Posted on Jan 7, 2014
What were your feelings when you heard families of fallen Soldiers wouldn't receive their SGLI/death gratuity?
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I have never been ashamed of any part of my committment to serve,but when I heard that fallen Soldiers families were told they wouldn't receive SGLI I was ashamed of decisions that allowed politicians and the Army to do such a thing. I immediately got mad, I felt these Soldiers did their duty. They didn't go AWOL or hide when faced with deploying. Why couldn't our nation follow through and honor their committment. And more importantly what if this happens again? Your thoughts?
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It felt as if we were a "pawn" in a game of political chess. It was very disappointing. The Fisher House and other agencies really stood up and helped out during that time period. I really couldn't believe that I was watching and listening to congressmen and congresswomen and their comments were so far out of touch with what was going on at the time with affected families. It was really disappointing and pathetic.
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