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The Department of Veterans Affair is a government-run system that offers benefits to veterans. Some of these benefits include compensation and pension, education and training, home loans, insurance, vocational rehabilitation and employment, and other services. As one can see the VA has a wide variety of services available to help out veterans, both emotionally and financially the VA offers them. However, looking at the bigger idea are these services easily attained by those veterans and if so…

Everything up to a point is okay on how the United States has fought the war on terror. If the focus was on how to stop terrorism from getting over to the United States or where this all started from, the success would be great. Instead, America is only protecting the U.S. and only being concerned about individual safety. Security after 9/11 is not as punctual as it was before 9/11. America is in more danger than before 9/11 because tightening the rules, restrictions and people on the no fly…

People sometimes feel like after a particular event they will never be the same person again.. that is trauma. Trauma is something very difficult for people to go through. Trauma is not something people want to wish on anybody, not even on a person’s worst enemy. Trauma can be handled very differently depending on the situation. Likewise, shown in articles “The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty and “For Soldiers with PTSD, a Profound Daily Struggle” it contrasts how trauma can be shown in two different…

National Strategies of the United States There are five different pieces of doctrine that govern the unified direction of Armed Forces. As outlined in Joint Publication (JP) 1, they are the National Strategic Direction, National Security Strategy, National Defense Strategy, GEF, and the National Response Framework. I will discuss the first three as they apply to national security and the defense of the nation. These three reports define the future of the strategic, operational, and tactical…

treat post-traumatic stress disorder. The authors state that the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder on someone growing old will not result in successful aging, which is a person’s ability to be more emotionally flexible in social and personal environments. Post-traumatic stress disorder creates potential barriers against…

For this paper I have decided to address awareness of veterans who returned back from the combat, and are facing several obstacles upon the transition back in a civilian life. When we think about veterans, the first picture that comes in mind is a strong, self-confident, and fearless male who is willing to scarify his life and body for his country. However, the image of a brave soldier is not always as pretty as we see on YouTube videos when the family gets surprised by returned veteran. In many…

may have gotten from their service in the military. As an example: A currently living veteran was claimed deceased due to a clerical error His family (along with himself) was sent two checks to help with burial costs, Due to the mistake made the departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense his other benefits were terminated as well. This veteran struggles to provide for his small family…

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that people are diagnosed with after they have experienced a traumatic event. PTSD is commonly linked to soldiers who come back from fighting in the war and experience emotional anxiety, but anyone can get PTSD. A traumatic event can be anything from a sudden death of someone close to living through a violent rape. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Complimentary and Alternative Medication, and Medications are the treatment plans available…

days after the events of September 11, 2001 with the purpose to oversee and coordinate a national strategy to protect the United States against terrorism and act as a responder to any future attacks. In November 2002, Congress passed the Homeland Security Act of 2002 which resulted in the largest government reorganization in the history of the US with- the creation of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Some of the functions DHS focuses on includes border security, transportation…

Individuals from the team were accused of evaluating the risk that foreign fighters posture to the United States. Potential security holes distinguished were displayed in a report that structures the basis of the legislation (Vicinanzo…