Military veterans' affairs

Ableism against disabled veterans is a big problem in the United States. “In 2012, the U.S. had 3.6 million Veterans with a service connected disability,”. A majority of these veterans can’t get jobs due to ableism and the employers’ belief that they are not able to do the same quality of work as the average Joe. This belief is false in some cases and true in others. For example, a man in a wheel chair cannot have the same job expectations as a man who is not physically disabled. A man with PTSD…

However, more often than not, it’s the sense of hearing that gets damaged first. Truth to tell, large numbers of returning servicemen get back to society largely impaired—unable to engage in a normal everyday conversation, much less follow through military instructions. Hearing Loss Anybody who says hearing is not important must be joking. Not only does it give soldiers leverage to engage in battle, it also allows them to take needed instruction and work as a team. In short, it increases the…

tradition in the military, leave no one behind on the battlefield. But many veterans are beginning to believe their country has left them behind at home. We all say we are thankful for are veterans but how do we show it? A national problem that faces Americans today is the treatment of our veterans. It’s been debated on and on, is are veterans treated like heroes? Everyday in 2017 an average of 20 veterans committed…

Of the myriad of “invisible wounds” that may become manifest in veterans returning from combat deployment I choose to describe “depression”. Kanel (2014) states that “symptoms such as sleep problems, feelings of guilt, worthlessness, hopelessness, regret, loss of energy and interest in life, and concentration deficits, appetite disorder, psychomotor retardation or agitation, and suicidal thoughts” (p. 179), all may be associated with depression. If I, as a crisis worker, was not knowledgeable…

According to The Nebraska Department of Veteran’s Affair, estimated 7.8 percent of Americans had experienced PTSD, also known Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. PTSD is considered a psychiatric disorder and a mental health issue in the United States. They often develop depression, substance abuse, and anxiety. People that were diagnosed with PTSD had a serious accident, physical or sexual assaulted or a military combat. There three different symptoms, first symptoms is when you’re thinking about…

Hi, Kathryn, Thank you, this situation is similar to one that happened to military personnel and their families in Jacksonville, North Carolina. According to the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs: "In the early 1980s at the Marine Corps Base in Lejeune, NC, it was discovered that two on-base water-supply systems were contaminated with the volatile organic compounds trichloroethylene (TCE), a metal degreaser, and perchloroethylene (PCE), a dry cleaning agent. Benzene, vinyl chloride, and…

Traumatic Stress Disorder. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder can be divided into four types of symptoms. Based on the studies by the “U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs”, symptoms of PTSD include; re-experiencing, avoiding situations that remind you of the event, negative changes in beliefs and feelings, and hyper arousal (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 2015). These symptoms can occur days or even years after the traumatic incident, however, research…

For the last 15 years, we have been fighting a war on terror. America has deployed its service members time and time again to numerous locations and expects them to function normally after multiple combat rotations. Recent wars, more so than earlier wars have had a greater effect on the mental stability of the service men and women within Special Operations Forces (SOF). If United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) expects its people to charge head first into battle, it must make…

One of the most underrated, undervalued, and underappreciated groups in society today are veterans, and the matters of their contributions, capabilities, and reciprocity. At the last count, there were more or less fifty thousand homeless veterans in the United States today. A minor subsection of veterans, as a whole, is females. In general, the women of the military have a tendency to slide under the radar for much of their careers, and especially when it comes to things going awry, or…

Introduction Veterans living every day with post-traumatic stress disorder often feel on edge, have feelings of panic, or feel emotionally numb and disconnected from family, friends, and loved ones. Post-traumatic stress disorder occurs after experiencing severe trauma or a life-threatening event, and the mind and body in still in a state of shock (Smith, 2015; Robinson, 2015; Segal, 2015). Some other major symptoms of PTSD for veterans include night terrors, extreme emotional and physical…