Soldiers at Walter Reed Building 18 moved

[sabra]

http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/03/tnsbuilding18070305/

Soldiers at Walter Reed Building 18 moved

The soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center's Building 18 moved to Building 14 Sunday, a soldier in the Medical Hold Unit told Military Times.

At the recently remodeled building, there wasn't a rodent to be seen. But there were plenty of mice — the kind attached to computers.

At their new digs, the soldiers found new Apple computers, Internet access and a 32-inch HDTV.

"It's great," the soldier said, still speaking on the condition of anonymity after last week's order not to speak to the press. The Building 18 soldiers had a separate formation from the rest of the Medical Hold Unit where they were ordered to go through their chain of command if they had problems and to tell reporters to talk to public affairs personnel — and not to soldiers, the soldier said.

[catgirl]

1. This is so sad

these injured soldiers had their freedom of speech violated like this.
And why did it take them so long to move them to sanitary conditions?
I see lawsuits in their futures.

[Arkansas Granny]

2. I don't know about this for sure, but someone here might. I heard

that their speech can be restricted under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Like I said, I have no personal knowledge of this and really don't have a chance right now to research. I just heard someone else mention it.

[Miss Chybil]

3. I was always told soldiers can't sue the military.

Things could have changed but that's the way it was when I was in there.

[maddezmom]

4. cosmetic change only...

glad they are out of there, but the problems are deeper than the buildings.