The Broken Soldier

I try to keep my posting restricted to once a day, if that. But there are times, like tonight, when I see something I just have to write about and share with my readers.

I found the following stories:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18492376

and

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18742202

These are stories of an Army Colonel giving instruction to discontinue helping soldiers entering MEB/PEB with paperwork, and instruction to stop providing soldiers with explanations of DoD and VA disability ratings for their specific injuries. Why you may ask? Because, “there exists a conflict of interest.” This is in writing, in a memo you can find and read for yourself in the second link.

I have suggested this from the pattern I’ve observed, based on what I know of Army culture for some time now. But I could never tell you of their motives better than they could.

I see stories like these everyday. These in addition to my own experiences and those brave enough to share theirs with me. A recruiter isn’t going to tell you young bucks and does this. The Army surely isn’t going to release this for ‘wide-release.’ This, my friends, is why I do this. Because they won’t. They don’t care about you. I do.