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Travis Mills Loses Arms and Legs to IED in Afghanistan and Survives

Travis Mills Loses Arms and Legs to IED in Afghanistan and SurvivesWhen American soldiers can survive having all their limbs removed in the field, many would say America’s enemies should be frightened and (perhaps more importantly) God should be thanked. Such is the case with Travis Mills, an army staff sergeant who was caught in a blast from an improvised explosive device (IED), which blew off both of Mills’ arms and both of his legs. Miraculously, he’s still alive, breathing and conscious, according to Fox News:

Army Staff Sgt. Travis Mills, of Vassar, Mich., was injured when he stepped on an IED April 10 while serving with the 82nd Airborne in Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. He is recuperating at a hospital in Germany and hopes to return stateside on Tuesday, three days after his 25th birthday, his father told FoxNews.com. [...]

Travis Mills Loses Arms and Legs to IED in Afghanistan and Survives

“Travis was scheduled for surgery [Sunday]; however, they said he is stable enough to wait until Monday morning just so everything is freshly done before his flight home,” Mills’ wife Kelsey wrote. ”The nurse told me what an honor it is to be with Travis, and what a great man he is, and how everyone there loves him (as well as everywhere else). She was able to finally give him a glass of milk and he was so happy.”

Travis Mills Loses Arms and Legs to IED in Afghanistan and Survives

Mills is only the fourth quadruple amputee in military history to survive his injuries, according to the Tunnel to Towers Foundation and the Gary Sinise Foundation, which have reached out to Mills’ family to offer support.

You can also watch Fox‘s full report on Mills’ condition below:

Mills has a website that provides regular updates on his condition, and includes links that can be used to send money for his medical treatment.

Travis Mills Loses Arms and Legs to IED in Afghanistan and Survives

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  • myway
    Posted on April 17, 2012 at 7:04am

    Please do not breed!

    Liberals are so mean they can’t help it. God Bless our Warriors and their families.

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  • grandmaof5
    Posted on April 17, 2012 at 6:48am

    Crawl back under your rock and pray you lead a life without pain or sorrow. You won’t, and maybe it will give you a soul. God bless America, and our brave men and women, who give you the right to be so cold. This young man has a long, painful road ahead but he, and his family, will persevere. Thank you for your service.

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  • meyerdg
    Posted on April 17, 2012 at 5:59am

    God Bless you and your family as they go through this time. Know that all of us Military families are praying for you!

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  • WARRIORSCROWN
    Posted on April 17, 2012 at 5:33am

    This is so sad. Bring our troops home already Mr.(pathetic excuse for a) President!

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    • Ari Ben TZion
      Posted on April 17, 2012 at 6:30am

      @WARRIORSCROWN

      Absolutely – bring our troops home.

      Fighting in a backward, G-d forsaken place like Afghanistan – and for what?

      Let them kill each other off.

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    • lukerw
      Posted on April 17, 2012 at 8:44am

      Yea… bring home the Troops… so they can be Fired… sent out to a non existant Job Market… or used fight the Civilians who rebel against the Dictator!

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  • NOBALONEY
    Posted on April 17, 2012 at 5:12am

    Only the Brave. All our prayers.

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  • Greyowl
    Posted on April 17, 2012 at 4:49am

    God bless you Travis and continue to hold you in His hands as you recover. Thank you for your service to your country. I pray also that your country will be willing to give back as much as you have given.

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    • lukerw
      Posted on April 17, 2012 at 8:46am

      If this happened to me… I would want to die!

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    • Pounding_hammer
      Posted on April 17, 2012 at 9:57am

      @ LUKERW

      And that‘s why you’re not brave enough to be a soldier

      From movie “Troy”:
      Messenger Boy: The Thesselonian you’re fighting… he‘s the biggest man i’ve ever seen. I wouldn’t want to fight him.
      Achilles: Thats why no one will remember your name.

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    • lukerw
      Posted on April 17, 2012 at 10:22am

      @POUNDING…

      SGT, US Army… Viet Nam! And, your Credentials are… What?

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    • Pounding_hammer
      Posted on April 17, 2012 at 11:03am

      @ LUKERW

      Civilian…. And I know many family members and friends who are in the military, and know family to Sgt. Mills as well. I am close to several injured soldiers.

      You may be a soldier as you claim, but that is not how the soldiers and families of the soldiers I know talk.

      I don’t have to be in the military to appreciate them and love their sacrifice. My family is alive because the military liberated my parents’ country in WWII

      You, Sir, show disrespect to this mans spirit and his families spirit, when you speak of wanting to quit when it gets tough and your family wants you alive the most, after a tragic injury.

      Just tell me this, what purpose do you serve by inciting the quitter’s attitude first of all, and then come on here and condemn others who commend this man & his family to life and liberty and freedom?

