The last time 1st Lt. William “Eddie” Rebrook IV saw his body armor, he was lying on a stretcher in Iraq, his arm shattered and covered in blood.
Now he is forced to pay for the “missing” body armor. The army charges soldiers for missing equipment. When medics rushed to save Rebrook’s life, they neglected to keep track of the bloody and destroyed body armor. “I last saw the [body armor] when it was pulled off my bleeding body while I was being evacuated in a helicopter,” Rebrook said. “They took it off me and burned it.”
Rebrook decided to leave the army because of his injuries. But he was informed that he could not be discharged until he paid $700 for his “missing” armor. Rebrook scrounged up the cash from his Army buddies and returned home last Friday.
I wonder if we will hear anything on this from the “Support Our Troops” crowd.