Congress‚ no enemy or friend can doubt that America has the resources and the will to see this war through to victory..." And while President Bush recognized the need for an $87 billion dollar military supplement to finance a war on foreign soil‚ he did not request even a fraction of that amount to support those same servicemen and women who continue to fight battles on American soil after they return. According to the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans website‚ last accessed February 28‚ 2004
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United States Military Veterans University of Central Florida PAD 3003 7/20/2014 Abstract In the United States‚ homelessness among veterans is a massive epidemic that the government is currently battling. Returning from military service to no home‚ is a situation no one should bare. The VA has vowed to end veteran homelessness by the year 2015. To combat this issue‚ the government instated the Open Doors program in 2009. As of 2013 there were roughly 57‚486 veterans without a home. Since
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The Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs administers programs to aid Alabama’s military veterans and families‚ and provides free assistance and advocacy for Alabama veterans seeking benefits from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Alabama has a long history of caring for its military veterans‚ dating from the Civil War. In 1927 Alabama established the State Service Commission to assist veterans with claiming benefits and other services for which their military service made them eligible.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) mission is “to care for him who shall have borne the battle‚ and for his widow‚ and his orphan” (Abraham Lincoln) by assisting and honoring the United States Veterans (VA‚ 2015). The strategic planning areas mentioned in the book; the mission; vision; values; grand strategic objectives‚ specific organization‚ benchmarks‚ metrics‚ targets‚ goals and others are similar to the VA strategic planning. Because of the unique mission of the VA‚ some will not be adaptable
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In the early stages of the Vietnam Veteran Memorial people used verbal and racist attacks directed towards Maya Lin because of the fact that she was an Asian American building a memorial in remembrance of a war that took place in Asia. Ross Perot had pledged 160‚000 dollars to help run the competition withdrew his support and called it a “trench”. Numerous veteran groups also showed their disapproval some said it lacked heroic or patriotic symbols. Other veteran groups said that it should rise above
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the “signature injury’ caused by war. Other than brain injury‚ veterans also suffer from polytrauma. Futhermore‚ the U.S. Department
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A study found that for PTSD: “Among male and female soldiers rates range from 9% shortly after returning from deployment to 31% a year after deployment”(Irribarren 2) Veterans with PTSD recall traumatic events through nightmares and flashbacks. They slowly fade away from society and this is often followed by disorders caused by distress such as depression‚ substance abuse and problems with memory. PTSD eventually leads to problems with daily social and family life. This is usually followed unstable
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The Growing Social Problems Facing our U.S. Veterans Today There are numerous social problems that plague our world today. These issues can be very detrimental to our society as a whole and can also have very negative impacts on many lives. One major social problem we are facing today is the way we are dealing with and handling our United States Veterans. Despite the fact that we are one of the world’s most powerful nations we are failing to properly take care of our service members who put
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are many people in this world who don’t understand why veterans sometimes get preferential treatment over‚ what my appear to be‚ a better qualified candidate but are not disabled. There is also certain criterion that helps to determine the qualifications of a veteran‚ who may be already drawing a certain percentage of disability‚ to the other candidate‚ who may be fresh out of college. What the world needs to remember is the fact that a veteran has already made a choice to defend his/her country.
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appreciate America’s Veterans In 1918‚ President Wilson established November 11 as a day to show honor and thankfulness for those who have risked their lives for our country. This day was significant because it was "The War to end all Wars‚” World War I. This day was mainly set aside to show pride to our veterans of World War I. In 1938‚ Armistice Day‚ Veterans Day original name‚ became a legal holiday. In 1945 just after World War II ended‚ congress changed Armistice Day to Veterans Day. Since then
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