      My freedoms were afforded my by the sacrifices of our military men and women, and I will not diminish them or their sufferings, by speaking about quitting and dying when they come across difficulty. A man of honor does not speak of this. If my grandfather had done that, my entire family would not exist.

      So my credentials Sir: I am a concerned patriot who is holding FIRM at the home front!

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    • lukerw
      Posted on April 17, 2012 at 11:29am

      @POUNDING…
      It is interesting that know Soldiers… but it does not mean that you know what they Think or what goes on in their Mind! In the Military Code Of Conduct, the Number One Rule was Never Be Captured (Die Fighting)!

      I met Ronald Reagan… but I do not claim to know his thinking or be him!

      My Father was, also, WWII… as my GrandFathers in WWI… as GreatGrandFather in Spanish American War. These are not my Credentials!

      You simply seem to be highly opinionated… but without actual experience. And, nothing that I have said Condemns anyone. On the other hand, you seem to reject my Opinions and Condemn me.

      I think this is Funny!

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    • Pounding_hammer
      Posted on April 17, 2012 at 11:53am

      @ LUKERW

      That’s fine. If this is your stance, we’re done here then.

      I’m a civilian, so I don’t have “credentials” as you ask for them.
      I just simply disapproved of you comment being simply that dying is a good option for this man, if you were him.

      I quite honestly disagree. His family wants him, his family is proud of him, Our Nation should be proud of him.

      So you’re right, I don’t have “credentials” as you would like, and yeah, I don’t know what my grandfather or my current living friends from the wars are feeling or think in their heads. You are right.

      But you’re trying to tell me that by not having “credentials” (ie. a civilian), that therefore I lose all right and ability to speak up for LIFE and HONOR for Sgt. Mills and the many others like him.

      I again disagree. I don’t have to be in their minds, and a military man, to say that dying should not be the suggestion (and I’m not referring to allowing yourself to be captured, I agree with military conduct to die fighting of course).

      “You simply seem to be highly opinionated… but without actual experience. ”
      - So what are you saying? No Personal experience in a war means no right to stand up and support the troops, encourage them not to give up and die? I‘ll guarantee you we don’t do that with my family and friends, but we give them all we can as outsiders, not personally in the military.
      That’s OUR duty that we have as the ones left at home.

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    • Pounding_hammer
      Posted on April 17, 2012 at 11:56am

      @ LUKERW

      To save the continued appearance of insulting you or others… I’ll just leave this question with you and allow your response respectfully. Thanks

      When they come home to us (injured, mentally unstable, etc), what are we supposed to do then?

      Do we encourage them to keel over and die? Or only when the injuries are most severe? What about their families?

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    • lukerw
      Posted on April 17, 2012 at 12:07pm

      @POUNDING…
      Ah… Fate! You always do your best for the one’s that you care about or love… unconditionally!

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    • Pounding_hammer
      Posted on April 17, 2012 at 12:18pm

      @ LUKERW

      So I disagreed with your comment and took it personally. Maybe unnecessarily….

      I support all of our troops & their work.
      And if you had come home in the condition Sgt. Mills is in now, I would be supporting with all my heart your ability to spend the rest of your days with your family and loved ones, with all the human decency that should be afforded our sacrificial soldiers.

      Thanks for the enlightenment & your Service, and God Bless

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  • LovinUSA
    Posted on April 17, 2012 at 2:15am

    God bless you Travis, Thank you for your brave services, it seems so small of a gesture compared to what you have gone through, but it is truly sincere and heart felt, May God bring you and your family through this tragic happening and grace you all with love and protection .

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    • MetalPatriot
      Posted on April 17, 2012 at 3:16am

      Amen.

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    • FED-UP-AND-READY-TO-TAKE-ACTION
      Posted on April 17, 2012 at 9:27am

      I too pray for your recovery and for God’s Grace and Blessing for your family. Know that the Lord will be with you on the darkest of days and will keep you through this most trying time in you and your family’s lives. My son is in basic now and my heart goes out more than you know. God Bless you for you are A TRUE AMERICAN PATRIOT AND HERO!!

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  • ChangeAll
    Posted on April 17, 2012 at 12:56am

    This kind of courage surpasses understanding…I hope he gets every kind of support to the maximum…this is an agonizing recovery, but it sounds like Travis will handle it well…a HERO for all of us.

