DOD cuts meal tickets for combat wounded at Walter Reed Hospital

Wounded warriors have meal tickets cut — at Walter Reed
The Washington Times
By Douglas Ernst
Thursday, August 15, 2013

The U.S. military has reportedly invalidated meal tickets at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for soldiers housed inside the campus’ building where the most severely wounded recuperate.

Fox News reported Thursday that cutbacks at the Warrior Cafe — the sole dining hall in building 62 — went into effect earlier this month. Additionally, the hall, which was previously closed on weekends, will also be stopping service two hours earlier during the weekend.

The decision forces amputees and troops receiving long-term care to trek nearly a half-mile across the Walter Reed campus to a temporary “food trailer,” instead of the facility down the hall from their rooms, Fox reported.
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