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After a log weighing several hundred pounds was dropped on Spc. Paul Thurman's head during during Army Special Forces training, an MRI later showed that he had lesions on the right parietal lobe of his brain, a condition that led to a "don't deploy" order which the Army violated. His leaders have harrassed him and refused him medication.

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I AM OUTTA here! The new format STILL S-U-C-K-S! Propeller has NO idea what "spam" is (or is not) and I am tired of dealing ...

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  • Avg rating: (+1/-1 0)bubba2
    bubba2
    April 20, 2007, 10:33 p.m.

    From the article --

    "Thurman stepped forward Friday as one of the 18 soldiers whose cases were cited by six senators in a letter to the Government Accountability Office requesting a review of alleged improper handling of traumatic brain injuries, post-traumatic stress disorder and ungrounded personality disorder discharges.

    The letter was sent after an Army surgeon general investigation into the cases said the soldiers were handled properly - but the soldiers involved said no one from the surgeon general's office ever talked to them in the course of that investigation."

    Oh, how our government really 'supports the troops' ... NOT.

    • Avg rating: (+10/-0 10)bubba2
      bubba2
      April 20, 2007, 11:41 p.m.

      ThinkProgress has more on this story and links to related issues here --

      http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/20/iraq-brain-...

      • Avg rating: (+3/-0 3)jordan11
        jordan11
        April 21, 2007, 1:20 p.m.

        This is unfathomable. Idiots in charge of everything. I'm beginning to think that a revolution to kick all the bums out is the only way to put a stop to it.

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