BREAKING: Col. Steven Knorr Orders Evans Hospital Army Doctors Not to Discuss Operation Just One

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An anonymous source insde Evans Hospital 4th floor (psychiatry unit) at Ft. Carson disclosed today that Chief of Psychiatry, Colonel Steven Knorr, has ordered his staff, including Army psychiatrists, not to discuss with anyone, the PTSD (post-traumatic stress syndrome) services offered at no charge by the community outreach cooperative, Operation Just One.

If true, this order represents an active attempt by Ft. Carson to thwart the provision of free mental health services to soldiers. This goes beyond the simple opinions voiced by Col. Knorr in an interview with KRCC's Western Skies program on October 20 and now represents an attempt to restrict soldiers' access to clinicians outside of the Army system.

Col. Knorr and Mayor Lionel Rivera have come out as sharply opposed to the program founded by Georg-Andreas (Andrew) Pogany and backed by National Gulf War Resource Center.

Do we need to revisit the stigma thing? You're a soldier with a mental health problem. You have misgivings about seeing an Army doc because of the associated stigma. You are thinking of seeing a free clinician outside of the system, but you know Col. Knorr doesn't want you to, placing an even bigger and more overt stigma on that. He wants you to see the Army doc ...hey, the door's wide open (if you can get an appointment and get into the program before you're redeployed). But you don't want to do that, remember? You do know to fire your weapon.

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Email Col. Steven Knorr

Email Mayor Lionel Rivera

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RELATED LINKS:

Wednesday, October 12, 2005
Colorado Springs Gazette: Mayor unmoved by rally

KRCC Western Skies programming for Thursday, October 20, 2005
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PREVIOUS THRESHING MACHINE BLOG POSTS ON OPERATION JUST ONE:

Friday, September 30, 2005
In fastest and most transparent flip-flop in history, Mayor Rivera reverses position overnight and withdraws support for pro bono vets services

Tuesday, October 04, 2005
It's Deja-Rumsfeld all over again (how Colorado Springs Mayor Lional Rivera and Ft. Carson officials have failed the troops)

Thursday, October 06, 2005
Sympathy for the Devil

Thursday, October 06, 2005
Indy covers Operation Just One and mayor's retraction

Thursday, October 06, 2005
KRCC Western Skies covers Operation Just One

Friday, October 07, 2005
Mayor Liar Rivera

Monday, October 10, 2005
BREAKING: Representative Merrifield "disappointed" in Mayor Lionel Rivera's lack of support for PTSD

Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Peeling back the layers of evasion which is Lionel Rivera's ever-changing position

Wednesday, October 12, 2005
GAZETTE: Rivera unmoved by rally

Wednesday, October 12, 2005
Western Skies (KRCC) program covering the protest and testimony at City Hall is now available online

Friday, October 14, 2005
TESTIMONY by Iraq war vet

Friday, October 14, 2005
Particle Politician Mayor Liar Rivera is first elected official to become anti-anti-Army (TECHNICAL)

Friday, October 14, 2005
Ft. Carson rape case scheduled for today

Sunday, October 16, 2005
Threshing Machine testimony at Colorado Springs City Council addressing Mayor Lionel Rivera's despicable shunning of vets program

Monday, October 24, 2005
IT'S THE STIGMA STUPID: (more players, more lies) as KRCC Western Skies reveals Ft. Carson OPPOSED to outside mental health services

Tuesday, October 25, 2005
BREAKING: Col. Steven Knorr Orders Evans Hospital Staff to Not Discuss Operation Just One

Sunday, October 30, 2005
(Colorado Springs) Mayor Lionel Rivera issues sham apology to vet group, implies anti-war vets are anti-Army