I am a 100% service-connected disabled Desert Storm vet. I don't go to the VA hospital any more because I was sexually assaulted there by an employee. The VA police refused to take my evidence covered with his DNA. They refused my calls. The emergency room at the VA hospital refused to treat me because they said my injuries did not constitute "an emergency", i.e. trouble breathing, bleeding, imminent death. The perp still has his same job in the hospital, and he touches patients daily.

I am not asking for sympathy. These are simple facts.

Don't let anyone you care about join the military. I was raped in the army, but the sergeant got promoted when I didn't get pregnant. When my health turned sour, the army treated me with contempt until I got a medical discharge.

People who join the military are walking into an early death, the hell of PTSD, and there will be no high quality medical care waiting for them at the VA when they separate from duty. They will fight tooth and nail for deserved compensation, and be denied by the same government that lied to them about the conditions of life in the military.

Just don't do it.