Operation Proper Exit's wounded vets witness transformation in Iraq

1 / 5 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (seated, left to right) Sgt. Bill Congleton, Sgt. 1st Class Joshua Olson, Sgt. 1st Class Mike Schlitz, 1st Lt. Jim Kirchner and Capt. Sam Brown are appluaded during United States Forces-Iraq command merger ceremony Jan. 1 at Camp Victory's Al Faw Pal... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

2 / 5 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Sgt. Bill Congleton's prosthetic leg peeks out from his pant leg as he sits during the United States Forces-Iraq command merger ceremony Jan. 1. Congleton was struck by an improvised explosive device on June 23, 2004, two miles outside of Camp Taji, ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

3 / 5 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Lt. Gen. Kenneth Hunzeker (left), deputy commanding general of United States Forces-Iraq, talks to Capt. Sam Brown about the injuries he sustained in Kandahar, Afghanistan, in September 2008 after being struck by an improvised explosive device. Hunze... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

4 / 5 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Capt. Sam Brown stands with his wife, Capt. Amy Brown, Jan. 1 inside Camp Victory's Al Faw Palace. Brown suffered third degree burns to 30 percent of his body after being struck by an improvised explosive device in Kandahar, Afghanistan, in September... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

5 / 5 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (left to right) Sgt. 1st Class Mike Schlitz; Sgt. Bill Congleton; Lt. Gen. Charles H. Jacoby, Jr., I Corps commanding general and United States Forces-Iraq deputy commanding general of operations; Command Sgt. Maj. Frank Grippe, I Corps command serge... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

Operation Proper Exit's wounded vets witness transformation in Iraq

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