Vets critical of Palin's national guard leadership

[sabra]

Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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A veterans advocacy group released its preliminary findings Wednesday on the state of the Alaska National Guard, a report that in parts was critical of Gov. Sarah Palin.

The report released by Veterans For America said that under Palin, the Republican Vice Presidential nominee, it found that "the post-deployment needs of Alaska National Guard members and their families remain largely unmet."

The group spent a week in Alaska assessing the condition of the Guard there, and said it found deficiencies in basic services and needs for returning veterans and their families, including access to health care.

VFA's report concluded that the state was not doing enough to ensure the proper transition of its Guard members after returning from deployments to Iraq.

The report centered on the post-deployment status of returning veterans, in particular the difficulty for rural Guard members in gaining access to medical services.

Read more: http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/nowhearthis/archives/150330.asp

[Submariner]

1. post-deployment needs unmet

Good job Sarah. Screw the troops and their families. You are so f**ked when you get home next month.

[truthisfreedom]

2. And now the state, which needs their governor more than ever, has nobody at the helm.

Oh wait, her husband's got it. No worries.

[Lionel Mandrake]

3. Palin's neglect will fit right in

with McCain's record of voting against veterans' benefits.

[LynnTheDem]

4. republicans only "support" the soldiers when it's politically expedient to do so.

Otherwise it's fuck the troops.

[Ian David]

5. On her watch, 400 German tourists landed undetected in Alaska. n/t

[benld74]

6. I wouldn't let her lead my daughter's Girl Scout Brownie Pack,,,

let alone a National Guard Force!!!

[Greyskye]

7. Country First! People Last!

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