By: Krysten G. Navy Veteran Griffin Kirsch Did you know the Navy is the only branch where you get to pick your job and what you want to do for that branch? Also there are sometimes in the Navy where it takes about 4 months or even more to get to where they needed to be in order to fight. I did not know a lot of those facts until I decided to interview my cousin‚ Griffin. He has recently just stopped serving in the military because he never gets to see his family
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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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you could be hurt and not even know it. By the time you realize something is wrong it’s been so long that you are now confused and have no clue why you hurt the way you do. There is an average of twenty-two veterans a day that commit suicide. Of those‚ a majority of them are Vietnam Veterans. That war has been over for decades so why did it take so long for a soldier with suspected PTSD to finally have enough? Sebastian Junger believes that it is not war that affects a soldier after their military
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Military Veteran’s Foundation was developed for employees to participate in a single campaign in order for future success of the Military Veterans Foundation. Fundraising efforts are normally conducted in for those employees that wish to donate to the foundation. The San Antonio Military Veteran’s Foundation’s goal is to raise funds to benefit the active military‚ veterans and their families that have served overseas in Vietnam‚ WWII‚ Desert Storm‚ Operation Iraqi Freedom/ Operation Enduring Freedom and
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was a stressful time‚ I appreciated that the community reached out to my family by the end of the year my family was reunited. For the last two years‚ I’ve worked at Subway on Sunset. Over the years‚ I’ve had the opportunity to meet Wookie‚ a homeless veteran‚ who is comfortable telling his experiences in the military. After returning from the war he hasn’t been comfortable living within walls. While on my shift‚ if I have the opportunity I try to give Wookie my free sandwich for the day in hopes
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I would like to discuss why we should help our unemployed veterans. Unemployment happens to everyone‚ it occurs when someone is out of work and cannot find a job. More than 197 million people globally were out of work in 2012. Out of all those that are employed‚ 10 percent of them were veterans. Veterans come back from war‚ or serving time in the military and it is hard for them to find a job because there are certain skills that veterans are
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The Life of a Veteran with Combat PTSD Heather Hindall COM/156 June 22nd‚ 2014 Jason Blair The Life of a Veteran with Combat PTSD Battling war is something a Veteran knows all too well‚ but battling the demons in their mind after the war is something that they have to learn how to cope with. One of the most mentioned issues that Veterans face today is a disorder called combat post-traumatic stress disorder. Combat PTSD can easily be defined as a disorder that affects the mental state
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Veterans Day occurs on November 11 every year in the United States In 1954‚ President Dwight D. Eisenhower officially changed the name of the holiday from Armistice Day to Veterans Day.In 1968‚ the Uniform Holidays Bill was passed by Congress‚ which moved the celebration of Veterans Day to the fourth Monday in October. The law went into effect in 1971‚ but in 1975 President Gerald Ford returned Veterans Day to November 11‚ due to the important historical significance of the date.Great Britain‚ France
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The Sociological Reactions to the Return of Vietnam Veterans Upon their return from the Vietnam War‚ many veterans were shocked upon the reaction (or lack thereof) displayed by the citizens of the States who had remained on the home front. When finally landing back on American soil‚ many veterans expected to be greeted with celebration and maybe even a parade‚ acknowledging their service and dedication to the Vietnam cause. However‚ veterans were instead greeted by protestors who did not agree
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A veteran to me i savery brave person th at sev ered in the military. I have a few veterans in my family‚ My dad my uncle and more. he 2017 National Veterans Day Poster Contest is complete! Each year the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) National wVeterans outreach Office‚ in conjunction with the Veterans Day National Committee‚ publishes a commemorative Veterans Day poster. The poster is selected from artwork submitted by artists nationwide and is distributed to vA
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