From a longtime reader I didn’t even know worked at Walter Reed:

Subject: Holy Cr*p! Hey Jonah, I just got back from Denver and noticed the corner is posting “embrace the suck” stuff about care at Walter Reed and stuff. As a Nurse who works at Walter Reed, I was just wondering…. Has anything changed? Anyone who has been to or worked at a civilian hospital will have similar stories. Is there some other news here? Did they mention the new amputee center that is being constructed as we speak at Walter Reed? This is being put up right now even though the facility is “moving” to Bethesda Naval Hospital’s campus in 2011 (BRAC consolidation). The soldiers are getting really good care. The staff really are committed to them. The fact there is a horrendous bureaucracy shouldn’t really be a surprise. Any delays in the paperwork don’t mean the patients are shuttled off to an unheated closet and kept in the dark until it’s resolved – things continue with care and rehab always. BTW – the heat in my clinic doesn’t always work, shouldn’t the Post print this, too? Best, [Name withheld]

Me: Just in my own defense, I posted that link to Blackfive because I like Jimbo. I went out of my way to say that I wouldn’t make the “embrace the suck” argument. I wouldn’t because it’s not my place and I think once you come home, the “suck” should come to an end.