IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 416 
Honoring the members of the Armed Forces serving as health care 
professionals in Iraq and Afghanistan, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 24, 2006 
Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD submitted the following concurrent resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Honoring the members of the Armed Forces serving as 
health care professionals in Iraq and Afghanistan, and 
for other purposes. 
Whereas more than 12,500 health care professionals of the 
Armed Forces are currently serving in Iraq and Afghani-
stan; 
Whereas these health care professionals include enlisted med-
ics and medical corpsmen who provide immediate, life- 
saving care on the battlefield, doctors, nurses, and med-
ical support personnel at combat support hospitals, and 
health care providers responsible for evacuations to med-
ical treatment facilities and medical centers; 
Whereas more than 17,500 United States service members 
have been wounded in action during Operation Iraqi 
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Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom and have 
been cared for by military health care professionals; 
Whereas between 75 and 80 percent of traumatic injuries in-
volve the extremities and are most commonly combined 
with wounds that affect other regions of the body; 
Whereas since 2001, more than 400 United States service 
members have returned home from Iraq and Afghanistan 
as amputees; 
Whereas many injuries, which previously would have resulted 
in death, were not fatal because of advancements in bat-
tlefield equipment, including body armor and helmets; 
Whereas in addition to advancements in equipment, advance-
ments in battlefield medicine, procedures for swift evacu-
ation to hospitals, and the overall high quality of medical 
care continue to save the lives of United States military 
personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan; 
Whereas the nature of warfare conducted in Iraq and Af-
ghanistan has forced military health care professionals to 
confront new types of injuries and develop new types of 
treatment methods; 
Whereas as a result of the high quality of health care profes-
sionals serving in the military, the survival rate of United 
States service members is higher than in any previous 
war, with 7 to 8 survivors for every death, as compared 
to 2 survivors for every death during World War II; and 
Whereas the medical treatments, procedures, and approaches 
developed by military health care professionals serving in 
Iraq and Afghanistan will continue to save military lives, 
in addition to having direct applications and benefits to 
civilian medical care: Now, therefore, be it 
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Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress— 
(1) honors the members of the Armed Forces 
serving as health care professionals in Iraq and Af-
ghanistan and their ongoing contributions to the 
United States service members to whom they provide 
medical care; and 
(2) recognizes the research and advancements 
achieved by military health care professionals in the 
area of battlefield medical care and the direct appli-
cations and benefits such research and advance-
ments will have to civilian medical care. 
Æ 
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