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Mental Illness Mental illnesses are a significant result of war. War veterans are exposed to dangerous environments which, in return, increase the likelihood of of the soldiers experiencing mental illnesses. These mental illnesses may affect the soldier's day to day life due to the symptoms of the mental illness they are suffering with. One mental illness that resulted from war was the Gulf war syndrome. This syndrome affected both British and U.S. soldiers who fought in the Persian gulf…

First Class Mail, employees being shot and killed, robberies of Letter Carriers and theft from their own employees. One of the most memorable crises is terrorism in the mail. Terrorism has become a little too familiar in the United States of America since 9/11. The United States Postal Service is no stranger to terrorism in the work place. Unfortunately, the Postal Service delivered “five letters between September 17 to 18, 2001 to ABC, NBC, CBS, the New York Post and American Median, the…

accommodation, and one in three military women verbally express they have been sexually harassed or assaulted in the accommodation. (Ziegler, 2014) Female veterans make up about 17% of the veteran population in the U.S. according to the Arizona Department of Veterans’ Accommodations. (Lee,Female veterans struggle to surmount homelessness, 2013) Phoenix is at the forefront in addressing this aspect of veteran homelessness. The major obstruction is once again funding. MANA House provides…

Jocelyn: What is the Veterans Center Initiative Grant Program? The Veterans Center Initiative Grant program is a collaborative partnership between Student Veterans of America and the Home Depot Foundation. Together, they donate money through grants to create welcoming and furnished spaces in colleges for student veterans. They provide financial support for furniture, technology and even moving into larger areas with more room. The Veterans Center Initiative Grant program has built or improved…

A nation without borders is not a nation. Today, every country is putting efforts to secure its borders not only from terrorists and drug smugglers, but also from the illegal immigrants. All these recurring activities have sparked the United States to secure its borders against illegal immigrants and terrorism by creating two immigration enforcement agencies: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in the year 2003. ‘Border Patrol Nation’…

Veterans play an important role in society today and the history of not only America as a whole, but the people who live in it. They have earned us our freedom and our rights, and even continue to help even after leaving the battlefield, whether by actively playing a role in their community or going on living the lives they earned for America. Having no veterans would signify no victorious battles or even fights to begin with. The veterans that America celebrates show that America stood and…

The Transportation Security Administration is a government agency that is over the security for highways, mass transit, and buses but they are mostly known for the security in America's airports. The TSA was created as a response to the September 11, 2001, attacks. The goal of the TSA is to make sure all flights are safe. The TSA has a funding that is roughly in the billions and the budgets come out of passenger tax. The TSA requires that passengers show ID at the security checkpoint before…

One of the most visible law enforcement agencies that has drawn me to the homeland security realm is the Florida Highway Patrol. In the past I have attend several job fairs just to see what job opportunity are out there. Florida Patrol Officers were always on the scene looking clean cut, in shape and professional. Even their patrol cars that seemed to be always parked in the front of the different building were clean and had a nice shine. I guess I can relate to their mission by my…

disorder. The author points out the lack of EMDR, biofeedback, and relaxation training after criticism was elaborated on. The lack of literature known by government officials and critics were brought to the surface to be evaluated. The article states that the Vietnam War veterans responded to a set of questions on a scale called the (PRF) Problem Report Form. The PRF form consists of questions concerning their feelings during evaluation time, at the time they were admitted- two months…

With war there comes trauma, and not all the casualties of war experience only physical symptoms. It was during World War I that soldiers’ mental trauma became more popularly examined. We now know that traumatic events can leave someone experiencing PTSD, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Back in 1914, soldiers fighting in the war had their own version called “shell shock”. In the beginning of World War I, British soldiers began to report medical symptoms after combat such as amnesia,…