The Transition Of A Soldier

There is plenty of empty promises that are being made all while many of our Veterans are lacking adequate medical care or are struggling to keep a roof over their heads while suffering from issues that are related to war. We have Senators and Congressman who is paid handsomely, and who receives better care than many of our veterans do. Many veterans have to wait extended periods of time before they can receive care, most are making pennies compared to our elective officials whose interest are only in special interest groups who gives millions of dollars to them in campaign money. According to Legistorm members of Congress make $174,000 a year, the Speak of the House makes $223,000; this is five times and six times what the average veteran makes in our country. We rely on these individuals to make policies and laws to help people, especially our veterans. With the past corruptions at several VA Facilities, we see that the best interest of our Veterans is not being made a priority even though our President and Congress have made pledges to help these

Its six months before your military retirement date. You have made several preparations for your transition into the civilian world. The one thing you want to do is make sure you have all the checks in the block so that you have a smooth transition where you do not have to worry about anything after you have gone on terminal leave. Even though through the leadership and management styles picked up through a military career, you think you are ready to step out in the civilian world. Military personnel must realize that their lives will soon change; some may have a difficult time transitioning. Suddenly it is your last day in the military. Shock has come upon you. Either let the stress get to you and

The VA System needs a complete over all we are doing a terrible disservices to our veteran’s.

Furthermore, I have tried to stop veteran discrimination by following Sister Rose Thering’s legacy. One way I did this was by entering into the American Legion Essay contest where one had to write an essay about keeping Lincoln’s promise to our veterans. I wrote an essay about how veterans were not provided enough money, health care, and a home once they come back home from fighting. Additionally, I also donated money to a poor veteran who needed help. However, this is just the first step that Sister Rose inspired me to do and who knows what I can do

According to the National Alliance to End Homelessness, in January of 2014 there were 49,933 homeless veterans across the United States. In 2013 the United States Department of Veterans Affairs released a study saying that 22 veterans die of suicide every day, or one veteran kills himself every 65 minutes due to either post traumatic stress disorder, or just because of guilt. Both of these statistics say that the way we treat veterans is clearly not good enough. Veterans do not receive the praise and the respect that they deserve because there are too many homeless veterans, veterans are killing themselves at a rate that is too rapid, and people just assume that because of their previous uniform they have killed and slaughtered babies, which

During the Revolutionary War in 1776, congress established pensions to increase and incentivize recruitment. Individual states took care of their respective veterans, by providing them with hospital care and shelter.

It is evident that reforms are necessary within the VA system and society in regards to PTSD and veterans. How can the American veterans be better taken care of? I will focus on the following four specific issues that are in need of reform,

We don’t hear bomb explosions outside our homes: we don't walk out to see people carrying around massive weapons and we don't experience suffering and pain on an everyday basis like other countries do. We are a safe well cared for nation because of our veterans. If our veterans are willing to sacrifice their lives to protect us, it should be an important task in our lives to make sure that our nations veterans are well cared for. Many of our nations veterans struggle financially and emotionally and that is not how they should live. There are veterans who don’t have homes and are homeless.

Veterans should be recognized and treated with respect, that is the minimum we can do for serving this country but it is not what they receive. Veterans do not receive all the help they need, financially and health wise. Yes, they receive some help but it is not enough. In the article "The Psychological Effects of the Vietnam War" by Josh Hochesang, Tracye Lawyer, Toby Stevenson it talks about how veterans have been affected physically, mentally and emotionally and have received the help needed but not everyone, yet there are out there struggling getting back to society. The war affects them mentally, after all they have been though out in combat, all that traumatizes them. There are mental illnesses that do not appear until years later, and

For years the government has failed to fund the programs that provide healthcare to Veterans. Many Veterans under sixty-five are without care and, have disability problems and are very sick. The U.S. has great military medical facilities but, they need help getting for medical supplies and, to pay the doctors who work there. The United States government needs to provide more funding for the programs that help the nations cherished Veterans.

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.

Though veterans had to put down the ultimate sacrifice for their country they’re just like every other person who walked this planet. They want to be respected and be left alone

Throughout the novella West brings the suffering of the war on all classes that are written in the book. The suffering that kitty endured with the Margret being the only real help that was affective for Chris; and Jenny suffering in silence why she realizes that there is nothing she is able to do to bring back Chris’s memory

The New York Times Bestseller We Were Soldiers Once... And Young was authored by Lt. General Harold G. Moore and Joseph L. Galloway. In November 1965, Lt. Colonel Harold Moore commanded the 1st Battalion, 7th cavalry at the Ia Drang Valley-one of the bloodiest battles of Vietnam. He eventually retired from the Army in 1977 after thirty-two years of service. After his military career, Lieutenant General Moore resided as executive vice president for four years at a Colorado ski resort before founding a computer software company. Harold Moore currently lives in Auburn, Alabama and Crested Butte, Colorado.

The path to democratization within nations which were formerly autocratic is seldom without pitfalls. This path is what Zoltan Barany discusses extensively in his book The Soldier and the Changing State, which provides a comprehensive look at various nations which have endeavored to attempt the transition in the wake of a myriad of national events- war, regime change, and state transformation. One of the nations he focuses on in his section on war is Bosnia, which was subjected to a violent ethnic conflict following the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991. There has been a lot of literature dealing with the democratization of the Bosnian military over the past twenty years, and taken in chronological order they reveal the gradual success