Wheeler is a combat Veteran who served two tours in Iraq with the U.S. Army 3rd Infantry Division as a military intelligence specialist. He received two Army Commendation Medals for his service in Iraq. He says he spent more time on deployment than he did stateside at his duty station in Ft. Stewart, Georgia.
New chartbook identifies disparities in health care quality related to age, sex, race and ethnicity while confirming that Veterans have greater health needs but receive better care than non-Veterans.
In 1990 the newest aircraft in the Air Force’s fleet of KC-135 air refueling tankers was already 25 years old. The venerable airframe based on the Boeing 707 airliner and its crews were being asked to do something few of them had been trained to do – take part in a conventional war.
