Vets group stands tall for sick GIs

[babylonsister]

http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfMAY07/nf051307-7.htm

Vets group stands tall for sick GIs

An Army general said Wednesday that a "Wounded Warrior Transition Brigade" would come soon to Fort Carson.
By Jim Spencer
Denver Post Staff Columnist

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Veterans for America's latest charge is that the Army is forcing out some soldiers with war-related post-traumatic stress by claiming they have pre-existing personality disorders.

It is just one more thing in a years-long pattern. "Without (Veterans for America), more people would have killed themselves," said an ex-Special Forces soldier who spent months in "medical hold" at Fort Carson in 2004 awaiting treatment.

The man didn't want his name published. He feared the military would try to take away his disability benefits.

Problems treating post-traumatic stress or brain injury "were not going to go away without pressure and oversight" from outside the military, the ex-soldier said. "When I was (at Fort Carson), they just wanted to get soldiers with problems out of the service without giving them adequate care. In my case, if I didn't have a medical background, I wouldn't have gotten the treatment I needed."

That's a searing indictment. Almost as bad was a Fort Carson spokesman's reaction to recent Veterans for America complaints. "They've said it a thousand times, and we've responded a thousand times, and we're not going to get into it today," the spokesman said.

Veterans for America has surely been a pain in the military's butt, but if the Walter Reed scandal and the establishment of a Wounded Warrior Transition Brigade prove anything, it is this:

Without groups like Veterans for America, this country's war casualties would be victims of tunnel vision as deadly as friendly fire.

Thank you, VETS! :patriot:

[Monkeyman]

1. It Feels good when someone tells the world what we are doing

VFA and VVA are working for Veterans Not Bush like VFW and American Legion. Bobby Muller and Rick Weidman need the thanks of all Veterans. Rick has been there every time I have called Bobby has stood tall for Veterans and Troops both called to Bring Them Home. Both have gone in front of the Veterans Committee time and time again

[babylonsister]

2. And you all deserve lots of kudos for doing so much for your fellow

vets. I'm sure they feel blessed to have someone on their side to fight the big, bad bureaucracy.