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Would you Thank him?
Create your own at MyNiceSpace.comThe U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) says homeless veterans are mostly males (2 % are females). The vast majority are single, most come from poor, disadvantaged communities, 45% suffer from mental illness, and half have substance abuse problems. America’s homeless veterans have served in World War II, Korean War, Cold War, Vietnam War, Grenada, Panama, Lebanon, Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan), Operation Iraqi Freedom, or the military’s anti-drug cultivation efforts in South America. Forty-seven percent of homeless veterans served during the Vietnam Era. More than 67% served our country for at least three years and 33% were stationed in a war zone.
Create your own at MyNiceSpace.comAlthough accurate numbers are impossible to come by ... no one keeps national records on homeless veterans ... the VA estimates that nearly 200,000 veterans are homeless on any given night. And more than half a million experience homelessness over the course of a year. Conservatively, one out of every three homeless males who is sleeping in a doorway, alley, or box in our cities and rural communities has put on a uniform and served our country ... now they need America to remember them.
Create your own at MyNiceSpace.comIn addition to the complex set of factors affecting all homelessness … extreme shortage of affordable housing, livable income, and access to health care … a large number of displaced and at-risk veterans live with lingering effects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and substance abuse, compounded by a lack of family and social support networks.
A top priority is secure, safe, clean housing that offers a supportive environment which is free of drugs and alcohol.
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I am a Marine - once upon a time SNCO's told me Once a Marine always a Marine and that I would miss the Corps when I left. I scoffed - I was a lady first and foremost and a Marine second and when I got out I would not miss it and that I was a Marine only for the duration that I wore the uniform. I've always been a bit rebellious - the corps was never that hard, I actually enjoyed it but I was even more determined to love it when family tried to talk me out of doing it and told me it was too hard and I should do something easier and more female friendly like the Army or the Air Force. I got out in 1991, I've looked back many times and wished I'd stuck it out I'd be retiring next spring - but then I like who I am today and the experiences I've had since I got out have made me that person. But now I have to admit the SNCO's were right. Except that I'm still a lady first.
I'm putting it out there how I feel about the plight of our service members and the veterans that served before them and get a small handful of people to think. I have to admit - the post 911 patriotism has me a little bugged. We either love our vets and our country or we don't. From my perspective and in my opinion - America is just a little fickel on this one. So I guess I can dedicate my blog to my commrades - as one vet said to me - ultimately when we were tramping through the jungle and the rice paddies the only thing we were there for was each other.
