U.S. Navy Seal upset at the U.S. government for abandoneding him after he shot Osama.

[BigGameDamian]

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/seal-shot-osama-bin-laden-speaks-143245195.html

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Re: U.S. Navy Seal upset at the U.S. government for abandoneding him after he shot Os

The entire Esquire article here - http://www.esquire.com/features/man-who-shot-osama-bin-laden-0313

 

[MARIS61]

Re: U.S. Navy Seal upset at the U.S. government for abandoneding him after he shot Os

What a whiner. If he was really worried about money he would not be tossing back single malts.

 

[jlprk]

Re: U.S. Navy Seal upset at the U.S. government for abandoneding him after he shot Os

It says the Navy Seals found him a dream job as a truck driver. It doesn't say whether they gave him a list of unpatriots to run over.

 

[bluefrog]

Re: U.S. Navy Seal upset at the U.S. government for abandoneding him after he shot Os

Stars and Stripes blogger posted a rebutal:

Esquire magazine claims “The Man Who Killed Osama bin Laden ... Is Screwed.”

The story details the life of the Navy SEAL after the successful raid to take out the No. 1 terrorist, and it asserts that once the SEAL got out of the military he was left to fend for himself.

“...here is what he gets from his employer and a grateful nation:

Nothing. No pension, no health care, and no protection for himself or his family.”

Except the claim about health care is wrong. And no servicemember who does less than 20 years gets a pension, unless he has to medically retire.

Like every combat veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the former SEAL, who is identified in the story only as “the Shooter”, is automatically eligible for five years of free healthcare through the Department of Veterans Affairs.

But the story doesn’t mention that.