Walter Reed Closed

From Yahoo News:
"Walter Reed to close after more than a century"

Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the Army's flagship hospital where privates to presidents have gone for care, is closing its doors after more than a century. Hundreds of thousands of the nation's war wounded from World War I to today have received treatment at Walter Reed, including 18,000 troops who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. President Dwight Eisenhower died there. So did Gens. John J. Pershing and Douglas MacArthur. It's where countless celebrities, from Bob Hope to quarterback Tom Brady, have stopped to show their respect to the wounded. Through the use of medical diplomacy, the center also has tended to foreign leaders.

^ With the closing of Walter Reed we need to remember that there are still thousands of soldiers who get wounded in Iraq, Afghanistan and other places around the world that need the best medical care the US can provide. It seems that military and government officials are so eager to send troops away from home to keep us safe and then do very little to support them and their families - especially if they get wounded. From the minute a person joins the military until they die (whether on the battlefield or from old age) the US should give them access to everything that they and their families will need to truly make them the elite military force of the world. The US is the only superpower left and to treat soldiers, vets and their families to second-rate care is disgusting. ^

http://news.yahoo.com/walter-reed-close-more-century-123205077.html