Tuesday's World Events - March 13, 2007
1. a) What is Camp Lejeune?
b) What is Camp Lejeune's Wounded Warrior barracks?
c) When did the barracks open?
d) How many Marines currently live at the barracks?
2. a) Who thought up the idea of the Wounded Warrior barracks?
b) For what reason did they propose this special barracks?
3. What are the two main ways wounded Marines in the Wounded Warrior barracks are helped?
4. a) How does the barracks staff help the wounded soldiers with their medical treatment?
b) What isn't provided for the wounded soldiers at the barracks?
5. a) Who is Bill Rosborough?
b) What is the barracks' most important function, according to Sgt. Rosborough?
c) What hope does Sgt. Rosborough say wounded soldiers gain from living in these barracks?
6. a) Who is Lt. Col. Tom Siebenthal?
b) What is key to injured Marines' recovery, according to Lt. Col. Siebenthal?
c) What does Siebenthal's office do with the database of wounded Marines he oversees?
7. How will the newly created Wounded Warrior Regiment to be based at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia assist wounded Marines?
8. Do you think these soldiers want Americans to view them as heroes or victims, with admiration, appreciation or pity? Explain your answer.