Thursday, September 17, 2009

Why Reading is Fundamental

WTF.  The army notified a family that their son, Jesse Jasper, was dead when in fact he was very alive.  The girlfriend of the "fallen" soldier was confused to be on the phone with her "dead" boyfriend and see condolence groups forming on Facebook around his death.
The liason, wife of a deployed soldier, apparently misread the message that should have read:
"Sergeant Tyler A. Judin ... was killed in action while conducting combat operations in support of Bravo Troop 473 Cav."
to:
"I'm sorry to inform you that on September 12 Sergeant Judin and Sergeant Jesse Jasper were killed in Afghanistan,"
Big difference lady!Chick can't read.  Note to army: Don't get people to read  messages to be delivered verbatim if they can't read.
Note: Video is included just because I wanted to hear the themesong, and thought others would too.

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