An American Soldier

They claimed Iraq and Afghanistan veteran polls have been taken, it shows that whatever improvements and actions being were taken were not enough. Fifty-nine percent of the people rated the job the government was doing to help was good, while fifty-six percent rated it as them doing poorly. In an article by CNN news nineteen veterans have died because of delays for medical treatments from the Veterans Affair. Those nineteen veterans were only a small proportion of that group. A number of eight-two veterans who have died because of delays for medical treatments like colonoscopies or endoscopies. Some people like my father (Jason McLain), who is a retired veteran, believes that some doctors have their own personal bias toward veterans. Jason McLain stated, “When I go to the VA they do not help me as soon as I need their help. Although when I go to any other civilian doctor’s office they help me right away with any of their help”. A website by the name of Free Grants Community stated that success and failures of the Departments of Veterans Affair are frequently the subjects of political promises and debates. There are many places that can help with benefits or homelessness, simply anything veteran(active/retired) need. A six-year veteran stated that there are places to help but emphasizes that you have to pursue yourself. After you are done with the military to go back to school and to keep getting educated. Besides the fact the regular ordinary citizens complain that veterans are not getting enough help, there have been complaints against all employers for discrimination has blames the economic crisis and ballooning deficits for the inability to provide for more

    While I admire the work that many veterans have done, I don’t believe that I would be able to make the same sacrifices as they did. As a service to their country, they took it upon themselves to protect those unknown to them. They are a part of something greater than themselves in which they are essential to the outcome of the whole. All roles are of equal importance because without them all our rights would be unfound. There would be no freedom of speech or right to a fair trial. Our country would be without purpose if we

Military veterans sacrifice many things to defend America. Sacrificing their families, jobs, friends, and sometimes even their lives, to protect our human rights is honorable. They venture away from all of the luxuries of home to ensure that America remains the same extraordinary country that it is.

Veterans are heroes in the eyes of many citizens of the United States. There are over 20 million veterans that have risked their lives at young ages to help give the nation a fear free life. They serve and protect the land for their children, spouses, parents, family, and neighbors. Yet they are not treated with the love and respect they truly deserve. The veterans took a devastating loss when the “House Appropriations Subcommittee marked up the 2016 Veterans Affairs funding bill, and slashed more than $1.4 billion from the presidents requested budget for America’s Veterans” ( ask mrs. Pyle 8). Today, the veterans are treated worse than prisoners who have committed murder or rape. While these criminals have a safe and warm place to stay,

Over the past 15 years, the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) has seen a dramatic increase in the average degree of disability, growth in the number of compensation recipients, a rise in the number of medical issues claimed and an increased level of complexity of claimed issues. To illustrate this point, prior to the September 2011 terrorist attacks, 333,700 Veterans received compensation at the 70-100 percent level; however, these figures rose to over 1.1 million by the end of 2013. Additionally, since 2009, VA’s disability compensation workload rose 132 percent. This is in large part due to an unprecedented demand resulting from over a decade of war, military downsizing, economic issues, increased outreach, the addition of presumptive conditions and an aging Veteran population.

People that have little to no service connection are taking advantage of free health benefits they do not need, while other veterans are dying waiting for their claims to be processed and benefits received. The veterans who have had the most in-combat experience should be the highest priority on the VA's waiting list unlike veterans who have no in-combat experience. In the article, "Pentagon Continues to Use 'Personality Disorder' Discharges to Cheat Veterans Out of Benefits" it states, "He founded Disposable Warriors, a one soldier operation near Fort Hood, Texas, that assists soldier fighting their discharge and those appealing their disability rating. Luther states that the base had 12 suicides as of June 2nd but reported only 2. Luther is quoted in a November 21, 2009 article on 'Truthout' as saying there is only 1 mental health professional for every 1,263 soldiers, and 'that is the first mistake ", this confirms that the VA is giving our veterans a hard time even after the time they spent in war.(Ross) A soldier shouldn't have to go through the struggle of post-warfare by themselves. There should be a higher doctor to soldier ration other than

Our soldiers deserve better than that and what I propose to you is to make direct payments retroactive from the moment a soldier is released from

