In the case of Sgt. Ryan Kelly, who lost his leg in Iraq, he had just finished going through rehabilitation when the Army sent a letter threatening to ruin his credit and call in debt collectors.
He had been overpaid by $2,200 while in the hospital, but, like most, never realized it.
It took Kelly almost a year to cut through the red tape and get the debt forgiven.
First, let me register my near-disbelief that some actual news was reported by the mainstream ABC News company. Now let me get to the bitching. How did this happen? What the fuck kind of army are we talking about here? A soldier gets wounded, winds up spending time in the hospital and gets threatened with financial ruin because of it? I can understand a payroll s.n.a.f.u. I'm sure it happens all the time so I can almost forgive it. And I'm glad that at least now the problem is being addressed. But to harass wounded soldiers who obviously have no means of paying? Shit, that's low. That's lower than low. Can you imagine trying to do your duty for your country, being fed lies about the reasons for being over there, getting wounded in a war that lines fat cats pockets, and while recuperating being hounded by the Army for money mistakenly paid you? Talk about adding insult to injury, damn.