Sunday, April 25, 2010

Disposable Soldiers - How Soldiers Are Losing Their Benefits

"Personality Disorder" is a severe mental illness that emerges during childhood and is listed in military regulations as a pre-existing condition, not a result of combat.

Thus those who are discharged with PD are denied a lifetime of disability benefits, which the military is required to provide to soldiers wounded during service. Soldiers discharged with PD are also denied long-term medical care.
And they have to give back a slice of their re-enlistment bonus. That amount is often larger than the soldier's final paycheck.
As a result, on the day of their discharge, many injured vets learn that they owe the Army several thousand dollars.

UH_OH---PILE ON!!!

Police officers might experience temporary hearing loss while in the job. Officers in firearms units are constantly subjected to loud noise in training, while public order bobbies may be accustomed to air horns emitting deafening blasts at protests.

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