Center for the Intrepid

The facility is a 60,000 square-foot rehabilitation center that focuses on helping amputees and burn victims recover.
Most advanced equipment will be available, including prosthetics research lab.
The facility cost $40 million -- paid for through private donations -- to build.
An additional $8.2 million was donated to build two 21-suite Fisher Houses, bringing the total number of Fisher Houses at Brooke Army Medical Center to four.

Stats pulled from the Fisher House Magazine, Volume XIIV, Summer 2006.

Fisher House Foundation

Each Fisher House provides between eight and 21 suites and can accommodate between 16 and 42 family members of wounded military members.
Average length of stay is 12 to 14 days and more than 2 million days of lodging have been provided to more than 110,000 families since its inception in 1990.
The program saved families more than $10 million in lodging, food and transportation costs in 2006 and more than $90 million since inception.
Fisher Houses are fully supported by the Fisher House Foundation and are provided to relatives of wounded military members for free.

Stats pulled from the Fisher House Foundation.

Brooke Army Medical Center

BAMC is a 450-bed health care facility that provides level-one trauma care and graduate medical education.
Facility is spread across 1.5 million square feet and can provide care for 450 patients.
There are 48 intensive care unit beds and 40 of those beds are dedicated to the Institute of Surgical Research Burn Unit.
Hospital can expand to 653 beds if needed.

Stats pulled from the Brooke Army Medical Center Web site.

Fort Sam Houston Facts

Army built post at Fort Sam Houston in 1876.
The site has grown from 92 acres to 3,000 acres.
Before the Civil War, Fort Sam Houston controlled 25 percent of the Army's forces.
Presidents Teddy Roosevelt and Dwight D. Eisenhower and 13 Army Chiefs of Staff served here.
Fort Sam Houston was largest military post from 1910 to World War II.
Military aviation began at Fort Sam Houston in 1910.
Fort Sam Houston became the principal medical training facility for the Army following World War II and Brooke General Hospital was built.
Brooke General Hospital is considered the largest military medical training facility in the world.
Many soldiers -- including President Dwight D. Eisenhower -- met their future spouses at Fort Sam Houston.
The fort was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1975.
Boasts the largest collection of historic structures. It has more than 900 structures.
More than 27,000 military and civilian personnel work at the post.
Fort Sam Houston has a payroll/operating budget of $1.9 billion.

Stats pulled from Fort Sam Houston's Web site.

War Statistics

More than 20,000 men and women have been wounded while serving in Afghanistan and Iraq.
6 percent of those injured in Iraq have amputations compared with 3 percent in previous wars.
As of April 30, 268 soldiers have lost at least one limb, 41 soldiers have lost two limbs and a few who have lost three limbs.
90 percent of soldiers wounded in Iraq survive, compared to the 76 percent survival rate for soldiers who fought in Vietnam.
Statistics suggest that soldiers have suffered eye injuries at a rate far higher than any previous war.

Stats pulled from the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund.