Ailing GIs STILL BEING DEPLOYED to war zones

[babylonsister]

Ailing GIs deployed to war zones
Ft. Carson sent ailing GIs to meet deployment goals, notes say
By Erin Emery
The Denver Post
Article Last Updated: 01/17/2008 06:06:06 AM MST


COLORADO SPRINGS — Fort Carson sent soldiers who were not medically fit to war zones last month to meet "deployable strength" goals, according to e-mails obtained by The Denver Post.

One e-mail, written Jan. 3 by the surgeon for Fort Carson's 3rd Brigade Combat Team, says: "We have been having issues reaching deployable strength, and thus have been taking along some borderline soldiers who we would otherwise have left behind for continued treatment."

Capt. Scot Tebo's e-mail was, in part, a reference to Master Sgt. Denny Nelson, a 19-year Army veteran, who was sent overseas last month despite doctors' orders that he not run, jump or carry more than 20 pounds for three months because of a severe foot injury.

Nelson took the medical report to the Soldier Readiness Process, or SRP, site on Fort Carson, where health-care professionals recommended Nelson stay home.

The soldier, who has a Bronze Star and is a member of the Mountain Post's Audie Murphy Chapter, was sent to Kuwait on Dec. 29.

Nelson says he was one of at least 52 soldiers deployed who should not have been, and a veterans group says the military is endangering soldiers to meet its goals.

more...

http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_7991922

[Kolesar]

1. The Army Times version of this story got pulled from "their" news web page

They call it "AWOL".
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3144382

[babylonsister]

2. That always happened to me w/Army Times articles, which is why

I never link to them anymore. If you go to their home page, providing theirs was a current story, it's probably still there.

[Bobbieo]

3. Who , if anyone , is stopping this? Bush is not a racist,.

He has no prejudice against race, color or creed as long as the people are rich and powerful. He just despises the poor and struggling middle class which are the people in the military!!!!

[babylonsister]

4. Apparently no one; there aren't enough warm bodies to go around

would be my guess. They're recycling people regardless of the dings they have.

[genie_weenie]

5. Sigh, no one really cares. After all the Surge "worked" and we have a 100

year occupation to look forward to...

We are in Iraq for the http://disaffectedanditfeelssogood.blogspot.com/2008/01/americans-in-iraq-for-long-haul.html">Long Haul and there are only so many troops to go around...

[flashl]

6. No words. n/t

:cry: