Disabled staying

Some good news from the war is that, thanks to improvements in medical technology, disabled soldiers and Marines are no longer necessarily being forced to retire:

"One of the better-known examples is Army Capt. David Rozelle. After losing his foot and part of his leg to an anti-tank mine in Iraq, Rozelle not only stayed on active duty; he became the first amputee to return to combat as commander of the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment’s Headquarters and Headquarters Troop."

Brings to mind a 19th century saying of the French Foreign Legion, that its senior officers and NCOs were characterized by "much wood," meaning the wooden limbs then used to replace the flesh they had lost in battle.