*UPI* GI denied health care after speaking out

[NNN0LHI]

Wish I could have found a non Moonie source for this story but I could not find one after Googling around for 15 minutes. If someone can find a better source post it within the hour time limit that I have to edit and I will change the post using that one.

Don

http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20040301-050521-5978r

WASHINGTON, March 1 (UPI) -- An Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran says Army officials at Fort Knox, Ky., refused him medical treatment after he talked publicly about poor care at the base, which helped spark hearings in Congress.

Fort Knox officials charged that soldier, Lt. Jullian Goodrum, with being absent without leave and cut off his pay after he then went to a private doctor who hospitalized him for serious mental stress from Iraq, Goodrum said.

"They are coming after me pretty bad," said Goodrum, 33, a veteran who has served the military for more than 14 years, including the first Gulf War and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

He showed United Press International a form from Fort Knox that states that Fort Knox officials "do not want him in medical hold." Some soldiers are kept on medical hold during treatment while the Army determines their status.

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[mbperrin]

1. Doesn't surprise me one bit. They love using

Maslovian needs to keep people quiet.

BTW - you and I are next.

[UpInArms]

2. as much as I despise the Moonie Times

the UPI was the one that broke this story out last year -

so you will probably not be able to source it anywhere else for at least 2 days.

That being said, this is utterly despicable - our military personnel are definitely being abused beyond the call of duty.

Our country will pay for this mal-administration's sins for a long time to come in so many ways.

[colonel odis]

3. is this a fort knox thing?

reason i ask is, about 5 years ago a reservist at fort knox for a while was found just off base with thirty-odd stab wounds to his body. after careful investigation, the military ruled his death a suicide.

is it a problem with the administration at that base?

[underpants]

4. That is just so wrong in so many ways

I don't know about how it applies to the military but most states have laws that require someone demonstrating those kinds of behaviors/symptoms to be hospitalized immediately.

AWOL- you have to be freaking kidding me.