Ft. Stewart Living Conditions Investigated (sic) NPR audio 10/22/03

[underpants]

http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1474643

Oct. 22, 2003

The Army has sent investigators to Fort Stewart, Georgia, where soldiers who are sick or injured have complained about their living conditions. Members of the National Guard and Army Reserves say they're forced to live in squalor and have to wait for months to see doctors. NPR's Adam Hochberg reports.

4:06 report

Synopsis
No A/C
Reservist hurt his knee in Kuwait 5 months ago, still awaiting surgery
Order of priority:Active duty, CIVILIAN, then Guard and Reserve

Cite UPI article.

Some have gone months without seeing a doctor for diagnosis and treatment.

Investigation will be completed this week.

[leftchick]

1. civilian as in B&R,Bechtel,Dyncorp

civilians?!?... :grr:

[lebkuchen]

2. Mostly ret. military or military dependents

also DoD civilian contract workers, and, who knows, maybe KBR. I don't know who pays for their medical insurance, but it's likely they go to civilian doctors when stateside.

[Voltaire99]

3. Horrified by the UPI article last week

The conditions sounded ghastly.

Note to Dem candidates: this is the kind of stuff you need to jump on to show the gap between Repuke rhetoric and reality.