Posted on Nov 18, 2016
GAO: Army Needs to Do Better Job Caring for Injured Soldiers
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A report from the investigative arm of Congress finds the U.S. Army needs to do a better job of caring for injured soldiers in special units set up to care for troops wounded in combat, or who become seriously ill or injured in noncombat situations.
Congress ordered the report after NBC 5 Investigates and The Dallas Morning News revealed hundreds of injured soldiers had complained of harassment, abuse and a lack of care from the commanders of warrior transition units or WTUs.
The Congressional report found the following:
1. Soldiers' complaints of mistreatment are not always reaching top Army officials with oversight of the Warrior Transition Units.
2. The Army is not doing enough to ensure that squad leaders and platoon sergeants selected to run the units are suited for the sensitive and complex mission.
3. The Army needs to evaluate whether the current model for treating injured warriors is best equipped for dealing with the increasing numbers of soldiers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and other behavioral health problems.
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A report from the investigative arm of Congress finds the U.S. Army needs to do a better job of caring for injured soldiers in special units set up to care for troops wounded in combat, or who become seriously ill or injured in noncombat situations.
Congress ordered the report after NBC 5 Investigates and The Dallas Morning News revealed hundreds of injured soldiers had complained of harassment, abuse and a lack of care from the commanders of warrior transition units or WTUs.
The Congressional report found the following:
1. Soldiers' complaints of mistreatment are not always reaching top Army officials with oversight of the Warrior Transition Units.
2. The Army is not doing enough to ensure that squad leaders and platoon sergeants selected to run the units are suited for the sensitive and complex mission.
3. The Army needs to evaluate whether the current model for treating injured warriors is best equipped for dealing with the increasing numbers of soldiers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and other behavioral health problems.
SEE THE REST OF THE ARTICLE!
GAO: Army Needs to Do Better Job Caring for Injured Soldiers
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It seems very sad that the Army Warrior Transition Units which were set up over a decade ago to rehabilitate and care for wounded soldiers seem to have lost their focus on their mission and may in fact have some cadre who are actually abusing wounded soldiers or worse ignoring their please for help COL Mikel J. Burroughs.
These units were being praised as recently as 2008. I wonder if sequestration impacted them negatively.
Of the three highlighted changes the Army agreed to implement:
1. the review of the current care model for soldiers with behavioral health challenges followed by modifications and changes to training seems to be the pone with most promise for actual helped to wounded soldiers.
2. "Establishing a new process to make sure complaints reach senior leaders." is atypical bureaucratic solution
3. "Setting up a new system to assess training for commanders and make changes to their training course as needed" is the most expensive and least useful recommendation since the chain of command already exists and their are channels such as direct and IG complaint processes that have been tried and tested.
LTC Stephen C. Capt Seid Waddell CW5 (Join to see) CW5 Charlie Poulton SGM David W. Carr LOM, DMSM MP SGT SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SSgt Robert Marx SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4" SSgt (Join to see) TSgt Joe C. SGT (Join to see) SGT John " Mac " McConnell SP5 Mark Kuzinski SGT Forrest Stewart SGT Robert Hawks SPC (Join to see) SrA Christopher Wright
These units were being praised as recently as 2008. I wonder if sequestration impacted them negatively.
Of the three highlighted changes the Army agreed to implement:
1. the review of the current care model for soldiers with behavioral health challenges followed by modifications and changes to training seems to be the pone with most promise for actual helped to wounded soldiers.
2. "Establishing a new process to make sure complaints reach senior leaders." is atypical bureaucratic solution
3. "Setting up a new system to assess training for commanders and make changes to their training course as needed" is the most expensive and least useful recommendation since the chain of command already exists and their are channels such as direct and IG complaint processes that have been tried and tested.
LTC Stephen C. Capt Seid Waddell CW5 (Join to see) CW5 Charlie Poulton SGM David W. Carr LOM, DMSM MP SGT SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SSgt Robert Marx SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4" SSgt (Join to see) TSgt Joe C. SGT (Join to see) SGT John " Mac " McConnell SP5 Mark Kuzinski SGT Forrest Stewart SGT Robert Hawks SPC (Join to see) SrA Christopher Wright
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We definitely need to do better. The WTB at FT Sam Houston and the doctors who were running the program when I was there in 2011 were pathetic.
Sorry, your post picked the scab off an old wound. COL Mikel J. Burroughs
Sorry, your post picked the scab off an old wound. COL Mikel J. Burroughs
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs What a revolting report! Shades of Walter Reed in 2007! Another instance of someone not poking and prying and then feeding the results back to the commander/ commanders! The term, "perfumed princes" comes to mind!
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