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James Clark
@JamesWClark
@ArmyTimes editor. Previously with @taskandpurpose (2015-2023). Past bylines at @npr, @scsentinel, and elsewhere. @usmc vet. Email: James.Clark@armytimes.com
Jul 28, 2020 • 16 tweets • 4 min read
I’d like to talk about a story we ran today on @taskandpurpose.

If you haven't, please take a moment to give it a read:
taskandpurpose.com/history/marine… On this day 88 years ago, federal troops and city police forcibly evicted World War I veteran protesters camped out in Washington DC. The Great Depression was at its peak and they'd come from across the country to demand the government pay them the bonuses they were promised.
Jul 3, 2020 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
The Feres Doctrine, a 1950 Supreme Court ruling, stipulates that the federal government cannot be held liable “for injuries to members of the armed forces arising from activities incident to military service." To put it another way: In the eyes of the law, being killed or injured due to negligence is simply a risk of serving in uniform.

Let that sink in.
Nov 11, 2019 • 16 tweets • 5 min read
As we take a moment this #VeteransDay to honor those who served, and reflect on the costs of that service, I want to discuss an issue we've covered at length at @TaskandPurpose this past year: the Feres Doctrine. The 1950 legal rule bars service members and their families from suing the government in cases of negligence or wrongdoing: from training incidents; to workplace violence; sexual assault; and medical malpractice.

That description hardly captures the scope of it.
Feb 21, 2019 • 13 tweets • 4 min read
This morning @taskandpurpose ran a story on a soldier’s widow who is mounting a lawsuit claiming that military care providers committed malpractice when allegedly they failed to catch her husband’s stomach cancer over a 4 year period.
taskandpurpose.com/fort-campbell-… On Oct. 31, 2018, Sgt. Jeremy Seals died following a prolonged battle with stomach cancer. He was diagnosed by VA care providers in 2016 with stage 4 stomach cancer, months after leaving the Army. The diagnosis came after 4 years of repeated visits to military doctors.
Nov 16, 2018 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
1/ I'd like to take a moment to discuss a story we ran this morning on the Feres Doctrine, a 1950 legal rule that bars troops and their families from suing the government for negligence or wrongdoing when injury or death is deemed to be "incident to military service." 2/ If you haven't read the piece, please take a moment to do so: taskandpurpose.com/feres-doctrine…