Home » Archives » "Operation Proper Exit"

Operation Proper Exit

May- 6-2010 » Filed Under: 1/25 SBCT

Amputee soldier from Fort Wainwright returns to Iraq as part of Army program - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

FAIRBANKS - When Staff Sgt. Brian Beem left Baghdad in 2006, it was on a stretcher with the lower part of his right leg so severely damaged, doctors said there was only a 10 percent chance they could save it.

When he returns to Iraq this month, Beem, 32, and now an amputee, is determined to walk out of the country on his own terms. [...]

Beem is one of about 10 other soldiers in the Army who are going back to Iraq as part of Operation Proper Exit. Sponsored by the Troops First Foundation, Operation Proper Exit takes soldiers back to places where they were injured to help them find closure.


Advertisements