Sunday, March 11, 2007

The Army is ordering injured troops to go to Iraq

March 11, 2007 | FORT BENNING, Ga. -- "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.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I wish I had a hard time believing this. I wish that I could just shrug it off as being urban legend or just bad reporting.

But you just know that under this administration and their insane policies, it's probably a policy that some idiot will get an award for.