Our Pentagon supported our beloved troops in 2007 in this manner.
1. Required that all soldiers discharged early because of battlefield injuries repay their enlistment bonuses.
2. Sent the longest serving National Guard unit home after 729 days of combat in Iraq- one day shy of the 730 day that soldiers needed to qualify for education benifits.
3. Omitted 20K cases of brain trauma from official tally of troops injured in Iraq.
4. Denied medical benefits to 22K veterans suffering from post-traumtic stress by discharging them for having enlisted with pre existing personality disorders.
Shame on us. Shame on the U.S. Government.
2007-12-15 11:26:25 · 12 answers · asked by nepadocker 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Data retrieved from Rolling Stone Magazine page 88 December 27th issue
2007-12-15 11:45:16 · update #1
Where the hell do you get your info. #1 is untrue. Happened to a couple of cases, and the error is fixed. Blown WAY out of proportion. #2 729 days of combat?? The formula goes on a number of days spent annually, and that equals two years. How did you come up with that?? #3, I REALLY need to see where you got the number brain trauma cases. You are WAY off on that one. #4 If you only knew we how many questionaires and visits to mental health we had to go through before, during, and after a deplolyment, you would know the truth.
EDIT: Sorry, Rolling Stone isn't really what I would call reputable news!! And, a reputable denial? I'm deployed right now, moron!
2007-12-15 11:36:19 · answer #1 · answered by Mac 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I think it more shame on you and the other people who spread half-truths and made up statistics to say something was done wrong. The biggest example of that is your number one which was a clerical error and corrected-the only people which were supposed to have to pay back were those discharged with OTH and certain other cases including those that failed the required training to receive the bonus. If you want to make something look bad, and the treatment of veterans has never been as it should be because civilians like to forget the vet's the second the guns go silent or when they want to buy more votes, use data from a reliable source and not one persons or groups ranting to prove a point they believe in. This getting as tired as the "legal world wide opinion that the war is illegal" which is a single lawyer's opinion in England. The American people should fix this problem by doing what is right, finding out the truth and not listening to people trying to make political points instead of being honest.
2007-12-15 11:50:07 · answer #2 · answered by GunnyC 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
#1 is a lie. There is no law or regulation that requires the wounded to repay bonuses.
In fact they do get to keep the bonus.
Soldiers who become ill or who are wounded while on active duty are entitled to keep all recruitment bonuses due them. Army policy already prohibits so called “recoupment” in such cases.
Soldiers who encounter problems should call the Wounded Soldier and Family Hotline at 800-984-8523 or send email to wsfsupport@conus.army.mil Open 24 hours a day.
Contacting the Hotline is the solution.
Petitions circulated for reactionary propaganda purposes will actual hurt soldiers because there is no law to be passed, no policy or regulation to be changed. It will only result in those running the Hotline and helping soldiers having less time because they will now have to push paper to meet new Congressionally imposing reporting requirements.
As far as #2, you libs wouldn't like that unit at ALL....they are the one who made the "Halp Us Jon Carry, We R Stuk Hear in Irak" banner.
Plus not everyone comes home on the same damn day. They come home in waves, so not everyone was on that one day "edge".
I'm not sure what the story was about that, but I doubt your account is honest or reasonable.
2007-12-17 14:47:08 · answer #3 · answered by Raoul D 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
rolling stone magazine now there's a good source for military and government news.
2007-12-15 12:29:37 · answer #4 · answered by darrell m 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Congress and DoD have addressed the real events that the distortions you get from Rolling Stone are based on.
2007-12-15 11:59:38 · answer #5 · answered by RTO Trainer 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
ROLLING STONES MAG...run by a bunch of ANTI-MILITARY dopers. They were the DRAFT DODGERS of the 60's - 70's.
RSM stands on the same level as the NATIONAL ENQUIRER, GLOBE morons.
2007-12-16 07:33:54 · answer #6 · answered by AmericanPatriot 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Get your information from a reputable source. Stop trying to twist your own version of things.
2007-12-15 11:50:59 · answer #7 · answered by cait 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I'm sure your source for this is absolutely credible. Good night Irene.
2007-12-15 12:24:13 · answer #8 · answered by Mike S 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Troll question / rant full of inaccuracies ignore the moron who asked the "question"!!!
2007-12-15 21:59:19 · answer #9 · answered by conranger1 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Me think you are nothing but a teller of half truths.
2007-12-15 11:43:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