U.S veterans former, and current have fought or are fighting and have died in battle serving this wonderful country. More former veterans than ever are coming back disabled either mentally or physically. There are hundreds of disabled veteran foundations in the United States today, but a lot are a fraud. Everybody who has not served should donate a good amount of money of these foundations and not be worried about the foundations keeping it or giving it to someone else who shouldn’t receive it. We owe our lives to these men and women. Like Elmer Davis once said, ¨Our nation is the land of the brave because it is the home of the brave¨ (Elmer.). More Veterans are coming back disabled than ever before. To see the disgusted and sad faces on these families of these heroes who can’t live the way they used to is extremely depressing, You should

Judd Gregg states “the veterans of our military services have put their lives on the line to protect the freedoms that we enjoy. They have dedicated their lives to their country and deserve to be recognized for their commitment.” Judd Gregg’s point is that the veterans have all put their lives on the line to protect us. Now, it is our turn to protect them and I believe that with domestic programs we can make it

Lincoln made a promise stated, “To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan”. This quote is being neglected by us as Americans in trying to provide for our veterans. Do the research and you will see that veterans who have served for our country are living homeless. Also, thousands of veterans are forced to buy food stamps and they struggle to feed their families. Veterans in hospitals who suffer from PTSD attempt to commit suicide more than you would think. In this essay, I’m going to explain how our government can help provide better housing, food benefits, and ways we can help provide better mental health facilities.

Imagine a veteran at the checkout line in a grocery store. A customer offers to pay for the veteran. The veteran politely declines the offer, but the customer would not allow it. The veteran looks annoyed and says, “I appreciate the offer, but I can pay for my own groceries.” This situation is common across this nation. Even though some veterans are struggling, most veterans are tired of being pitied. Therefore, our nation was doing enough recognition of veterans.

It can be seen that the mental conditions that veterans return home with is the biggest issue facing veterans today. Whether it be depression, a TBI, or PTSD, a mental problem could prove to be deadly. It definitely is not easy for the veteran who has it. These valiant soldiers fight for their country every day, and return home to be rewarded with lack of respect and poverty just because they did not come back as the same person that they went in as. The government is constantly finding ways to support veterans, but it is not always enough for those with mental problems. For these veterans, the government needs the support of the people. The veterans took care of their country, and now it is time for their country to take care of them.

Protecting Soldiers and Mothers by Theda Skocpol, she writes an amazing book taking part on which she explains the equality towards the citizens, and in this book, specifically the United States. All in all, the United States had already established generous social spending for the majority of the disabled, elderly and dependent citizens who were in need. For the veterans on the other hand, although they had protected our country and the citizens within it, finishing their job and being released, when they came back home to their regular schedules, they got no benefits nor anything specialized or different from any other ordinary citizen. Some hoped for these changes but others sought that went against the logic of political reform in the Progressive

My grandfather has always been my hero. It is because of his struggles that I have been made aware of the many injustices happening to America’s veterans, especially Vietnam Veterans. The men and women who have proudly fought, survived, and died for our country are being left by the wayside. We cannot stand for this any more, Veterans and families of veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange have the right to fair and just compensation.

Brave men and women of this great nation choose to make what many have referred to as the ultimate sacrifice by answering our nation’s call to serve as a member of the United States Armed Forces. Most have no clue of how these individuals manage to tolerate the rigors of highly intensive, extended training days for months at a time. The idea of maintaining mental, physical, and spiritual resilience throughout lengthy combat deployments to the middle east and other tormented nations abroad all while having to uphold a long distance relationship with your significant other, children, and family is mind boggling. Statistics have proven that the job of United States military personnel to be one of the most stressful professions in today’s job market. Most people refer to the these audacious men and women as heroes for the selfless act of enlisting to serve their country. Others believe that the one percent of those daring enough to sign their lives away to Uncle Sam are terribly insane or just plain mad even. Once your time has been completed as an active service member, drilling reservist or guardsmen, or a member of the active guard and reserve (AGR), it is customarily assumed that these doughty individuals would be able to collect on an insurmountable debt from this great nation but the majority of them never have the chance to even cash on a fraction of what is justifiably due to them. The United States Department of Veterans Affairs, most refer to it as the VA, has been