Death of Sgt. Gerald Cassidy caused changes at Fort Knox

Fort Knox touts improvements at unit for wounded warriors
By BRUCE SCHREINER, Associated Press Writer

Story Created: Feb 21, 2008 at 6:30 PM EST



FORT KNOX, Ky. (AP) — Staff Sgt. Gerald Gonzalez has seen plenty of changes in a special unit for wounded soldiers since arriving at Fort Knox last summer with wounds from a roadside bomb in Iraq.


Barracks at the Army post in central Kentucky are being renovated for soldiers placed in the "warrior transition unit." Staffing has been beefed up. An assistance center geared toward the wounded troops and their families has opened.

"It's a lot better now," said Gonzalez, who suffers from a traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder since being wounded last May while helping escort a military convoy. "Overall, the way that we receive care has gotten better."

Still, he said, Army efforts to specially tend to the wounded soldiers remain "a work in progress."

The Army initiative has come under scrutiny following the death of Sgt. Gerald Cassidy, a member of the Indiana National Guard. Cassidy, who was in a transition unit, was found dead in his room at Fort Knox on Sept. 21, about 15 months after he was wounded by a roadside bomb in Iraq.
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