“Once You’re Wounded, They Basically Forget About You”
Rats In Command Won’t Award Purple Heart To “The Most-Decorated Man In His Unit” --- Blown Up Twice In Iraq And Declared Totally Disabled By Army:
“He Feels Like The Florida National Guard Abandoned Him When He Needed It Most”
Retired Florida National Guard Sgt. Ernie Rivera has been ruled totally disabled by an Army medical board.
The details of retired Florida National Guard Sgt. Ernie Rivera’s harrowing deployment to Iraq are told in the thousands of pages of his medical file.
Severe traumatic brain injury. A cracked vertebrae. Surgically repaired shoulder.
Rivera, the most-decorated man in his unit, won two Bronze Stars for his service in Iraq ending in mid 2007.
But he can’t get what he values most.
A Purple Heart.
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As U.S. Troops Focus On Afghan South, “North Is Spiraling Out Of Control” “The Governor Of Balkh Province, Puts The Rise In Violence Down To The Behaviour Of International Troops”
They “Do Not Respect The Laws Of Afghanistan, Or The People’s Customs And Traditions”
“They Arrest People Without Any Evidence”
July 10, 2009 By Abdul Latif Sahak, Institute for War and Peace Reporting [Excerpts]
While British and American forces concentrate their efforts in southern Afghanistan, the once-peaceful north is fast spiralling out of control with the Taleban making a number of important gains.
They include the town of Chahrdara in Kunduz province, where a recent visitor reports that the Taleban have set up their own administration to rival that loyal to the central government, complete with tax collection and a court system.
The northern provinces -- Balkh, Kunduz, Jowzjan, Faryab, Sar-e-Pul and Baghlan -- have seen a surge in violence over the past few months, with suicide attacks, armed assaults and roadside bombs, and the insurgency appears to be gaining ground.
At the same time, the attention of the Afghan and international military remains firmly focused on the south.
But while the war in the south consumes valuable time and resources, the north could spiral out of control, warn international experts.
Court Rules Soldier’s Wife Can’t Sue KBR For Iraq Brain Injury Caused By KBR:
“Carmichael Was Reportedly Left In A Permanent Vegetative State”
7.13.09 Army Times
The wife of a soldier incapacitated by a brain injury in a wreck during a fuel convoy in Iraq cannot sue the civilian contractor delivering the fuel, a federal appeals court ruled June 30.
Sgt. Keith Carmichael was a gunner assigned to ride in a tanker truck operated by Kellogg, Brown & Root during the 2004 convoy.
He was thrown and pinned beneath the truck when the civilian driver failed to negotiate a curve.
Carmichael was reportedly left in a permanent vegetative state.
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