Photo: Former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense Noel KochDocuments Show Army's Disservice To Broken Soldiers -- Pittsburgh Tribune Review
WASHINGTON — The Army's special medical units should be healing more than 9,300 soldiers entrusted to their care.
But a nine-month probe by the Tribune-Review found America's sick and injured soldiers must struggle to mend inside 38 Warrior Transition units the Army has turned into dumping grounds for criminals, malingerers and dope addicts.
Originally designed to treat the wounded from twin wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, after nearly a decade of battle these barracks snag soldiers in red tape. Despite an epidemic of post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, brain injuries and substance abuse linked to repeated combat deployments, soldiers sometimes spend years despera
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My Comment: A sobering article on what is the state of medical care for many of our soldiers. Read it all.
Hat Tip: Small Wars Journal
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