IMPACTS OF HOMELESS VETERANS The definition of a homeless veteran is combining being homeless and having the status of being a veteran. In 2009 President Obama and Secretary Shinseki made a commitment to end homelessness amongst veterans in 5 years. This was in collaboration with the Veterans Administration (VA). Homeless within the ranks of our veterans has been around for decades. There are many explanations why some veterans are homeless. It could be due to not receiving benefits after leaving
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial The Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall was built in 1984‚ after it got approved by congress in 1980. Describing this beautiful piece of art is a great joy for anyone who has seen it or not. The memorial wall was designed by an undergraduate student at Yale University‚ Maya Ying Lin. She was only 21 at that time and about to win the national design competition. The wall is a two black triangular granite that is sunk into the ground. Each wall is 250ft and both walls are 10
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Assessing military veterans for posttraumatic stress disorder: A guide for primary care clinicians. Journal Of The American Academy Of Nurse Practitioners‚ 18(9)‚ 409-413. doi:10.1111/j.1745-7599.2006.00147.x What is the article about? Bringing awareness and educating doctors on how military veterans are apt to be exposed to (PTSD) posttraumatic stress disorder because of the turmoil and stress they encounter while being deployed. Also educating them on how to recognize if a military veteran is suffering
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Veterans are the individuals who have served so as to respect and ensure their nation. As these people intensely honed their convictions in flexibility‚ they coincidentally reworked history‚ and we as Americans honor these nationalists why should willing give a definitive penance. Veterans Day is the day that we put aside to respect the individuals who served‚ however one day does not cover all the gore. The day is insufficient to demonstrate the gratefulness which is because of the incalculable
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Veterans’ Benefits Today’s veterans are having to suffer without the treatment and help that they should receive for their mental and physical trauma. Although the government spends millions on the military each year‚ veterans’ benefits should be improved because many veterans have to experience bad conditions without the proper health benefits they should receive. The Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) has trouble processing and handling all the veterans and their needs. The VA can’t handle
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supported the veterans. In 1917‚ Congress created a system for the veteran to have benefits that targeted disability compensation. The services included programs for disability compensation‚ insurance for service personnel and Veterans‚ and vocational rehabilitation for the disabled veteran. The Veterans Administration was created in 1930 when President Herbert Hoover signed the Executive Order. The administration consolidated all government activities dealing with war veterans. Over the years
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offers some relief as it offers a refreshing cool air and then drastically changes as if blowing segments of sun rays in our direction. As each car approaches‚ he gazes upward ever so
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Military and veteran’s pride themselves as being strong‚ confident‚ and resistant to emotional weakness. However‚ those traits inadvertently foster the stigma that soldiers who seek assistance are problematic and weak-minded. During my time of service‚ I realized that many soldiers did not seek help for fear of being discharged from their respective branches. During my time at Fort Wainwright‚ Alaska‚ I had difficulties adjusting to military life; it was my first time away from my family‚ I
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has ended as of December 2011. Osama Bin Laden has been killed as of May 2011 and yet the war in Afghanistan is still ongoing. The jihadist terrorism threat that our nation once feared from Al-Qaeda has diminished. Many question the justification of the United State’s involvement in the Middle East over the past decade. What have our intentions been this whole time and have the lives of those brave military men and women lost been worth the fight? What more do we have to show than an increasing
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understand the long-term effects of trauma; therefore‚ they do not understand why the victim cannot move forward. When attempting to understand the question we must first consider people who dealt with similar situations such as Iraq war veterans. Why does one of the veterans return to normal functioning while the other one develops Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)? Though there is no clear-cut reason the “physiological phenomena persist‚ traumatized people cannot tune out the repetitive stimuli that
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