Do you really think this snafu would be cleared up without this article? The soldier says that his higher ups basically told him they didn't want to get involved.
Really? I saw it as a wounded soldier being blackmailed to pay up $700 OR ELSE he won't get out of the army.
Exactly. When my husband and son both deployed they made me promise that I would not, under any circumstances say anything stupid to the MSM....
Give me a break. The military is filled with beareucratic clowns and officers who won't put their own neck on the line for anything. Two of our guys went w/out armor for 7 of their 8 month deployment and only got 'we're working on it' from the higher ups who spent lots of time goofing off or sleeping.
I agree that they should be held resposible for thier equipment, but this is just plain wrong. Lets use a little common sense.
"This soldier will get his money back when the paper snafu is cleared up."
I love our fighting men, but if you think this will be cleared up without a fight, you're way wrong. The REMFs don't care. They're about paper, not battle. For this brave young man to get his $700 back, there will have to be a fight. It starts with this article.
"When you join the military the equipment you are assigned is your responsibility and lacking proof to the contrary that it was not your fault you must pay for destroyed or lost property. This soldier will get his money back when the paper snafu is cleared up. This is nothing but a not so subtle attempt to bash the military and by association the president."
You are absolutely correct. As a retired Army soldier who held a secondary MOS of 76Y for over a decade, what you said is the fact of the matter. This article is Bravo Sierra. :)
"When you join the military the equipment you are assigned is your responsibility and lacking proof to the contrary that it was not your fault you must pay for destroyed or lost property. This soldier will get his money back when the paper snafu is cleared up. This is nothing but a not so subtle attempt to bash the military and by association the president."
Exactly, a bureaucratic snafu that has an emotional pull because it involves a wounded soldier.
The new policy is if you get smacked down by more than 5 posters you must donate $10 to FR.
Pay up.
A military structure that charges a wounded enlisted officer for armor lost in the heat of battle deserves to be bashed. Our troops deserve much better.
I always give the benefit of the doubt to the US soldier who has been in battle. I think thats a good rule.
There's no reason in hell the damn Army couldn't fix this immediately! Screwing this guy is pure unadulterated BS.
Puh-leeze. The REMFs responsible for this snafu wouldn't lift a finger to fix it unless bad publicity spurred somebody higher up the food chain to light a fire under their sorry butts.
I had to pay for a pair of pants when I got out. $17. If I had made a stink about it, I am sure they would have taken care of it. Because I had it, I pulled $17 out of my pocket and gave it to the stock boy(the sarge in charge). I figured he pocketed it...maybe not.