DISPLACED
DISPLACED BY THE FIRES. THE AGENCY IS SEEKING DONATIONS
TO HELP MOVE PETS FROM WILDFIRE
AFFECTED AREAS.
AFFECTED AREAS. >>> TONIGHT, HEALTH CARE
OFFICIALS SPEAK EXCLUSIVELY TO
KING 5 ABOUT THE SYSTEM THAT
FAILS TO CARE FOR SOLDIERS.
>> THE MADIGAN EMPLOYEES SAY
THAT SOLDIERS RECOVERING FROM
THE MENTAL STRESS OF COMBAT ARE
KNOWN AS TROUBLEMAKERS.
AND THEY SAY THAT THE ARMY
CONSIDERS TO GET RID OF THEM.
THE U. S. ARMY BROKE HIM AGAIN.
>> THE POWERS, THEY SAY HE DID
NOT DO RIGHT.
>> HE DEVELOPED MENTAL
ILLNESSES INSTEAD OF GETTING
HELP THE ARMY KICKED HIM OUT
FOR BREAKING THE RULES.
HE RAKED UP A LOT OF THINGS.
FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE
EMPLOYEES ARE SPEAKING OUT,
THEY SAY THAT WHAT HAPPENED TO
HIM IS A PATTERN.
COMMANDERS NOT SEEING THEM AS
SICK BUT GETTING THEM OUT.
>> Reporter: WE AGREED TO SEAL
HIS IDENTITY BECAUSE WE DO NOT
HAVE PERMISSION WITH HIM TO
TALK.
TALK.
TALK. >>
TALK. >> WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO TALK
TO ME?
TO ME?
TO ME? >>
TO ME? >> THE SOLDIERS NEED TO TALK.
IF I WAS NOT AROUND THE
SOLDIERS.
SOLDIERS.
SOLDIERS. SOMETIMES I SAID AND I AM JUST
AMAZED AT HOW BAD THESE
SOLDIERS ARE TREATED.
>> AFTER COMING BACK FROM
AFGHANISTAN HIS LIFE FELL APART.
MILITARY DOCTORS DIAGNOSED HIM
WITH PTSD.
WITH PTSD. >> WE WITNESSED A MESS
SLAUGHTERING. WE COULD NOT DO
ANYTHING TO STOP THEM IT WASN'T
OUR SOLDIERS INVOLVED.
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND, IT DIDN'T
MAKE SENSE TO ME.
THE KIDS AND EVERYTHING, WOMEN,
EVERYONE.
EVERYONE.
EVERYONE. >> Reporter: MILITARY DOCTORS
SAY THAT HE WILL NEED MEDICAL
CARE FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.
THEY GAVE HIM AN HONORABLE
DISCHARGE AND STRIPPED HIM THE
RIGHT TO GET VA HEALTHCARE.
>> RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE A SOLDIER
WHO IS LIKE A MAN WITHOUT A
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. THEY SAID THERE ARE MEDICAL
REVIEWS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
SOLDIERS DO NOT GET KICKED OUT
FOR THE WRONG REASONS.
>> YOU SAY THAT THE ARMY'S
POLICIES TO PROTECT THESE
SOLDIERS DOES NOT WORK?
>> KNOW IT DOESN'T WORK.
THE EXPERTS WARNED THE
COMMANDERS IN OTHER THAN
HONORABLE DISCHARGE WOULD BE
THE WRONG MOVE.
>> WHAT IS THE POINT OF HAVING
THE MID-A LITTLE -- THE MEDICAL
COMMUNITY WAY IN INVALIDATE IF
IT WILL NOT BE TAKEN INTO
CONSIDERATION, EVERY ONE OF
THOSE MEDICAL STATEMENTS WERE
TOTALLY IGNORED.
TOTALLY IGNORED. THE COMMANDERS SHOULD NOT HAVE
THAT AMOUNT OF POWER NOT WHEN
THERE IS A MEDICAL CONDITION ON
THE TABLE.
THE TABLE. A PSYCHOLOGIST SAID THAT THERE
WAS WIDESPREAD FRUSTRATION.
THEY SAY THAT THEIR
RECOMMENDATIONS ROUTINELY SEEM
TO BE IGNORED.
>> HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU THAT
THERE ARE MORE OF THEM OUT
THERE?
THERE?
THERE? >>
THERE? >> I AM ABSOLUTELY CONFIDENT
THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND
THAT THERE ARE A LOT MORE, NOT
JUST HERE IN THIS INSTALLATION
BUT ARMY WIDE.
THIS IS WHY WE CONTINUE TO LOSE
OUR VETERANS.
OUR VETERANS. NOW, WHAT IS HE HAVE TO HOLD
ONTO?
ONTO?
ONTO? NOTHING.
NOTHING.
NOTHING. >> Reporter: THE LATEST DATA
SHOWS THAT BETWEEN 2008 AND
2016 MORE THAN 6000 VETERANS
KILL THEMSELVES EACH YEAR, THIS
MORE THAN 55,000 VETERANS IN
THAT TIME PERIOD TAKING THEIR
OWN LIVES.
OWN LIVES. >> UNTIL WE COULD STOP THE
MADNESS AND HELP OUR SOLDIERS,
AND GET THEM BACK ON TRACK,
THIS IS JUST GOING TO CONTINUE
TO HAPPEN.
TO HAPPEN. >> AS SOLDIER HE TRIED TO KILL
HIMSELF FOUR TIMES.
NOW, HE IS OUT WITHOUT VA
MEDICAL CARE AND THIS RECENTLY
SHOT CELL PHONE SHOWS THAT HIS
SERVICE RELATED DEMONS ARE
STILL WITH HIM.
>> WE FEEL FOR THAT VETERAN HE
HAS LEFT THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON TO BE NEAR HIS FAMILY
. AS FAR THE AN ARMY -- ARMY WE
ASKED FOR THEM TO RESPOND TO THE
WHISTLEBLOWERS CLAIMS.
WHISTLEBLOWERS CLAIMS. IT WAS SAID IN A STATEMENT
SAYING THAT THE PROCESS WAS
FAIR AND OBJECTIVE, THEY REVIEW
EVERY CASE IN GREAT DETAIL AND
CONSIDER ALL THE INFORMATION