The Warrior Care in the 21st Century (WC21) is a coalition of more than 16 nations that facilitates global sharing of warrior care best practices and lessons learned, and enables partner nations to collaborate to identify viable and innovative solutions to current and future challenges facing wounded, ill, and injured Service members. The WC21 coalition addresses warrior care issues affecting its partnering nations; identifies common challenges, best practices, and innovative solutions to support current and future care and support for Service members; and validates workable solutions to long-term challenges.
The second annual WC21 Symposium will provide the next in-person forum for participating nations to elevate and address key topics in each focus area and adjust the coalition’s strategy as needed. Three in-person work groups, focusing on resilience, recovery and rehabilitation, and reintegration will be led by Australia, the United Kingdom and Georgia, respectively.
- October 25-27, 2016
- MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, Florida
The WC21 coalition originated in large part from conversations that began with the United States - United Kingdom Task Force Working Group and the 2014 Recovery Summit, at which 27 nations came together to share best practices, lessons learned, and fact-based evidence gathered on warrior care during the previous 14 years of sustained conflicts.
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10/27/2016
Senior defense leaders and representatives from 14 nations kicked off the second annual Warrior Care in the 21st Century Symposium
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10/27/2016
Brigadier-General Hugh Colin MacKay, OMM, CD, QHP, surgeon general of Canadian Forces, confers with Dr. Karen Guice, acting assistant secretary of Defense for Health Affairs at the 2016 Warrior Care in the 21st Century Symposium in Tampa, Florida. The 2017 Symposium will be held in Canada. (Courtesy photo)
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10/26/2016
Karen Guice, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, along with James Rodriguez Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Office of Warrior Care Policy, Office of the Secretary of Defense provided opening remarks for attendees
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10/25/2016
Army Col. Cary Harbaugh, director of Care Coalition at U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), represented the host of the second annual Warrior Care in the 21st Century Symposium as he welcomed attendees to MacDill Air Force Base on October 25, 2016 in Tampa, Florida. Speaking on behalf of Gen. Raymond A. Thomas III, commanding general of USSOCOM, Harbaugh described the care provided to over 10,000 wounded, ill and injured service members, veterans and family members through the command’s Care Coalition. “General Thomas always highlights that the key to USSOCOM’s success is our people. They’re our most precious asset and our comparative, competitive and decisive advantage.” (Courtesy photo)
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10/25/2016
Leaders from all over the world joined for the opening remarks for the second annual Warrior Care in the 21st Century Symposium in Tampa, Florida, on October 25, 2016. Many countries were represented as leaders from Australia, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Jordan, Lithuania, Netherlands, New Zealand, Ukraine, United Kingdom and United States introduced themselves to guests in the room. (Courtesy photo)
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10/25/2016
Leaders from all over the world joined for the opening remarks for the second annual Warrior Care in the 21st Century Symposium in Tampa, Florida, on October 25, 2016. Many countries were represented as leaders from Australia, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Jordan, Lithuania, Netherlands, New Zealand, Ukraine, United Kingdom and United States introduced themselves to guests in the room. (Courtesy photo)
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10/25/2016
Dr. Karen Guice, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, provided remarks at the first day of the second annual Warrior Care in the 21st Century Symposium in Tampa, Florida. “We fight together and we heal together,” she said of the collaborative approach and engagement that was represented by attendees. “Sharing our approaches and our research in solving the kind of problems that lead to innovative ways to address and solve each one together – this work never stops. Now is not the time to become complacent or reduce our focus, nor is it the time to limit investments.” (Courtesy photo)
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10/19/2016
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10/17/2016
Established in 2015, the Warrior Care in the 21st Century coalition simplifies global sharing of warrior care best practices and lessons learned
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9/27/2016
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9/23/2016
DHA director Vice Adm. Bono lauds the efforts of award recipients at the Paralyzed Veterans of America’s (PVA)‘Mission: ABLE’ awards ceremony and says advocacy groups help DHA serve disabled veterans.
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9/13/2016
As a part of the injured service member’s care team, OBF receives information about who arrives to the hospital, whether they have children, how many, and if the children are at WRNMMC with the parent or not
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7/27/2016
After struggling with a TBI for years, Staff Sgt. Anthony Mannino Jr. credits his therapy sessions at NICoE in helping him focus on training for the 2016 Warrior Games.
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