Hello, I agree with you 100 percent. My son michael Fremer was killed at Fort Polk, La on 2/13/08 because of Army Negligence. I can not hold the Army accountable because of the Feres Doctrine.

A distinction probably needs to be made between emergency care rendered on the battlefield -- where the Feres Doctrine may be justified -- and care rendered under more normal circumstances in hospitals. At least the Feres Doctrine does not apply to care provided to dependents in military facilities. That is more fair, but it leaves us with the ridiculous situation that if a military physician commits malpractice against a soldier's spouse there is compensation but if the exact same malpractice is committed against the soldier him or herself with the exact same injury, there is no compensation.

I lost my son in Iraq due to failure of his chain of command, Feres protects the army, they have no accountability.

Walter Reed deal and many other medical problems in the VA system can be traced to Feres.

I lost my son in Iraq due to failure of his chain of command, Feres protects the army, they have no accountability.

Walter Reed deal and many other medical problems in the VA system can be traced to Feres.

My husband was active duty Air Force, he was denied access the base hospital because his transfer paper hadn't been filed yet, Later he returned in pain and was misdiagnosed Sent home with antibiotics. He was later rushed to the ER at TRAVIS AFB David Grant Medical Center for an emergency appendectomy..which was performed successfully. Shortly after the surgery due to errors of the nurse on duty (whom removed his airway tube too soon) his throat closed up and he went without oxygen for 12- 15 minutes...but of course we were initially lied to about the duration he went without oxygen. We were told it was just 2 minutes. 3 months later the staff came clean and we removed him from life support (feeding tube) he died 7 days later. He was 25 and had a daughter and newborn son.

My husband was active duty Air Force, he was denied access the base hospital because his transfer paper hadn't been filed yet, Later he returned in pain and was misdiagnosed Sent home with antibiotics. He was later rushed to the ER at TRAVIS AFB David Grant Medical Center for an emergency appendectomy..which was performed successfully. Shortly after the surgery due to errors of the nurse on duty (whom removed his airway tube too soon) his throat closed up and he went without oxygen for 12- 15 minutes...but of course we were initially lied to about the duration he went without oxygen. We were told it was just 2 minutes. 3 months later the staff came clean and we removed him from life support (feeding tube) he died 7 days later. He was 25 and had a daughter and newborn son.

Feres is a huge problem - things may be improving though. Check out recent case law that allowed a service member to proceed with a claim against the government even after it was initially dismiised. Schoenfeld vs. quamme - you can google it to get the Court of Appeals opinion unanamously overturning the dismissal! Due to go to trial soon, so check back on it sometime.

Getting better is not good enought for the soldier's and family members. Bush and the current congress should overturn this unfair and bad law. They can bail out banks. Why can't they give the Brave men in our armed forces the rights they should have?