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Soldiers and their families are the Army – without Soldiers and the support of their families, the Army is a maze of equipment and processes. Unfortunately, recent events have made it appear we don’t care about Soldiers or families.

In recent days, we found we need to make changes in several areas. The area of most concern is how we treat our wounded warriors and their families. Every system needs to be fine-tuned periodically to ensure it is working, especially when it comes to providing for our Soldiers and family members.

To ensure we have visibility of our support programs, we have established the Wounded Soldier and Family Hotline. We have a two-fold purpose to the hotline: 1) to offer wounded, injured, and ill Soldiers and family members a way to share concerns on the quality of patient care and 2) to provide senior Army leaders with visibility on medically-related issues so they can properly allocate recourses to better serve Soldiers and families.

This hotline is set up so your voice can be heard. This is your opportunity to have a positive effect on the care you and your fellow Soldiers receive. The hotline is not meant to circumvent the chain of command and there will be no negative actions for those who call.

As of 26 March, the hotline will begin 24-hour operations, 7 days a week. If you send an email to us, please provide us with your phone number so we may call you back.

• Stateside: 1-800-984-8523
• Overseas DSN: 312-328-0002
• Stateside DSN: 328-0002
• Email: wsfsupport@conus.army.mil

//signed//
Sean J. Byrne
Commander
MG, U.S. Army
U.S. Army Human Resources Command

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Tuesday, April 03, 2007

Active-duty troops petition to end withdrawal plans

By Leo Shane III
Stars and Stripes
European edition
Friday, March 2, 2007

WASHINGTON — A campaign by active-duty troops asking Congress to drop plans for a withdrawal from Iraq has collected more than 1,200 signatures in its first few weeks.

The “Appeal for Courage” — which reads as a response to the anti-war “Appeal for Redress” presented to Congress last month — has been circulating both at bases in Iraq and online though military blog sites.

Organizer Lt. Jason Nichols, a 33-year-old naval projects officer who has been in Baghdad since mid-January, said the goal is to keep lawmakers focused on letting the military finish its mission in Iraq, and not prematurely declare failure.

“The primary military lesson of Vietnam was that you could win a war on the battlefield, but lose it at home,” he said in an e-mail to Stars and Stripes. “We feel that although there are still tough days ahead, we are going to win the war in Iraq as long as we are allowed to stay until our job is done.”

The appeal, available at www.appealforcourage.org, calls for Congress “to fully support our mission in Iraq and halt any calls for retreat.” It calls the war in Iraq a necessary and just cause, and asks lawmakers to actively oppose “media efforts which embolden my enemy while demoralizing American support at home.”

Nichols, who joined with Vietnam veteran Larry Vandergrif and Vets for Victory on the campaign, said not enough media attention has been paid to troops who support the fight in Iraq.

“The vast majority of fellow military members I communicate with feel we can win this war and that calls for withdrawal are premature,” he said.

Last year a group of active-duty troops collected more than 1,000 signatures calling for an end to operations in Iraq, saying that military operations “will not work.” The group said more than 60 percent of those who signed had served in Iraq or Afghanistan.

Nichols said so far around half of his signers have served downrange. Two-thirds are enlisted, and about one-quarter are E-5s and E-6s.

“I think a lot of servicemembers are greatly frustrated by how negatively they see their efforts portrayed and are relieved to have a means to communicate their support for completing the mission successfully,” he said.
Organizers of both appeals said that participating troops are protected from reprisals by commanders Defense Department regulations, which allow troops to submit any grievance directly to Congress.

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