A number of soldiers at the Army’s Fort Carson wrote and signed sworn statements in the fall of 2008 complaining about their medical care. Pfc. Timothy Ryan Alderman signed the statement below on Oct. 13, 2008. In it he says, “I am seeking help but I feel like I’m not being treated right. I mean mental help.” He died of a drug overdose a week later. The Army has ruled that his death was a suicide.
