One of the many issues Finally being covered and proactive actions taken, long long over due, is facing cuts in funding, not only on the local levels but also from those seeking cuts in the already decades long underfunding of the Veterans Administration, if fully funded decades back and maintained would be saving money and working properly as the nation cheers on it's wars of choice but refuses to 'Sacrifice'!
Those facing prison can get a second chance.
Sept. 4, 2011 - When you walk into the room with its six rows of walnut-stained, pew-like benches and raised dais, it feels like you’ve entered a chapel.
And for veterans like Jesse Paredes who have gotten into serious trouble with the law, it has been a place of redemption.
Welcome to Combat Veterans Court, a 3-year-old collaboration between the Veterans Administration and the Orange County Superior Court to help veterans facing criminal charges avoid prison, get training or jobs and straighten out their lives.
The court was the first of its kind in the country and has become a model that has been replicated in 80 jurisdictions across the country.
WRONG TURN
Paredes, 26, was one of the lucky ones when he got out of the Marine Corps in 2009 at the height of the recession. His training as a military cook landed him a job at Ralph Brennan’s Jazz Kitchen in Downtown Disney.
But Paredes, whose parents had to sign for him to enlist when he was 17, was having difficulty making the mental transition from Iraq combat to civilian life. As he became more depressed, his after-hours partying became a drinking problem. He ended up in jail in 2010, arrested for drunken driving after totaling his car. read more>>>
Already known through decades of our brothers and sisters living those false patriotic? meme's and cheap symbols of!
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