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  1. artillery unit
    an army unit that uses big guns
    After his graduation in 2001, Fernandez was a first lieutenant commanding a field artillery unit in the early days of the Iraq invasion, south of Baghdad, being asked to perform tasks for which he said the soldiers had not been trained.
  2. United States Air Force
    the airforce of the United States of America
    Later, Fernandez learned that the bomb had been mistakenly dropped from a United States Air Force jet — friendly fire, as it is known.
  3. alumnus
    a person who has received a degree from a school
    On Saturday, Fernandez will join Army alumni against Navy alumni in the Heroes Cup at 5 p.m. before the New York Titans’ professional game.
  4. friendly fire
    fire that injures or kills an ally
    Later, Fernandez learned that the bomb had been mistakenly dropped from a United States Air Force jet — friendly fire, as it is known.
  5. prosthetic
    of or relating to artificial body parts
    Using prosthetic limbs, he works and shares the parenting of two, soon to be three, children with his wife, Kristi — “a rock,” he calls her.
  6. amputate
    remove surgically
    “I flew from Seattle to Washington to see him the day after the second lower leg was amputated,” said Alex Fyfe, his friend and a teammate both at Rocky Point High on Long Island and later at West Point.
  7. lacrosse
    a two-team game played with long-handled rackets
    Twitter Linkedin Sign In to E-Mail or Save This Print Reprints Share By GEORGE VECSEY Published: April 23, 2008 At Madison Square Garden on Saturday, John Fernandez will enjoy the utter normalcy of being whacked with a lacrosse stick — exactly what a West Point grad would expect from Annapolis grads, and vice versa, to be sure.
  8. Kilimanjaro
    the highest peak in Africa
    Fyfe and Fernandez spoke proudly of each other — how Fyfe climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, how Fernandez fixes up his house and plays with his children.
  9. whack
    the act of hitting vigorously
    Twitter Linkedin Sign In to E-Mail or Save This Print Reprints Share By GEORGE VECSEY Published: April 23, 2008 At Madison Square Garden on Saturday, John Fernandez will enjoy the utter normalcy of being whacked with a lacrosse stick — exactly what a West Point grad would expect from Annapolis grads, and vice versa, to be sure.
  10. field artillery
    movable artillery used by armies in the field
    After his graduation in 2001, Fernandez was a first lieutenant commanding a field artillery unit in the early days of the Iraq invasion, south of Baghdad, being asked to perform tasks for which he said the soldiers had not been trained.
  11. Titan
    (Greek mythology) any of the primordial giant gods who ruled the Earth until overthrown by Zeus; the Titans were offspring of Uranus (Heaven) and Gaea (Earth)
    On Saturday, Fernandez will join Army alumni against Navy alumni in the Heroes Cup at 5 p.m. before the New York Titans’ professional game.
  12. veteran
    a person who has served in the armed forces
    Some of the proceeds will go to the Wounded Warrior Project, the association of injured Iraq and Afghanistan veterans for whom Fernandez is the alumni director.
  13. snowboard
    a board that resembles a broad ski or a small surfboard
    “I ski, I hunt, I fish, I snowboard.”
  14. bureaucratic
    of or relating to unnecessary procedures and red tape
    He says he worries about veterans who have brain injuries or do not have a family or a West Point education to get them through what is, at best, a bureaucratic maze.
  15. volunteer
    a person who performs work done by choice
    Now working for Bear Stearns in New York, Fyfe volunteers for Soccer for Peace, which sponsors programs for Jewish and Arab children in Israel.
  16. Hero
    (Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her
    On Saturday, Fernandez will join Army alumni against Navy alumni in the Heroes Cup at 5 p.m. before the New York Titans’ professional game.
  17. Annapolis
    state capital of Maryland
    Twitter Linkedin Sign In to E-Mail or Save This Print Reprints Share By GEORGE VECSEY Published: April 23, 2008 At Madison Square Garden on Saturday, John Fernandez will enjoy the utter normalcy of being whacked with a lacrosse stick — exactly what a West Point grad would expect from Annapolis grads, and vice versa, to be sure.
  18. first lieutenant
    a commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a 2nd lieutenant and below a captain
    After his graduation in 2001, Fernandez was a first lieutenant commanding a field artillery unit in the early days of the Iraq invasion, south of Baghdad, being asked to perform tasks for which he said the soldiers had not been trained.
  19. bureaucracy
    a government administered primarily by nonelective officials
    Thousands of veterans help one another cope with the pain, the fears, the bureaucracy.
  20. Iraq
    a republic in the Middle East in western Asia
    Fernandez lost the lower portion of his legs in Iraq in 2003.
  21. limb
    one of the jointed appendages of an animal
    Using prosthetic limbs, he works and shares the parenting of two, soon to be three, children with his wife, Kristi — “a rock,” he calls her.
  22. unite
    join or combine
    Later, Fernandez learned that the bomb had been mistakenly dropped from a United States Air Force jet — friendly fire, as it is known.
  23. Army
    the army of the United States of America
    On Saturday, Fernandez will join Army alumni against Navy alumni in the Heroes Cup at 5 p.m. before the New York Titans’ professional game.
  24. devices
    an inclination or desire
    “When we get together, it’s like a car show,” said Fernandez, 30, demonstrating how the vets roll up their pants or sleeves and observe each other’s devices, saying, ‘Hey, I tried this” or “Hey, I didn’t like that.”
  25. Burns
    celebrated Scottish poet (1759-1796)
    “We use the front-porch concept,” Fernandez said, discussing the superb World War II documentary by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick called “The War,” which described how millions of returned veterans sat on their front porches and talked to one another.
  26. distributed
    spread out or scattered about or divided up
    Fyfe has also been in Iraq, where he distributed soccer balls to children.
  27. Afghanistan
    a mountainous landlocked country in central Asia
    Some of the proceeds will go to the Wounded Warrior Project, the association of injured Iraq and Afghanistan veterans for whom Fernandez is the alumni director.
  28. leadership
    the status of being in charge
    His leadership continues with the Wounded Warrior Project, which will hold a fund-raiser at Cipriani in Manhattan on May 1.
  29. Jewish
    of or relating to Jews or their culture or religion
    Now working for Bear Stearns in New York, Fyfe volunteers for Soccer for Peace, which sponsors programs for Jewish and Arab children in Israel.
  30. attitude
    a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings
    He has the most positive attitude.”
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