And as to the Veterans Administration, now going on a decade plus, added to the previous decades, of no demand by the flag waving, oh so patriotic, country as to their own Sacrifice for the results of the wars of choice they cheer on, while even condemning the veterans who don't walk in lock step with them! Easier to blame the VA, even by the peoples reps who reap campaign contributions from these private orgs, just ask the Virginia AG, and help the growth of these shady personal and political slush fund private veterans organizations, then Sacrifice as they demand the soldier/veterans and their families do!
06/29/11 - For hundreds of thousands of veterans returning home from the battlefronts in Iraq and Afghanistan, making it home alive is just the first challenge.
An estimated 25 percent of returning U.S. service members will experience combat-related problems such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI), depression or anxiety disorders. More veterans are committing suicide than are dying in combat overseas -- 1,000 former soldiers receiving care from the Department of Veterans Affairs attempt suicide every month. About 50,000 veterans are experiencing chronic homelessness, according to nonprofit housing group HELP USA. And the unemployment rate for 18 to 24-year-old veterans is 21 percent, much higher than the 16.6 percent rate for non-veterans of the same age.
Though the VA has come a long way from the 1970s, when many Vietnam veterans failed to reintegrate into society and became homeless and addicted to drugs, the department still has problems. The VA bureaucracy is notoriously difficult to navigate, and veterans are left to figure out on their own what benefits they are eligible for. As a result, many fall through the cracks -- more than 720,000 veterans do not take advantage of VA benefits for which they are eligible. {read more}
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