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"The harshness of training is to prepare you for the even greater harshness of deployment. If you can't take the harshness of training, you will not be able to take the harshness of combat. Harsh training conditions should be considered an asset not an insult."

Bullhockey. You didn't read the story. These guys aren't there for training. They're back from Iraq, ill or injured. Don't give me that nonsense about how tough you were. We should not be treating ill and injured soldiers who have come back from Iraq that way.

You're welcome to live in a place with an outside latrine. It's OK with me. I'm a little concerned about returning soldiers who apparently need medical assessment and treatment but who _may_ not be getting it. I want some investigation.

I have no doubt that your a tough guy. You don't have to prove anything to me. I don't care what conditions you had. I want better treatment for returning soldiers that what this story _seems_ to indicate.

I didn't read the article? Only 40% of these soldiers are from Iraqi deployment. What about the other 60%?

What are there ailments? Do you know? I don't think you do. We have one soldier who complained of side pain and has already gotten a 20% for knees. Without knowing the specifics of each soldier's case, you cannot make a judgement on whether it is justified for each soldier to be housed in these conditions. Plain and simple. Having to trudge on crutches across dirt though is nothing new in the military.

Mosley said he was healthy before the war; he could run two miles in 17 minutes at 48 years old.

I'll put it to you like this: this might be considered a good time in the civilian world but he was practically walking in the military world.