I have looked through the comments hoping to see someone else talking about this story. I find it hard to believe but it has only come up a couple of times. First let me say something about myself: I am a Vet (US Army 1986-1991). I did not serve in the 1st Gulf War, rather, I was stationed with the 2nd Infantry Division in South Korea. Since my ETS I completed college and Grad School. I now work in a psychiatric hospital as a social worker. My patients include a wide range of chronic mental illnesses including: PTSD, Brain Injury and severely traumatized.
As a Vet I feel outrage that our soldiers are being treated so poorly. I want heads to roll. I want someone to pay. However, as a Social Worker (and an advocate for those who have been marginalized) I also know this problem is not just the responsibility of some bureaucrat at The Walter Reed Medical Center.
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