Be Less Than You Can Be

HOW THE PENTAGON SUPPORTED THE TROOPS IN 2007

• Required the soldiers discharged early because of battlefield injuries repay their enlistment bonuses.


• Sent the longest serving National Guard unit home after 729 days of combat in Iraq-one day shy of the 730 that the soldiers needed to qualify for education benefits.


• Omitted 20,000 cases of brain trauma from the official tally of troops in Iraq.


• Denied medical benefits to 22,000 vets suffering from post-traumatic stress by discharging them for having enlisted with pre-existing personality disorders.