Posted on 9/15/2016, 10:06:42 PM by Kaslin
The Army is taking a second look at the case of a Green Beret who was paralyzed in an accident last year and now faces the possibility of a discharge that could jeopardize his medical care, FoxNews.com has learned.
Sgt. 1st Class Timothy Brumit was paralyzed from the chest down after diving headfirst into shallow water in July 2015, attempting to rescue what he thought was a drowning girl. The Army has since determined his decision was reckless and negligent, citing his alcohol and drug use.
But after recent media and congressional attention on the case, the commander of U.S. Army Special Operations Command asked Tuesday for a review of his case. In a memo, Lt. Gen. Kenneth E. Tovo urged U.S. Army Human Resources Command to “reconsider” the determination.
“[T]here are unknown factors that likely contributed to SFC Brumit’s momentary lapse in judgment that resulted in his life-long paralysis,” he wrote. “Based on the totality of the circumstances, a review of these unknown factors warrants reconsideration.”
The Afghanistan and Iraq veteran, who has served eight combat tours, has argued that the Army “failed” him as he struggled with PTSD, traumatic brain injury and substance abuse. After the July 2015 incident, he was found to have a blood alcohol level of 0.1 percent and traces of cocaine in his system.
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Meanwhile “Chelsea” Manning is getting gender reassignment surgery paid for by you.
Can’t he just power through it?/sarc
trying to rescue someone can possibly be reckless but should never be punished or penalize, methinks
Govt treats people like meat puppets.
Every time.
Best thing to do is decline everything from them. They come and say they want to help, tell them no thanks. Or fuch off. Or get off my property or i am calling the sheriff.
That’s one thing I always hated about the Military, they own you till the disown you.
If you have private insurance you can have limitations on your coverage but you can’t be ordered into combat to take a bullet.
Drunk jumping headfirst into shallow water? Might be able to gin up some sympathy.
Cokehead jumping headfirst into shallow water? I’ll pass on this one.
Except the girl wasn't there. She was found safe somewhere else. If he hadn't been a cokehead on alcohol, he might have been able to identify what he was looking at.
You obviously didn’t read the entire article
Hmmm...missed that.But I stand by my "benefit of the doubt" statement.I'm not 100% certain that if I had ever served in combat I wouldn't have become an alcoholic and/or drug addict so I'm very reluctant to judge those who did.
My sympathy is an order of magnitude higher for Vietnam era (and Korea, and WWII) draftees than it is for someone who voluntarily invited themselves to the party. And add a second order of magnitude for combat related vs voluntary intoxication.
Taxpayers are going to end up paying for his actions no matter how this ends up. So I suppose I really shouldn’t care if the money is funneled through the budget for active duty military instead of Obamacare.
Yes he had trace amounts of cocaine in his system. Not good at all. But, character assassination is just wrong. Trace amounts don’t equal a Coke head . He did 8 tours.
Which part do you think I missed? His complaints of inadequate treatment for his “Substance Use Disorder (SUD)”?
The part where the girl wasn’t even where he dived in? The part where he had a BAC of .10 that will get you a DUI in any state? The part where he had identifiable levels of cocaine in his blood?
Just read the entire article and you’ll figure it out. If you don’t, than I can’t help you.
I got it now. The part where he has the backing of Duncan “Draft Teenage Girls” Hunter.
General Tovo made the right call to request the decision to be reviewed and the "Big Army" policy makers should reconsider and decide in favor of SFC Brumit, IMO.
Which sounds more impressive? 8 combat tours, or 11 deployments in 12 years? (from last year’s story)? And would 8 combat tours in 12 years be a record?
After basic, advanced, and Green Beret training, and earned leave (and, of course, a voluntary trip to the Air Force drug treatment program), sounds like he really never had stateside duty. Or are deployments really short these days? (I remember in the Vietnam days, a standard combat tour was about a year. When my father was in Korea, it was a point system with guys at the front having a shorter time than the rear echelon guys.)
If I were his commander, I would certainly take that into account as having an impact on the soldier and that would weigh heavily in his favor, despite whatever transgressions he may have committed.
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