Title: Tough As They Come
Description: **Thousands of soldiers die every year to defend their country. Thousands were wounded in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Five have survived quadruple amputee injuries. This is one soldier's story.**

United States Army Staff Sergeant Travis Mills was sure that he would become another statistic when, during his third tour of duty in Afghanistan, he was caught in an IED blast four days before his twenty-fifth birthday. Against the odds, he lived, but at a severe cost—Travis became one of only five soldiers from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to survive a quadruple amputation. Travis inspires thousands every day with his remarkable journey. He doesn’t want to be thought of as wounded. “I'm just a man with scars,” he says, “living life to the fullest and best I know how.”
Subjects: United States. Army. Airborne Division, 82nd, Afghan War, 2001-2021--Personal narratives, American, Disabled veterans--United States--Biography, Amputees--United States--Biography, Soldiers--United States--Biography
Places: Maiwand (Afghanistan), Kandahar (Afghanistan), Vassar (Mich.), Dallas (Tex.), Fort Bragg (N.C.), Fayetteville (N.C.), Fort Polk (La.), Herat (Afghanistan), Bala Murghab (Afghanistan), Landstuhl (Germany), Bethesda (Md.)
People: Travis Mills (1987-), Kelsey Mills, Chloe Mills, Josh Buck
Time periods: 2012-