SOLDIERING ON: Sgt. Refuses Medical Retirement Before 100 Percent

FORT BRAGG, N.C. ­— Sgt. Steve Garner, a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division, has declined an offer of medical retirement at 70 percent for his injuries, insisting that he will serve until his disability rating reaches 100 percent.

“There are so many quitters out there, you know?” Garner mused while cleaning his loaded rifle. “A 70 percent rating s…