Sad story from Ft. Knox

[JohnnyLib2]

www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071223/NEWS01/712230488

WOUNDS OF WAR
Shortages, turnover afflict military health care
Fort Knox among army posts affected

Injured in a roadside blast in Iraq, Sgt. Gerald Cassidy was assigned to a new medical unit at Fort Knox devoted to healing the wounds of war.

But instead of getting better, the brain-injured soldier from Westfield, Ind., was found dead in his barracks Sept. 21. Preliminary reports show he may have been unconscious for days and dead for hours before someone checked on him. (Continued)

[143tbone]

1. Volunteer visits from the community--what is the protocol?

People who want to visit soldiers in the hospitals--what are the rules? Is it allowed? Is it a good idea? All you veterans out there that were wounded--what do you think? And what were your experiences with civilian visitors?

[TomInTib]

2. The only civilians we ever saw were Red Cross.

Christmas packages and the like.

Even though those were some pretty generic packages and this all happened decades ago, I will always cherish those visits.