Hmmm. That's the part of the story that struck me as the most irrelevent. The point is not that these conditions exist. It is that these conditions are not news. This isn't something new. This is how the military operates- you verify this with your own comments and I with mine.
Look, I stated earlier that I ripped out both ACLs in my knees. I was an infantryman. Do you know how long it took for me to get proper medical treatment? 2 years. For two years I ran around with my knees shot. When I cornered hard, the lower half of my legs would keep going in the original direction and I would collapse and shift my legs around until the knees were back in normal position. You know why it took two years? Because it was classed as an elective surgery. Since it was classed as elective, my platoon sergeant had the say-so over it. He said no. Plain and simple. I was deployed twice for a total of one year with my knees in this condition.
That's normal in the military.
Waiting times? Come on.... The military is basically a socialist system. They have limited amounts of doctors. Waiting a month or two for an appointment is not news.
The rest of the article is pure sensationalism. Smelly latrines? Cinder block buildings? Communal toilets/showers. Oh... The inhumanity.
I totally understand your experiences but for the reporter to print this as if it is some new injustice is totally bizarre and ludicrous. Where was the reporter when these conditions existed under Clinton?