Injured, active-duty service members have been subjected to abusive discharge practices by senior leadership, according to an advocacy group, which says it’s a scarcely documented trend that must be stopped.
The Epoch Times spoke to Nic Gray, CEO of Uniformed Services Justice & Advocacy Group (USJAG), whose mission is to “ensure injured, ill, or wounded active-duty service members are separated with benefits, honors, and their dignity intact.”
For the past two decades, since the start of the Global War on Terrorism, hundreds of thousands of soldiers have returned home injured. “They’re suffering from traumatic brain injury (TBI), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), missing limbs, burns, and more,” Gray said. “Sadly, when they come back injured, the solution that the Department of Defense (DoD) commonly uses to treat their issues is to put them on a cocktail of medications.”…