CHECK THE DATE--October 17, 2003 Sick soldiers held in squalor

[Carni]

I recall reading these articles back at the time they were published in 2003.

Clearly this admin has known there was a serious problem with housing of troops and care since 03--this sounds like an identical setup to Walter Reed (roof caving in etc on WW2 era barracks)

Note in the 2nd article that some repuke rep was supposedly investigating in 03!

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/1017-06.htm

Published on Friday, October 17, 2003 by the UPI
Sick, Wounded U.S. Troops Held in Squalor
by Mark Benjamin

"FORT STEWART, Ga. -- Hundreds of sick and wounded U.S. soldiers including many who served in the Iraq war are languishing in hot cement barracks here while they wait -- sometimes for months -- to see doctors.

The National Guard and Army Reserve soldiers' living conditions are so substandard, and the medical care so poor, that many of them believe the Army is trying push them out with reduced benefits for their ailments. One document shown to UPI states that no more doctor appointments are available from Oct. 14 through Nov. 11 -- Veterans Day."



MORE....

"Most soldiers in medical hold at Fort Stewart stay in rows of rectangular, gray, single-story cinder block barracks without bathrooms or air conditioning. They are dark and sweltering in the southern Georgia heat and humidity. Around 60 soldiers cram in the bunk beds in each barrack.

Soldiers make their way by walking or using crutches through the sandy dirt to a communal bathroom, where they have propped office partitions between otherwise open toilets for privacy. A row of leaky sinks sits on an opposite wall. The latrine smells of urine and is full of bugs, because many windows have no screens. Showering is in a communal, cinder block room. Soldiers say they have to buy their own toilet paper."

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/1029-10.htm

Published on Wednesday, October 29, 2003 by the United Press International
Sick Soldiers Wait for Treatment
by Mark Benjamin


The apparent lack of care at both locations raises the specter that Reserve and Guard soldiers, including many who returned from Iraq, could be languishing at locations across the country, according to Senate investigators.

Representatives from the office of Sen. Kit Bond, R-Mo., were at Fort Knox Wednesday looking into conditions at the post.

Following reports from Fort Stewart, Senate investigators said that the medical system at that post was overwhelmed and they were looking into whether the situation was Army-wide.

Army officials at the Pentagon said they are investigating that possibility. "We are absolutely taking a look at this across the Army and not just at Fort Stewart," Army spokesman Joe Burlas said Wednesday.

[hobbit709]

1. Isn't it amazing

Everything this misadministration touches gets turned to crap-they have the anti-Midas touch. And every time it comes out, they promise to IMPROVE things until it drops off the MSM radar and then it's the same old. Lies and deceit, followed by more lies and deceit, followed by even more. Meanwhile people suffer and die and those bastards in charge could give a rat's ass.:grr: :grr: :nuke:

[Carni]

2. wonder what sen Kit Bond

has to say for himself?

Yeah they most certainly do have the anti-midas touch!

[gumby]

3. Thanks for the links.

I remember these stories too.

Our media is in sad, sad shape.

[Carni]

4. I couldn't find any direct links to UPI

If someone else has more patience they may be able to find the original links to UPI on *the google*

This Walter Reed thing was driving me nuts because I distinctly remembered something similar being uncovered years ago...how ironic that it was UPI who ran the stories!