Veterans At Home Struggles

Society does not accommodate the needs of Veterans in terms of housing and health services upon returning to civilian life. Vietnam veterans are infamously known for being homeless and having a host of mental health issues. Today’s veterans have more support systems but the success of those systems may vary from region to region. In the Puget Sound region there are many homeless veterans despite efforts made by communities and municipalities. Issues of access to health care and inadequate community

President Obama once said, “ Every veteran who has fought for America has a home in America”. Here, the President was stressing how important helping those who served is. However, every veteran in America does not have a home. In fact many are homeless. This is a very serve issue in America because, returning to normal life after serving is a very difficult task to complete alone. Additionally, many veterans return with a service related disability. Some of those are physical and others are mental

The Struggle For Veterans To Obtain Jobs My cousin is going to enter the Marines, and he may even be able to get in the top group of the Marines. He will do his service, and come home, a respected and courageous veteran. However, my cousin will be without a job, a house, a family, and with all of the trauma that came with serving in the military. This in my mind is terrible. These people have just put their life on the line, and come back with almost nothing. They are clumped in the same employment

For younger veterans between the ages of 18 and 24, critical years for entering the workforce, the unemployment rate reached an alarming 30.2 percent, compared to a national average of 16.3 percent”(http://www.historynet.com, CONNATIX). These statiscics show that a couple of years ago the unemployment rate of younger veterans was at a high of 30.2% of vets unemployed. There is a domino effect between the struggles that vets can face. Americans can help out by donating

maimed and wounded in Vietnam. 271,000 veterans of the Vietnam War may still have post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, and for many veterans, the PTSD symptoms are only getting worse with time. Yusef Komunyakaa was born in Louisiana, he served as a war correspondent and was the managing editor of the Southern Cross during the war, for which he received a bronze star. 'Facing It' by Yusef Komunyakaa explores the emotional aftermaths of war and is about a veteran visiting the Vietnam Memorial in Washington

Veteran Mental Health: What Did We Expect? How does war affect the mind of a soldier? It would seem to some that a soldier thrives on war, that true heroism lies within those who show no weakness in its midst. No mental block can stop a soldier from his duty. Yet, some 20% of veterans are returning home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). So what of these brave servicemen and women who snap upon realizing the harsh tragedy of war? How can the

Veterans are winning the war in Afghanistan but, losing the battle at home. Many veterans result from some kind of damage, with mental disability being the most common, because mental and emotional encumbrance comes home with the veterans when they return from war. Many of these affected veterans sign up for an eternal waiting list that does not assure them with the necessary financial help. Leaving them with little or no help, and without the help the veterans integrate the problems into their

me they wish I hadn't, they knew at this point they had fewer struggles here at war than they would at home”. My Grandpa was right, returning home can be just as intimidating as facing the battlefront. Most of the blame for this skepticism of returning home can be placed on one thing in particular: Post Traumatic Stress disorder. 3 out of every 10 soldiers returned home with PTSD("PTSD: National Center for PTS."). PTSD among war veterans is being overdiagnosed and mistreated, diagnosis needs to be

Fighting for your country is hard enough without returning home to face another battlefield, an invisible internal struggle with being home. According to research done by Dr. Patel, almost half of the veterans returning home that were in active duty in Iraq and Afghanistan are coming back with invisible mental wounds that we are still attempting to understand. (Patel, 2015) Many face continuous struggles to reintegrate themselves back into society due to the conditions they are trained under. Understanding

Veterans Health Veterans are everywhere throughout the United States, but just because they are everywhere, doesn’t meant they are getting the proper care. According to the Iraq and Afghanistan veterans of America, “One in three veterans return home and suffer from some sort of mental health issue.” Their mental health issues vary from post traumatic stress disorder to anxiety and depression. The switch from fighting everyday to being home is tough for the veterans and they need to receive the proper