Army Killed Deal to Help PTSD Fort Bragg Soldier Get Justice

This is an important story to read especially when you consider this Soldier was a good Soldier yet the military wants to blame what happened to him in his life before joining. They have a habit of doing that. I hope you read the whole story but if not, please read what those who served with him had to say.

Tragedy, Trauma Mark Fort Bragg Soldier's Path to Prison 
Fayetteville Observer
Greg Barnes
September 14, 2015

In September 2014, Cumberland County District Attorney Billy West confirmed that the Army had reneged on a deal for Eisenhauer's case to be transferred from civilian jurisdiction to the military.

Under the agreement, Eisenhauer was to face a court-martial and be separated from the Army on a general discharge, which would have allowed him to get Veterans Affairs benefits for life to treat his PTSD. But the Army killed the deal, for reasons officials at Fort Bragg have never revealed. Eisenhauer is officially still in the Army.

In February, Eisenhauer pleaded guilty to assaulting police officers and government officials. He had been charged with 15 counts of attempted murder.

On Aug. 6, the day of Eisenhauer's sentencing hearing, his family and friends from across the country filled one side of the courtroom. Police and firefighters filled the other.

Psychiatrists testified that a combination of Eisenhauer's severe PTSD, his alcohol and prescription drug abuse and the Womack doctor's decision to reduce his Klonopin all contributed to flashbacks to Afghanistan and to the shootings.

Eisenhauer's Army buddies testified to his character and the changes they saw in him after the suicide bombing.

Many also wrote letters to the court on Eisenhauer's behalf.

Cmd. Sgt. Major Richard Flowers wrote that he was with Eisenhauer on both of Eisenhauer's combat deployments in Afghanistan.

"It became my opinion that SSG Eisenhauer was a true professional in every sense of that word," Flowers wrote. "SSG Eisenhauer gave everything on the battlefield and prior to the end of his last deployment, he was the man I wanted watching my back."

Former soldier Kevin Strohmeyer described Eisenhauer as, "by far, the most prepared soldier I knew in the Army."

Col. John Orendorff, deputy commander of a wounded warrior brigade that includes Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, urged Ammons to let Eisenhauer get the PTSD treatment he desperately needs -- first at Fort Bragg's Warrior Transition Battalion and later at Walter Reed.

Although Eisenhauer's lawyer, Larry McGlothlin, asked for probation, the defense agreed that Eisenhauer should not go completely free until he had undergone significant treatment.

Psychiatrist G. Martin Woodard argued that Eisenhauer would not be able to get adequate treatment for PTSD in prison. Without it, Woodard said, Eisenhauer's condition is likely to deteriorate to the point he can never be fully functional.

Prosecutors, police and firefighters argued that prison was the right place for Eisenhauer.
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