After hearing the phrase “supporting the troops” so many times over the past few years, I’ve begun to think that the military isn’t listening to their own slogan. In the article “Lawmakers seek to ensure benefits for war’s ’sole survivors’”, the Los Angeles Times writes:

Nearly eight months ago, Iraq veteran and Fresno County Sheriff’s Deputy Jason Hubbard lost the second of his two brothers in Iraq, leaving him as a “sole survivor” under military guidelines and requiring that he leave combat operations.

But after he returned home to Clovis, Calif., Hubbard, 33, was dealt another loss when the Army stripped him of his healthcare, took away GI Bill education benefits worth as much as $40,000 and demanded he repay his $6,000 enlistment bonus.

Read the complete article here.