In a disturbing revelation about the treatment of America's most severely wounded troops,
Fox News has learned the military earlier this month decided to invalidate meal tickets and reduce hours for the sole dining
facility in the Walter Reed building where they are recovering.
The decision affects the
Warrior Cafe located inside building 62, home to all multiple amputees and long-term, recovering patients at Walter Reed National
Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md.
The decision would mean wounded warriors who would
normally have a government-funded meal just down the hall would have to walk, wheel or limp nearly a half-mile across the
Walter Reed campus to the temporary "food trailer" for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
"I
mean it's called the Warrior Cafe, you would think it is for us," said Sgt. Josh Wetzel, who lost both his legs when
he stepped on a pressure plate IED outside Kandahar, Afghanistan in May 2013. He's been recovering at Walter Reed since
and has been a daily customer at the cafe.
The status of the military's decision may
be in flux.
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