Injured Iraq Vets Come Home to Poverty - ABC

[truthpusher]

http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/IraqCoverage/story?id=163109&page=1

Oct. 14, 2004 -- Following inquiries by ABC News, the Pentagon has dropped plans to force a severely wounded U.S. soldier to repay his enlistment bonus after injuries had forced him out of the service.

Army Spc. Tyson Johnson III of Mobile, Ala., who lost a kidney in a mortar attack last year in Iraq, was still recovering at Walter Reed Army Medical Center when he received notice from the Pentagon's own collection agency that he owed more than $2,700 because he could not fulfill his full 36-month tour of duty.

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sorry if this has been posted already.

[tigereye]

1. ah, I love that compassionate conservatism ( sarc)

[Ganja Ninja]

2. I saw this on the news last night.

It's disgusting and typical. The military has always had an adversarial relationship with the troops. Apparently the guy had to go to his senator to finally get relief, but what about the rest of the troops? Whoever is responsible for this should be fired.

[smirkymonkey]

3. What an outrage!

The man is maimed for life and the fucking military slaps him with a tab? :grr:

[Kingshakabobo]

4. Maybe he should go to junior college

and lift himself up by his boot straps.....<sarcasm>