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I think everyone here needs to be careful about jumping on the bandwagon with respects to evicting wounded soldiers from the ranks. There are plenty of TDA and staff positions that can be filled by motivated and experienced NCOs and Officers who are not fit to serve in line units due to combat injuries, that would otherwise have to be manned by gunslingers.
I personally saw a CSM throw several good men out of the unit who were recovering from wounds, forcing them to PCS while still injured. One of them had a leg amputated later down the road. It left a very bad taste in my mouth... especially since some of them had deployed to combat five times in five years.
I have no pity for the lowest 10% who malinger through life, but telling good soldiers "Thanks for years of dangerous and dirty work, get the F**k out" isn't the answer.
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