Medal
of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer is suing a defense firm he says hurt
his chances for a job by labeling him mentally unstable, court papers
show. Meyer was awarded the nation’s highest honor for gallantry in
battle two months ago by President Barack Obama for service in
Afghanistan when he was a sergeant in the Marine Corps. He filed an
amended complaint Monday to a suit he brought against BAE Systems in a
state court in San Antonio in June. Meyer, who left active duty in May
2010, alleges BAE Systems, where he worked for a time this year, ruined
his opportunity to get a job with another defense contractor when a
supervisor claimed he has mental issues and a drinking problem. He
contends BAE painted him as having those problems after he raised
objections to the British company’s alleged decision to sell high-tech
sniper scopes to the Pakistani military. Meyer was wounded as he made
five trips to and from a battle zone to save 36 lives and bring back the
bodies of four men.
