to handle cases of unusual symptoms in Gulf veterans. The centers assist in cases that have evaded diagnoses locally by providing expertise in such areas as pulmonary and infectious disease, immunology, neuropsychology and toxicology. Researchers from the Naval Health Research Center in San Diego developed the concept of an automated method of capturing battlefield medical data using an electronic tag worn by combat personnel. VADM Reason is presently serving as Commander Naval Surface Force, U. S. Atlantic Fleet in Norfolk, Va. VADM Richard C. Macke, for appointment to the grade of admiral and assignment as Vice Chief of Naval Operations in the Pentagon. Macke is currently serving as Director, Joint Staff in the Pentagon.