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Wounded Warrior, Wife Overcome Adversity
Posted by carol.bowers in Family Matters on November 13, 2009
By Elaine Wilson, AFPS
Nov. 13, 2009
Elaine.wilson@dma.mil
When I recently walked into the lobby of Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., I felt that familiar sense of awe and excitement I always feel when I’m about to be in the presence of wounded warriors.
Wounded warrior Army Staff Sgt. Robert Canine and his wife, Jennifer, pose for a picture before Robert works out in the lower limb physical therapy area of the Military Advanced Training Center at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C., Nov. 6, 2009. DoD photo by Elaine Wilson
These troops wage war on the battlefield and, when injured, wage a different type of war back home, a battle that requires just as much, if not more, courage and resilience.
I must admit I’m a huge fan.
I was there to meet with a wounded soldier and his wife to find out how they had weathered the depths of deployment and injury and made it through.
Army Staff Sgt. Robert Canine and his wife, Jennifer, an attractive, young couple, greeted me warmly and immediately put me at ease.
At first glance, you’d never notice that Robert had been injured. An explosive had robbed him of his legs, but he stood tall to greet me on prosthetics.
A Mexico, Mo., native, Robert told me he’d joined the Army about 10 years earlier. A year later, he married Jennifer and their son, Sebastian, arrived a year after that. His first of two deployments took place in 2003, when he did a tour in Tikrit, Iraq, with the 4th Infantry Division.