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Say the words soldier or veteran, and countless images come to mind. Children and teens imagine a hero, one who saves lives, and happily returns home as a knight in shining armor. Adults too, carry these images in their minds often forgetting that there is much more to a soldier's return to civilian life than this simplified, idealistic version that exists in our heads. Veterans go through more trauma than most people could ever imagine, they go into war without realizing that the faces of…

Virginia (Who We Serve, n.d.). The WWP Founders wanted to create an organization that catered to and represented the veterans who fought in war as a result of the September 11, 2001 attacks (Who We Serve, n.d.). The WWP has locations in the United States, which include Georgia, Illinois, Colorado, California, Florida, Tennessee, New York, Arizona, Texas, Washington, and Washington, D.C. (General WWP FAQs, n.d.). The WWP is designed to help veterans who have physical and mental wounds of war…

POW! Chris kyles sniper goes off. One .50 caliber bullet soaring through the sky going as fast as a rocket about to hit the sniper killing all of Kyles men. And in one blink of an eye the sniper is dead and Kyle got the farthest shot ever. American Sniper is about and by Chris Kyle tells us about military training and being a seal. Kyle was a sniper. A very good one, too. He has won lots of reward and he has the farthest kill ever made by a sniper. Also the most kills recorded at 255 deaths.…

Little did the citizens of San Francisco know, every movement they made, was recorded by The Department of Homeland Security. In Little Brother by Cory Doctorow writes a fictional story about the terrorist attacks on the city of San Francisco. Post the attacks, The Department Homeland of Security heavily enforces setting up high tech cameras, restricted internet access, and extensive surveillance of citizens. After pinpointing a seventeen year old boy named Marcus to the attacks, The DHS…

How many times have you passed by people sitting on the street,with a plastic glass or a small cardboard box asking for spare change? Have you ever noticed the amounts of people who have neither home,nor a job to sustain themselves? Perhaps you think it is their own fault; you might think if they wanted, they would have it all. ‘’Go find yourself a job’’ is a regular phrase homeless people hear.However,this advice is pointless,because there are objective reasons why people lose homes and…

In “Buried Above The Ground,” three individuals from different backgrounds, ethnicities, and geographical locations develop Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). A common misconception about PTSD is that it afflicts only war veterans; however, in this documentary the exact opposite is analyzed through the lens of not only a war veteran, but also a survivor of domestic violence and another individual who survived a natural disaster. Although the symptoms manifest themselves differently in each…

In the article, “Afghan War Veteran." written by David P. Straub, the article states that returning United States Soldiers are suffering from PTSD or post-traumatic stress disorder while fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq and they are not getting the help they need. America launched Operation Enduring Freedom a month after the September 11th terrorist attack to overthrow the Taliban regime and destroy terrorist infrastructure in Afghanistan. For about two years only about 15,000–20,000 military…

Mrs. Gallos English 3 Tyler Lingerfelt 6 April 2017 Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Veterans Veterans are viewed as strong, smart, courageous, and heroes consequently, veterans do so much for the citizens of the United States, but not enough is done in return for their fighting to protect America. They go through so much trauma from the wars overseas, it isn’t shocking if they come home with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. It doesn’t mean that they are crippled it just means that their mind is…

For as long as there have been human civilizations, there has been one form of disaster or another. However, it wasn’t until just the last decade or so that people started to understand just how devastating these disasters can be to the human psyche. Acute Stress Disorder (ASD), and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) are just two of the examples in which people can be negatively affected by traumatic incidents. It was often though that merely planning for, and reacting to a disaster would be…

Post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, is an anxiety disorder triggered by experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event. This disorder was officially introduced in 1980 when it was added to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, otherwise known as DSM. This manual contains criteria used to classify and diagnose mental disorders. Before it’s addition to the DSM, it had been noted in military personnel for centuries. PTSD’s symptoms and conditions can be traced back as…