charles scoville, chief of amputee patient care service at walter reed national military >> and ms. linda holiday at the u.s. department of veterans affairs office of inspector general. mr. halladay is accompanied by mr. nick dahl, director of the bedford office of audits. evaluations and mr. kent. both of your complete written statements will be made part of the record. you are now recognized for five minutes. >> chairman johnson and distinguished members of the subcommittee thank you for your opportunity to provide a perspective and how the department of defense cares in particular prosthetic cares and collaboration between dod and department of veterans affairs. it's always important for us to look back before we look forward to take from lessons learned. the washington post reported in a few days the army will print a formal evaluation to give officers the opportunity to return to active duty. this was written in 1951. fast forward to 2003 we repeated this within the military return individuals to active duty. to date we have had over 305 individuals who remain on active duty and over

[applause] from the office and the california state senator, we have ms. linda johnson. i would also like to recognize all the veterans and active duty military to have joined us today. please stand and be recognized for your service to our country. [applause] in remarks to the congressional medal of honor society in 1983, president ronald reagan said "freedom, we must always remember, is never more than one generation away from extinction. each generation must do whatever is necessary to preserve it and passed on to the next, or it would be lost forever." i speak to our audience of students when i say i hope you recognize both parts of what president reagan said about freedom. each generation must do their part to preserve freedom. our speakers today represents some of america's best efforts to preserve freedom over the generations. but that's not enough. president reagan points out passing it on from one generation to the next. the team at the congressional medal of honor foundation has put together a remarkable curriculum which invites students to delve into the stori