Navy SEAL Who Killed Bin Laden Left in Poverty: No Pension, Healthcare or Protection!!, page 1


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Topic started on 12-2-2013 @ 02:19 AM by OrionHunterX
Welcome to the land of dreams! The American dream....But it is a nightmare for those who served and gave their today for your tomorrow! Read on....

The US Navy SEAL who personally shot to death former al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden says he has been neglected by the US government. The poverty-stricken ex-commando is now struggling to feed his family and pay for healthcare.

Despite killing America's most wanted man, the US Navy SEAL referred to only as “the Shooter” has transitioned back to a civilian life plagued by poverty. The Shooter, who remains anonymous, retired from the SEALs in September 2012, thirty-six months before the 20-year requirement for retirement benefits.

And the government makes no exceptions when it comes to retirement benefits – not even for one of the Americans responsible for striking the most crushing blow against al-Qaeda.

“What is [hard] to understand is that a man with hundreds of successful war missions, one of the most decorated combat veterans of our age, who capped his career by terminating bin Laden, has no landing pad in civilian life,” writes Phil Bronstein, Executive Chair of the Center for Investigative Reporting, for Esquire.

Aside from remaining anonymous and therefore lacking recognition from the American public, the US government appears to have forgotten the Shooter’s significance in the raid that killed the most wanted terrorist. Without a pension, healthcare, or any sort of government protection, the Shooter has been left in the dark by the agency he dedicated his life to.

Unsympathetically, he was told to look for a job driving a truck to make enough money to scrape by.

“[SEAL command] told me they could get me a job driving a beer truck in Milwaukee,” the Shooter said. Such a job would be a substantial downgrade from both his status and estimated $54,000 salary as a Navy SEAL.

Left without retirement benefits, the Shooter is now purchasing a private health insurance plan for $486 per month, which provides minimal coverage and fails to cover his chiropractic care.

“My health care for me and my family stopped,” he said. “I asked if there was some transition from my Tricare to Blue Cross Blue Shield. They said no. You’re out of service, your coverage is over. Thanks for your sixteen years. Go f*ck yourself.”

“No one who fights for this country overseas should ever have to fight for a job,” Obama said. “Or a roof over their head, or the care that they have earned when they come home.”

But the Shooter is fighting – financially, physically and emotionally. With a body full of scars, arthritis, tendonitis, eye damage and blown disks, the SEAL is in desperate need of medical care.


Is this how America treats its heroes?

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reply posted on 12-2-2013 @ 02:36 AM by Guyfriday
reply to post by OrionHunterX

Look, I'm not going to talk about what I may or may not have done, but when I got out my Command got me a job at an Insurance Company. It paid better then advertised. This guy should have taken the job. If Command sets you up with a job, then they're also setting you up with some lines of protection too. This guy didn't take the job because of pride, then too bad for him.
“[SEAL command] told me they could get me a job driving a beer truck in Milwaukee,” the Shooter said. Such a job would be a substantial downgrade from both his status and estimated $54,000 salary as a Navy SEAL.

I guess he thought his status was more important then real life. The truth is if he was worried about his status he should have stayed in the Navy, but I can understand why he wanted out. It's a shame that he didn't take the time to figure out that leaving active duty ment leaving behind his silent glory he earned as a SEAL.

54K though thats not bad cash, if he wanted more he could have signed on to one of those security outfits that pay for military backgrounds.


reply posted on 12-2-2013 @ 02:43 AM by JibbyJedi
reply to post by Skyfloating


I agree that REAL heroes are shunned and never acknowledged.

To throw everyone who doesn't believe the Seal Team 6 story has "CPM" or whatever that is, is just not accurate. I don't believe the OS for over 90% of what we are told, not because I have some alphabet "disease", but because I've lived life.

I've been dragged through the real world, not the world that's portrayed on TV... 2 completely different realities. One is unspoken publicly but is worse than you can imagine, the other is light, fluffy, & always makes the good guys win in the end.

Ask the persecuted/prosecuted whistle blowers of the world if they have a paranoia disorder.
A few might, but the majority do suffer from a disease... it's called "the official story" disease.
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