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    • KeystoneState
      Posted on April 17, 2012 at 2:27am

      I believe in a strong DEFENSE, that being said, what in the heck are we defending over there anyway? In 2001, we should have disabled the taliban’s ability to cause us harm as an example to every other pipsqueek 3rd world country who intends to hurt us PERIOD! Instead, we got wrapped up in this Politically Correct Do folder endless conflict, (Win their hearts and minds) Crap! So here we have a brave man, who will no longer be able to lead a normal life, while our “Leaders” try to “sit down at the table” with these 7th century sister honor killing mutilating Sickos!
      oHere’s a foreign policy for you, (We, “the great satan” will leave your desert paradise, but you get no food, and we’ll buy no oil, and since Isreal is a democratic ally, we won’t intervine in their defense of their country other then letting them buy arms, which is their duty as they see fit, which is between them and our military contractors. And, if we trace a terrorist attack in the United States too your country, you have 5 days to evacuate your largest city, because its going to be turned into glass! Call me nuts, but I think it would work.

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  • banjarmon
    Posted on April 17, 2012 at 12:50am

    Staff Sgt. Travis Mills..SIR… Thank you for your service to OUR Great Country
    YOU are more of a man now than the potus will ever be!!!

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  • abbygirl1994
    Posted on April 17, 2012 at 12:13am

    And this is what our governments do to our young people, while they sit back on their arse and rake in the money.. and don’t do a thing about the shape of our country! Men and women suffering. Our military should make the wages our congress and senate makes and in return our congress and senate should get the wages of our military.. after all they haven’t done a lick of work in a long time! Unless of course you call screwing up our country work! God help us!

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    • Cesium
      Posted on April 17, 2012 at 12:48pm

      Well guess what.. God is not going to help us because there is no god. So I suggest we get the troops out on our own. Wishful thinking is not how things get done, It’s only how religious people make them selves feel worthwhile and good.

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  • GoodStuff
    Posted on April 16, 2012 at 11:31pm

    Both Bush and Obama are to blame for fighting a politically correct war. They are so afraid of bringing down the hammer because of what the thought police in the media will say.

    The problem in this country is the media, plain and simple. Not politicians..the media!

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    • DEFCON4
      Posted on April 16, 2012 at 11:51pm

      @GoodStuff, The state run media is in cahoots with the Obama administration !

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  • Walkabout
    Posted on April 16, 2012 at 11:27pm

    I hope he gets some good bionics. He certainly deserves it. Once scientists learn how to coax human bodies into regrowing limbs I hope he is at the front of the list once the tech is proven.

    I am sick & tired of Afghanistan. We leave & the Pashtun are going to be in for round 3; it will be the 2nd round for the Russians. The Pashtuns will get ground into the dust. The Russians will do to Afghanistan what they did to Grozny. This time the U.S. will not help the treacherous Pashtuns

    No stingers for them. Just saying.

    Sucks to be you bitchez!

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  • trueamerican40
    Posted on April 16, 2012 at 11:23pm

    Death before dishonour! This man is my hero. I couldn‘t even hold a candle to this man’s courage.

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  • gotoneon
    Posted on April 16, 2012 at 11:19pm

    The editing on this site is relentless.

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  • gotoneon
    Posted on April 16, 2012 at 11:15pm

    There is nothing in these ******* countries,worth the dismemberment and lives of our best young men.Turn the whole area into a parking lot,and let God sort them out,and bring them home.This is CRIMINAL!

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    • Thatsitivehadenough
      Posted on April 16, 2012 at 11:19pm

      That’s exactly what I thought they should have done back in 2001.

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    • ashestoashes
      Posted on April 17, 2012 at 12:02am

      But if they don’t continue these blood money wars..how ever will they cause the economic collapse of America sinking her to third world status and bringing about the NWO..THese wars are absolutely necessary..After all George H Bush was the first to mention the NWO and Henry Kissinger is on record talking about it..in one clip he says that the American people would not like it but it was best for them.
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfK0tvk7VNk

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    • ashestoashes
      Posted on April 17, 2012 at 12:44am

      This is how the wars get started.
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1rb1OATsM8&feature=player_embedded

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    • riseandshine
      Posted on April 17, 2012 at 1:27am

      Hello Ashes…..I read that you had a bad experience on that thread earlier today. Religion discussions, especially on internet forums, can often cause problems. I know I don’t like to get mixed up in all that. I generally keep my religious beliefs to myself, and I don‘t rip other people’s faiths. It’s just easier…and more peaceful….On that note…Peace, my friend.

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    • riseandshine
      Posted on April 17, 2012 at 2:00pm

      *Ashes…. I don’t like this website personally. I come here to do a little good when I get the opportunity, which isn’t often. If you knew the meaning of my avatar, you would know what I feel the need to speak out about more than anything. Peace.

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  • Wanderer66
    Posted on April 16, 2012 at 11:11pm

    At the end of the video they give the address for a fund setup for the family. I suggest we all give until it hurts and try to do a very good deed. Together we could really help this family so they could focus on caring for this hero. It’s the least we can do. And it’s easy. Spread the word.

    Prayers would be helpful also.

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  • welovetheUSA
    Posted on April 16, 2012 at 11:11pm

    Why in the heck are our boys going through this…………for WHAT……..a bunch of scabby muslims? Get our boys home.

