This is sickening-Injured troops ordered back 2 Iraq

[Rich B 5,000+ posts]

The Army is ordering injured troops to go to Iraq

Mar. 11, 2007 | "This is not right," said Master Sgt. Ronald Jenkins, who has been ordered to Iraq even though he has a spine problem that doctors say would be damaged further by heavy Army protective gear. "This whole thing is about taking care of soldiers," he said angrily. "If you are fit to fight you are fit to fight. If you are not fit to fight, then you are not fit to fight."

As the military scrambles to pour more soldiers into Iraq, a unit of the Army's 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Benning, Ga., is deploying troops with serious injuries and other medical problems, including GIs who doctors have said are medically unfit for battle. Some are too injured to wear their body armor, according to medical records.

On Feb. 15, Master Sgt. Jenkins and 74 other soldiers with medical conditions from the 3rd Division's 3rd Brigade were summoned to a meeting with the division surgeon and brigade surgeon. These are the men responsible for handling each soldier's "physical profile," an Army document that lists for commanders an injured soldier's physical limitations because of medical problems -- from being unable to fire a weapon to the inability to move and dive in three-to-five-second increments to avoid enemy fire. Jenkins and other soldiers claim that the division and brigade surgeons summarily downgraded soldiers' profiles, without even a medical exam, in order to deploy them to Iraq. It is a claim division officials deny.

The 3,900-strong 3rd Brigade is now leaving for Iraq for a third time in a steady stream. In fact, some of the troops with medical conditions interviewed by Salon last week are already gone. Others are slated to fly out within a week, but are fighting against their chain of command, holding out hope that because of their ills they will ultimately not be forced to go. Jenkins, who is still in Georgia, thinks doctors are helping to send hurt soldiers like him to Iraq to make units going there appear to be at full strength. "This is about the numbers," he said flatly.

http://www.salon.com/news/2007/03/11/fort_benning/print.html

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[Chevillac 5,000+ posts]

I am not surprised, they are talking about 3 ID. I was in 3 ID. They send broken soldiers for numbers. Girl was supposed to have ACL surgery, sent her a week before her surgery. Tried to make me cut off my cast so I could go. And then noone ended up going. 3 ID does not care //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[baseballer1100 5,000+ posts]

Crazy.

 

[Safe-N-Sound215 10+ year member]

Bad idea.

Where were you stationed devill? Ft. stewart?

 

[Pl8er 5,000+ posts]

Well that is just poopy.

 

[Chevillac 5,000+ posts]

Bad idea.Where were you stationed devill? Ft. stewart?

Yup ft stewart. Shittiest place/base ever.

 

[seth350 10+ year member]

That is just f.ucking insane. Its ******* for some people! How in the hell is someone with a broke arm going to defend himself? Or a girl with ACL complications?

Just goes to show you how incompetent and heartless some of our higher people are. All caught up in the war like they are playing with GI Joes trying to f.uck up Dr.Doom and his evil plan, when its peoples lives they are f.ucking up.

And I would not be surprised if pretty soon they require each family in the US to have another 3 kids just so when we are still fighting this war years from now they can get drafted too.

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

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