| Teesus | Date: Tuesday, 2013/07/09, 7:45 PM | Message # 1 | DMCA |
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EL PASO, Texas - As Christmas 2011 approached, U.S. Army medic Shawn Aiken was once again locked in desperate battle with a formidable
foe. Not insurgents in Iraq, or Taliban fighters in Afghanistan -
enemies he had already encountered with distinguished bravery. This time, he was up against the U.S. Defense Department. Aiken, then 30 years old, was in his second month of physical and psychological reconstruction at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, after two
tours of combat duty had left him shattered. His war-related
afflictions included traumatic brain injury, severe post-traumatic
stress disorder (PTSD), abnormal eye movements due to nerve damage,
chronic pain, and a hip injury. But the problem that loomed largest that holiday season was different. Aiken had no money. The Defense Department was withholding
big chunks of his pay. It had started that October, when he received
$2,337.56, instead of his normal monthly take-home pay of about $3,300.
He quickly raised the issue with staff. It only got worse. For all of
December, his pay came to $117.99. Read Full Story
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