U.S. Veterans Push for Legislation to Correct ‘Bad Paper’ Discharge Effects
Veterans, politicians, advocates rally to support legislation that would ease reclassification of discharges for vets suffering from conditions such as PTSD, Traumatic Brain Injury, or Military Sexual Trauma. | Kristofer Goldsmith served with the Army’s Third Infantry Division in Iraq in 2005 as a Forward Observer, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom III. Being prepared to call in artillery strikes was not his only responsibility however, while he was deployed. “Part of what I had to do was photograph dead bodies [our unit] would come across,” said Goldsmith, who was 19 at the time. This included photos of mutilated men, … Continue reading U.S. Veterans Push for Legislation to Correct ‘Bad Paper’ Discharge Effects
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