So I have a recording of the commander of the medical unit here throwing a tantrum at me with my mom in the room.
According to him, wounded soldiers are 'nothing but a burden' to their families (that is a direct verbatim quote).
He sees nothing in our future but 'living in mom's basement drinking Mountain Dew and eating Oreos'.
During a conversation with my mom he pulls out a picture of some 'marital aids' (okay, fine, sex toys) my girlfriend left in my barracks room last time she visited me here and says 'this is all your son has been doing for the last ten months'. He said this to my MOM. Like she's really going to believe I know how to use a vibrator. But seriously...is that not the most inappropriate shit ever perpetrated in the history of the universe? Every other word was 'fuckin' this and 'fuckin' that...again, to my mom.
And this is the guy who's responsible for the care of every wounded Soldier from over 4 states.
A local news affiliate wants to air the recording...if I give it to them, I hope to GOD the public outcry would be enough to get him removed.
But it could also hurt the entire army's wounded warrior programs. People like him have no business being in charge of disabled people (or, hell, people in general). He's dishonest, apathetic, and incredibly INCREDIBLY good at pretending he cares about our disabilities or the difficulties we face.
The way I see it, I have a few choices.
1) Do nothing, he continues to gleefully make life a living hell for wounded veterans after I leave. But, the program as a whole wouldn't be harmed.
2) Put the recording up on Youtube or something, so everybody can hear the kind of person he REALLY is and how much he REALLY hates having to deal with wounded vets. I fear this would hurt the program immensely. But at the moment the public view of him is this caring, compassionate crusader looking out for us all.
3) Play it for him and make it very clear that if he doesn't start treating the Joes better (or resign) it will become public (I don't know if this would be considered a crime...is it blackmail if you threaten to expose somebody's wrongdoing if they don't do their job/obey the law? I mean, he's supposed to be doing his job anyway, but he's actually going to considerable lengths to make things harder for the guys here)
4) Give the recording to the news affiliate and put it out of my mind. (I kinda see #2 as eventually leading to this)
5) Give it to his boss and boss's boss. They could bury it to avoid the trouble or they could bury him to avoid the embarrassment. In my experience in the army, it could go either way.
I'm tired of fighting the sadists and bullies of the world. It's like killing ants...you know you're never going to actually kill the 'last one'.
I could seriously use some ethical advice here, guys.
According to him, wounded soldiers are 'nothing but a burden' to their families (that is a direct verbatim quote).
He sees nothing in our future but 'living in mom's basement drinking Mountain Dew and eating Oreos'.
During a conversation with my mom he pulls out a picture of some 'marital aids' (okay, fine, sex toys) my girlfriend left in my barracks room last time she visited me here and says 'this is all your son has been doing for the last ten months'. He said this to my MOM. Like she's really going to believe I know how to use a vibrator. But seriously...is that not the most inappropriate shit ever perpetrated in the history of the universe? Every other word was 'fuckin' this and 'fuckin' that...again, to my mom.
And this is the guy who's responsible for the care of every wounded Soldier from over 4 states.
A local news affiliate wants to air the recording...if I give it to them, I hope to GOD the public outcry would be enough to get him removed.
But it could also hurt the entire army's wounded warrior programs. People like him have no business being in charge of disabled people (or, hell, people in general). He's dishonest, apathetic, and incredibly INCREDIBLY good at pretending he cares about our disabilities or the difficulties we face.
The way I see it, I have a few choices.
1) Do nothing, he continues to gleefully make life a living hell for wounded veterans after I leave. But, the program as a whole wouldn't be harmed.
2) Put the recording up on Youtube or something, so everybody can hear the kind of person he REALLY is and how much he REALLY hates having to deal with wounded vets. I fear this would hurt the program immensely. But at the moment the public view of him is this caring, compassionate crusader looking out for us all.
3) Play it for him and make it very clear that if he doesn't start treating the Joes better (or resign) it will become public (I don't know if this would be considered a crime...is it blackmail if you threaten to expose somebody's wrongdoing if they don't do their job/obey the law? I mean, he's supposed to be doing his job anyway, but he's actually going to considerable lengths to make things harder for the guys here)
4) Give the recording to the news affiliate and put it out of my mind. (I kinda see #2 as eventually leading to this)
5) Give it to his boss and boss's boss. They could bury it to avoid the trouble or they could bury him to avoid the embarrassment. In my experience in the army, it could go either way.
I'm tired of fighting the sadists and bullies of the world. It's like killing ants...you know you're never going to actually kill the 'last one'.
I could seriously use some ethical advice here, guys.
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