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    • GoodStuff
      Posted on April 16, 2012 at 11:28pm

      We’re fighting a politically correct war, which is a type of war that is winless.

      If we were fighting to win, it would have been over 8 years ago.

      After we beat Japan, we forced the emperor to go on Japanese national radio and declare that he was not divine. We also wrote the Japanese constitution for them. THAT is how you win wars. You don’t win wars by playing nice, or by handcuffing our soldiers with absurd rules of engagement. And, you certainly don’t win the peace by allowing 12th century Islamic warlords to write the constitution.

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    • CatB
      Posted on April 16, 2012 at 11:50pm

      Sadly our fighting men and women have been turned in to sitting duck social workers .. God help them if they kill the enemy .. because they will say they were “civilians” and our government doesn’t back them up .. it is LONG past time to bring them home. Don’t give a date .. just get it done.

      Prayers going out to Staff Sgt Mills and his family … may God watch over them all.

      I looked up the hometown, small town Michigan .. near Saginaw / Bay City …North of Flint and Ann Arbor … eastern Michigan. You know the kind of town where they “cling to their guns and religion” .. he will have a lot of good support. Once again .. bring them home and prayers for all our military .. both serving now and our veterans … and especially this young man and his family.

      May God Bless.

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  • 82dAirborne
    Posted on April 16, 2012 at 11:07pm

    I hope everyone remembers that our POTUS wants to cut medical benefits to veterans. NOT all government employee’s/retirees – just veterans. You most certainly do not have to have served in uniform to be a patriot! However those that have risk everything and ask for very little.

    OWS exists because of the freedoms they enjoy. They can go to hell in my book. AND you can buy your own birth control. The Obamunist wants veterans to pay a larger share of their healthcare – Fair??

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  • noland
    Posted on April 16, 2012 at 11:06pm

    ThankYou Sgt. Mills for Your Courage and All You gave for our Liberty and Freedom. May God give You and Your family HIS Peace! Not the peace of this world, but His everlasting Peace of His Spirit and Love.

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  • gotoneon
    Posted on April 16, 2012 at 11:03pm

    There is nothing in Afghanistan or any other ******* country that deserves our young men’s lives and bodies.Make a parking lot out of the whole area,let God sort them out,and come home.

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  • AnAmerican111
    Posted on April 16, 2012 at 11:03pm

    Sgt Mills Is another in the line of true American Heroes.
    There is little we can say that can match the sacrifice he has given for this Country!

    Heroes deserve our admiration and the best care that we can provide!

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  • TheCoffinMaker
    Posted on April 16, 2012 at 10:55pm

    Why in the hell are we over there?

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  • PeachyinGA
    Posted on April 16, 2012 at 10:53pm

    God Bless our military heroes. These men/women would have lost their lives ten years ago from their injuries. Thank you Medics/Medical Staff for savings lives in the field so these men and women can survive their injuries to return home to their families and friends who love them. God Bless America.

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    • SageInWaiting
      Posted on April 16, 2012 at 11:13pm

      No, I fear we are beyond that point; we have defiled Him and His blessings on this country… God, HAVE MERCY on America.

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  • klevalt
    Posted on April 16, 2012 at 10:52pm

    Amazing. I am in awe!!! THANK you Soldier! Thank you to his family! Thank you to God. Support our military!

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  • FloridaFarmGirl
    Posted on April 16, 2012 at 10:47pm

    Gary Sinise is a true American hero. So is Travis Mills. This war is such a waste of lives, limbs, health, money. My prayers go out to this young man and his family. I am so sorry this happened to you and thank you for your service sir. We must get our soldiers home now!!!

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    • InfiniteSolutions
      Posted on April 16, 2012 at 10:56pm

      I couldn’t have said it better myself. I can’t even imagine what life would be without my limbs. What an terrible thing to happen. Travis should be taken care of financially the rest of his life, this would at least reduce that worry and concern. Can you imagine how he’ll be treated after VA is done with him. this is awful…………

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    • Mutiny
      Posted on April 16, 2012 at 11:00pm

      You hit the nail on the head. I understand that its a volunteer military, but they signed up to protect and defend our country. Not some crap hole in Asia that will never be a decent country. 1000 years from now Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Libya, and most of these countries we are so desperate to invade will be the same as they are today.

      The United States is not the answer to the problems of the world. All we are doing is making more problems for ourselves. Travis Mills you are a hero and I am very sad you are crippled for life over nothing.

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    • lukerw
      Posted on April 17, 2012 at 11:01am

      Soldiers… sign up to Fight Wars… and risk their Bodies & Death… not to drill in some Fort, nor to have a 9 to 5 Job. And, they do this… because they Honor their National Values and believe in an AfterLife!

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