http://www.cracked.com/personal-experiences-2230-the-badass-adventure-afghan-interpreter-army.html
I typed a rather long, morose reflection on this subject (it's kind of a sore point for me after reading "To Be a Friend is Fatal"), but I scrapped my diatribe in favor of something more direct:
We are super shitty to military interpreters. Read this article about one of our interpreters, then (if you've means) donate to a charity that is trying to help more translators get over here, and actually providing them with basic necessities our government overlooks: https://web.charityengine.net/default.aspx?tsid=5274.