Insult to injury.From The Week: "A soldier wounded by a roadside bomb in Iraq was forced [in February] to pay for his body armor Noun 1. body armor - armor that protects the wearer's whole body body armour, cataphract, coat of mail, suit of armor, suit of armour armet - a medieval helmet with a visor and a neck guard , which was discarded dis·card v. dis·card·ed, dis·card·ing, dis·cards v.tr. 1. To throw away; reject. 2. a. To throw out (a playing card) from one's hand. b. because it was covered in blood. William Rebrook, twenty-five, told Army officials in Fort Hood Fort Hood, U.S. army post, 209,000 acres (84,580 hectares), central Tex., near Killeen; est. 1942 on the site of old Fort Gates and named for Confederate Gen. John Hood. It is one of the army's largest installations and a major employer of the area. , Texas, that the last time he saw the armor it was being peeled off his twitching twitching, n an irregular spasm of a minor extent. twitching, Trousseau's, n.pr a twitching of the face that the patient can exhibit at will and occurs obsessively to relieve tension. body. But the Army said it had no record of that, and Rebrook had to borrow $700 from friends. 'It was like, thank you for your service, now here s the bill for $700, said Rebrook, who has lost the full use of his right arm." |
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