There is no conditioning about it - those of us who have been in the military know how we've been treated at times, and several have given very specific examples in this thread.
It's not that the military is deliberately doing it, it's that when you have so many people in such a large and diverse organization doing such varied things around the world, your going to have problems here and there and people are going to be treated lousy. These guys fell through the cracks and somebody doesn't know what to do with them.
I don't know why the reporter has it in for this one particular drug, to be honest, other than maybe he or his bosses think it's going to be a hot potato down the road that can get somebody some awards. Generally they have back this research up, or they can find themselves at the end of a very serious lawsuit.
If I were a betting man, I'd bet that if these soldiers are suffering like the reporter claims, that their suffering is going to end very soon now that this is out and brought to the attention of those above.
That depends. If my experience is anything to go on, the suffering of the guys who were named in the article is just beginning. By now the commander of Fort Stewart will have thrown a tantrum and the tantrum will be making its way down the chain of command with the inevitability of gravity.
d.o.l.
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