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Medically Unfit Soldiers Sent To Iraq

#1 jessefan

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Posted 25 March 2004 - 08:54 AM

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To meet the demand for troops in Iraq, the military has been deploying National Guard and Army Reserve soldiers unfit for combat.More than a dozen members of the Guard and reserves told Knight Ridder that they were shipped off to battle with little attention paid to their medical histories, which included asthma, diabetes, recent surgery and hearing loss.
...It said the problem was a "key medical issue" and went on to say, "Frankly, we are burning out a lot of time and effort on shipping back folks who never should have come in the first place. Also runs a high risk of damaging folks."

http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/8272426.htm