Army denies patients face daily inspections

[babylonsister]

http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/02/TNSreedinspectfolo070228/


Army denies patients face daily inspections

By Kelly Kennedy - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday Mar 1, 2007 5:15:45 EST

Army officials are denying that soldiers in the Medical Hold Unit at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington will have daily early-morning wakeup calls and room inspections.

But one Building 18 soldier said he woke up Tuesday morning to the sounds of sergeants pounding on doors and yelling, “Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!”

“I was like, ‘Jesus Christ, I’m back in basic training,’” the soldier said.

The soldier said the outpatient soldiers at Building 18 were issued garbage cans and cleaning supplies and told to keep their rooms clean and organized because of all the officials who would be making their way through the building during the investigation next week.

Earlier in the week, soldiers in the unit said they had been told they would have to wake up at 6 a.m. and have their rooms ready for inspection at 7 a.m.

“Some soldiers believe this is a form of punishment for the trouble soldiers caused by talking to the media,” one Medical Hold Unit soldier said, speaking on the condition of anonymity.

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[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. I'm glad that soldier spoke out

I also hope this little intimidation tactic doesn't work.

[drm604]

2. Your link is broken, here's a good one.

http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/02/TNSreedinspectfolo070228/

[babylonsister]

4. Thank you! nt

[w8liftinglady]

3. surely most people see through their blatant lying bullshit

[salin]

5. this is so messed up.

[halobeam]

7. agreed...FUBAR

[sarge43]

6. Hmmm, who to believe, who to believe?

A grunt who's been there, done that or an Army PR puppet?

Tough choice

[babylonsister]

9. Especially now, when no one's supposed to talk to anyone else,

soldiers aren't allowed to watch the news, etc. Military lockdown; is it fascism yet?

[Ian David]

8. Army spokesman denies collective punishment of soldiers

"Everything is fine at Walter Reed. All the Veterans are happy and well cared-for."

[bigtree]

10. yeah, now that they were called on it . . .

the reporter says it happened the first day and then stopped after the reports came out.