Struggle With Veterans

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

By forming these strong interpersonal relationships and working with the VSO’s I was frequently able to obtain information, support, or concurrence that would allow me to resolve a Veteran’s claim. After moving into various management positions within the Veterans Service Center (VSC) I continued to work towards building and maintaining effective and productive relationships with these and other organizations in order to further the goals and interests of the VSC. I accomplished this by participating in outreach events, focusing on improving relations with the RO’s VHA partners, and by focusing on providing timely responses to requests for information from partners to include, VHA, VSO’s and exam

For many years the VA has been the only source of veteran support in the US. The VA’s main purpose is to provide a trust-worthy source of information and resources for all military personnel. The VA is not driven by its dollar signs but by seeing that everyone involved with the military has a place that they can turn to for anything they need. With that in mind, I know that the Department of Veteran’s Affairs is the place for me.

As a disabled veteran I have had many experiences with the ever “infamous” Department of Veterans Affairs. Many people complain about the VA medical, and VA benefits about there slow response to veterans and dependents needs. Though it did take the VA a full calendar year and an extra 3 months to get my percentages prepared for my medical discharge following my Medical Evaluation Board, I had no issue with this considering I never wanted to get out of the military in the first place. My issues with the VA have always come when a situation arises that I need to speak with a VA representative. Whether it is calling the VA to check on the status of a monthly benefit payment or a general question regarding benefits I have always been put on hold for at minimum 30 minutes.

Have you ever seen the loss of hope in the eyes of a homeless veteran? I have and it is an awful thing, knowing a veteran have served time for your freedom and can’t even get their life together. A veteran living on the streets of Louisville feels hopeless and helpless. Having an honorable discharge doesn’t guarantee great job. Signing up for a class is confusing when you are not computer literate. Filling out the right forms and applications to get student aid is a hard and a confusing process, without someone’s help, even for the most experienced computer person. Knowing what you’re good at after working for the military can be a bit confusing. Coming back to civilian life after 4-20 yrs. can be overwhelming. Where do I turn to now? I believe as a combat veteran that struggled with these questions, there needs to be more help for veterans from the community. Getting help with a good job, a better education, and a nice home to live in is what a

Military life after services is a non-profit organization that assist Military with shelter, food, clothes, and medical treatment. This weekend Veteran’s Life after Services will be hosting a Veteran’s fair geared towards raising funds for our Veteran’s. As CEO our goal is to raise $500,000 all proceeds go to the Veteran’s life service go fun. These funds will assist with housing, shelter, job placement, clothes and medical treatment. Our goal is to provide life for all Veteran’s after servicing the military. The agency’s staff will assist in treatment and counseling to work these Veteran’s back into community life.

" Honestly I've been looking into issues surrounding veterans, a lot of the men in my family have served in the military, and after doing a lot of research into things like homelessness and mental illness, I kinda feel that veterans are being overlooked in favor of accommodating immigrants and refugees."

Veterans need a coordinated effort that provides secure housing, nutritional meals, basic physical health care, substance abuse care and aftercare, mental health counseling, personal development and empowerment. Additionally, veterans need job assessment, training and placement assistance. NCHV strongly believes that all programs to assist homeless veterans must focus on helping them obtain and sustain employment.

Imagine waking up one day seeing all black, or not hearing a single noise, or not being able to move your legs. This is a reality for thousands of people around the world. These people have disabilities, some of them are born with it, but more of them get them from disease throughout life, or old age. However the Military's Vets are given them the most as they lose one or more abilities in combat. Helen Keller received hers before she was even two years old after recovering from a disease. She lost her ability to hear and see. Because of this Helen Keller devoted her life to helping people with disabilities after she learned to cope with hers.

I had to interview individuals because there is no VA hospital here. Most of the active duty members I have interview do not know where I would send a veteran who’s in need mental health services. So, I interviewed a veteran who served for 25 years and currently work at Grafenwoehr PX as a cashier. The others two veteran I couldn't get a hold of because they were not returning my emails and I do not know their work schedule. Also, I have completed my part from the final assignment. However, I didn’t see all the post at the time. I have attached my finding about two days ago, and I will have attached it again. I didn’t use the same questions you all used since I was intervening individuals and not an agency. I did my interview based on the feedback

What most of the military and civilian people alike don’t know is just how hard it is to navigate the bureaucracy that is the Veteran Affairs. A veteran can spend weeks swimming through all of the paperwork, web pages, and dead ends; ultimately missing registration deadlines and having to start the process all over again the next semester. Since the recent media attention began shining a negative light on the VA, they have attempted to make improvements, again the problem is that the attention was short-lived, hence no lasting changes to this point. These latest events have been disheartening for many veterans to the point that some have given up on school altogether.

It is dawn on a fogy icy January morning; the rural hamlet is motionless. As the sun rises the stillness is interrupted, as the first of the day’s commuters set off for work, joining them is George, a retired and proud air force veteran. Who as of only last month joined the disheartening world of those who had been dumped into a retirement home for his, as his daughter puts it “own good”.

later decided that he also wanted to complete the PIPP application process. Both applications were given to the Veteran and this writer later aided him in the process. At this time, the Veteran is unable to complete either application since he had not secured a

My father is a U.S. Army veteran who served all over the world and is a veteran among many who are suffering from the VA. The VA’s terrible management caused my dad’s disability and dependent benefits to be ruined. This in turn messed up his retirement pay and now he has to take up a another job to afford a house. Even when he was applying for college the VA almost had him pay for the entire enrollment because they thought he used up the money in his GI bill. Luckily my dad isn’t one to let something like that happen and the VA paid for the school. However, this was a borderline scandal.

veterans, means that I will be taking on the role of a counselor/ clinician. I am sure that situations that may come up, working with this population will most likely have me using the face to face direct practice with my clients, and in order to help them, I must be attentive to their needs and be influential in helping them solving their problems and intervening when necessary. I am not saying that I won’t be using the role of change agent, because I am sure with my personality and tenacity and work ethic I will most likely be switching to the role of change agent to make procedures benefit my fellow veterans in the Veterans Administration system. Being a veteran and having first-hand knowledge of the system, I am positive that the opportunity will present itself to take on this role, to make changes in the current