Report: 2016 first year of no combat amputations since Afghan, Iraq wars began

Last year marked the first year without a combat amputation for a U.S. service member since the Afghanistan and Iraq wars began, according to the U.S. Military Health System.

Recent numbers from the Medical Surveillance Monthly Report, a report from the Defense Health Agency’s Armed Forces Health Surveillance, show that 2016 was the first year with no combat related amputations since they began reporting the numbers in January 2003.