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Elite Investigative Journal
Wounded Warriors as Army Professional and Tension Between Selless Service and Self-Interest, pg 21-34
©2014-2016 SYT Global.Inc.
Wounded Warriors as Army Professionals and
the Tension Between Selless Service and
Self-Interest by Molly S. Boehm, JD MSW
Photo Courtesy of deviantart.com
Abstract by discussing the implications of issue for the
Army profession and recommending that the
The wounded warrior experience Warrior Transition Command add a community
demonstrates how the Army struggles service and character development component to
with the tension between its professional the Warrior Care and Transition Program.
obligations and bureaucratic nature. The
scandal at Walter Reed illustrates how The warrior ethos obligates the Army to
bureaucratic deiciencies can lead to moral “never leave a fallen comrade,” and care for
failure. A signiicant aspect of the profession- those injured in combat. However, executing
1
bureaucracy dichotomy is the tension this obligation mainly depends on medical
between selless service and self- interest. technology and military bureaucracy. In
Here, I consider the dynamic between previous conlicts, the military largely deferred
selless service and self-interest with respect to civilian systems for long-term rehabilitation
to wounded warriors in the Army’s Warrior and transition. During the Global War on
Transitions Units. I argue that wounded Terror (GWT), medical technology increased
warriors are soldiers for life, committed battleield casualty survival rates and improved
to selless service. Mitigating self- interest rehabilitation. From this came the concept
and entitlement requires adding a character of the “wounded warrior,” a disabled soldier
development component to the Warrior Care who remained in the military system for
Transition Program. First, I will discuss rehabilitation and transition. According to
2
wounded warrior’s commitment to sacriice media and government investigations into the
and selless service. Second, I will consider treatment of injured soldiers at Walter Reed
how the Warrior Transition Unit experience Army Medical Center (“Walter Reed”), this
fosters entitlement and self-interest. Third, created an unanticipated challenges for the
I will explore the tension between selless Army as severely injured soldiers came home
service and self-interest through a series of to the archaic bureaucracy and the dilapidated
vignettes. I will conclude facilities. 3
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Wounded Warriors as Army Professional and Tension Between Selless Service and Self-Interest, pg 21-34
©2014-2016 SYT Global.Inc.
Wounded Warriors as Army Professionals and
the Tension Between Selless Service and
Self-Interest by Molly S. Boehm, JD MSW
Photo Courtesy of deviantart.com
Abstract by discussing the implications of issue for the
Army profession and recommending that the
The wounded warrior experience Warrior Transition Command add a community
demonstrates how the Army struggles service and character development component to
with the tension between its professional the Warrior Care and Transition Program.
obligations and bureaucratic nature. The
scandal at Walter Reed illustrates how The warrior ethos obligates the Army to
bureaucratic deiciencies can lead to moral “never leave a fallen comrade,” and care for
failure. A signiicant aspect of the profession- those injured in combat. However, executing
1
bureaucracy dichotomy is the tension this obligation mainly depends on medical
between selless service and self- interest. technology and military bureaucracy. In
Here, I consider the dynamic between previous conlicts, the military largely deferred
selless service and self-interest with respect to civilian systems for long-term rehabilitation
to wounded warriors in the Army’s Warrior and transition. During the Global War on
Transitions Units. I argue that wounded Terror (GWT), medical technology increased
warriors are soldiers for life, committed battleield casualty survival rates and improved
to selless service. Mitigating self- interest rehabilitation. From this came the concept
and entitlement requires adding a character of the “wounded warrior,” a disabled soldier
development component to the Warrior Care who remained in the military system for
Transition Program. First, I will discuss rehabilitation and transition. According to
2
wounded warrior’s commitment to sacriice media and government investigations into the
and selless service. Second, I will consider treatment of injured soldiers at Walter Reed
how the Warrior Transition Unit experience Army Medical Center (“Walter Reed”), this
fosters entitlement and self-interest. Third, created an unanticipated challenges for the
I will explore the tension between selless Army as severely injured soldiers came home
service and self-interest through a series of to the archaic bureaucracy and the dilapidated
vignettes. I will conclude facilities. 3
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