I've had numerous experiences that have touched my emotions to the core, but not many like today. Today, I visited with a young NCO and his mother whom I had met during several previous visits to the James A. Haley VA Medical Center in Tampa, Fla. They are now in the Washington, D.C., area while he is being treated for a severe traumatic brain injury sustained in Iraq. The Army retired this NCO two years ago, even though he still faces extensive and extended therapy for devastating head injuries. His mother, who has been his 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week care-giver for two years, received a modest per diem from the Army while he was on active duty. But that ceased when the Army medically retired him, and the VA allows no such benefit.
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机译：我有无数的经历感动了我的情绪，但没有像今天这样的人。今天，我拜访了一个年轻的NCO和他的母亲，这是我先前几次访问佛罗里达州坦帕市的James A. Haley VA医疗中心时遇到的。他们现在在华盛顿特区接受治疗，伊拉克遭受了严重的脑外伤。陆军于两年前退休了这个NCO，尽管他仍然面临着毁灭性的头部受伤的广泛而广泛的治疗。他的母亲是他每天24小时，每周7天，每天两次的护理人员，在服役期间每天从陆军那里获得适度的每日津贴。但是，这在陆军医疗退休后就停止了，弗吉尼亚州也不允许这样做。
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