Monday, August 3, 2009

Mother to U.S. Army: Don't deny your mistakes

Mother to U.S. Army: Don't deny your mistakes
Carlene Cross' son died while serving in Afghanistan with two weeks left in his deployment. Cpl. Jason Bogar's unit ran out of water and ammunition, and was taken over by enemy soldiers in Wanat. Cross knows war is hell, but she thinks the military failed her son.

Cross said Bogar's unit was scheduled to come home in August 2008, but was assigned to the mission with two weeks left. The assignment is against Army's own protocol, which prevents soldiers with less than 30 days left in their deployment to be assigned to a new mission.

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