something is being done

but i'm not sure this is the solution. having combat leaders as 'squad leaders' for the wounded at walter reed. the vets at walter reed are recovering. some have VERY serious injuries. i don't think calling squad meetings is a good start. patients need to be individuals. while at walter reed, why not treat them as such? some will continue to be in the military. many will not.

these men and women deserve a solution NOW. not experimentation. stop spending BILLIONS on iraq and other middle eastern countries and SPEND THE F**KING money at home. on our vets AND on our children AND on our elderly AND on education


At Walter Reed, a New Approach
Combat Veterans Assigned to Aid Recoveries


By Steve Vogel Washington Post Staff Writer

It was the sort of message that sergeants have delivered to soldiers since time immemorial: Formations would be held three days a week at 7:30 a.m., and attendance was mandatory. "NO EXCEPTIONS!" screamed the e-mail, sent this month by a staff sergeant to his squad.
"I am sick and tired of chasing everyone around when it should be simple," the message read. "This [is] the United States Army NOT the Salvation Army."
Normally, no one in the Army would blink. But the e-mail recipients were stationed at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where many are missing limbs, coping with post-traumatic stress disorder or suffering from brain injuries. The backlash was swift. After fielding a complaint from a soldier's mother, a commanding officer ordered the sergeant to apologize.............