Forgotten veterans is a private non-US veteran organization important for veterans and active-duty service members because its objective is to act as an essential, independent safety net and advocacy platform, bypassing the legal and bureaucratic limitations imposed by the
Feres Doctrine and the U.S. government. The Feres Doctrine (1950) establishes that the U.S. government cannot be sued for injuries to military personnel that are “incident to service”. This prevents service members from seeking legal recourse for medical malpractice, sexual assault, or negligence—situations that would allow a veteran to sue the his or her military outfit for abuse.