added 2007 Sat May 26 7:09:56 by bubba2
Ryan LeCompte, Sioux, who served two tours in Iraq, was admitted to a VA hospital in May to be treated for PTSD after an ordeal that included allegations of racist slurs and medical neglect by the military. "The fact that people in his chain of command used ethnic and racial slurs, called him 'wagon-burner' and other things, is very disturbing
Ryan LeCompte, Sioux, who served two tours in Iraq, was admitted to a VA hospital in May to be treated for PTSD after an ordeal that included allegations of racist slurs and medical neglect by the military. "The fact that people in his chain of command used ethnic and racial slurs, called him 'wagon-burner' and other things, is very disturbing
added 2007 Wed May 23 7:18:35 by bubba2
Three young men served honorably in Iraq, but came home unable to cope with their memories of combat. Each one sought help from the military or from the VA. But in each case, the hospital was overbooked, the counselors didn't listen, or the bureaucracy moved too slowly. Only months after their return from war, these young heroes committed suicide.
Three young men served honorably in Iraq, but came home unable to cope with their memories of combat. Each one sought help from the military or from the VA. But in each case, the hospital was overbooked, the counselors didn't listen, or the bureaucracy moved too slowly. Only months after their return from war, these young heroes committed suicide.
added 2007 Wed May 23 7:18:35 by bubba2
Three young men served honorably in Iraq, but came home unable to cope with their memories of combat. Each one sought help from the military or from the VA. But in each case, the hospital was overbooked, the counselors didn't listen, or the bureaucracy moved too slowly. Only months after their return from war, these young heroes committed suicide.
Three young men served honorably in Iraq, but came home unable to cope with their memories of combat. Each one sought help from the military or from the VA. But in each case, the hospital was overbooked, the counselors didn't listen, or the bureaucracy moved too slowly. Only months after their return from war, these young heroes committed suicide.
added 2007 Sat Apr 21 5:32:18 by bubba2
After a log weighing several hundred pounds was dropped on Spc. Paul Thurman's head during during Army Special Forces training, an MRI later showed that he had lesions on the right parietal lobe of his brain, a condition that led to a "don't deploy" order which the Army violated. His leaders have harrassed him and refused him medication.
After a log weighing several hundred pounds was dropped on Spc. Paul Thurman's head during during Army Special Forces training, an MRI later showed that he had lesions on the right parietal lobe of his brain, a condition that led to a "don't deploy" order which the Army violated. His leaders have harrassed him and refused him medication.
added 2007 Sun Mar 4 14:16:15 by Spadecaller
It is the soldiers, their families, and the people of Iraq that pay the human costs. The tab so far: more than 3,000 dead U.S. troops, tens of thousands of wounded, over half a million Iraqi casualties, roughly 250,000 American servicemen and women struggling with PTSD, and almost 60,000 military marriages that have been broken by this war.
It is the soldiers, their families, and the people of Iraq that pay the human costs. The tab so far: more than 3,000 dead U.S. troops, tens of thousands of wounded, over half a million Iraqi casualties, roughly 250,000 American servicemen and women struggling with PTSD, and almost 60,000 military marriages that have been broken by this war.
