Veteran

to think about how important our veterans are to our nation’s history? Well I need to tell you that without them we wouldn’t be the nation we are today. Without veterans we might have not won some of our hardest wars. Without veterans we probably wouldn’t have won WWII. We also wouldn’t have won the Revolutionary war. If we did not win this war we wouldn’t have won our independence and we wouldn’t be the same country we are today. If we didn’t have these veterans we would have lost the Civil war…

Vietnam and fought against the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies in the Vietnam War. A total of about 3 million people were killed, about 58,000 of whom were Americans. In honor of all those who had lost their lives, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was erected in Washington, D.C. on November 13th, 1982. However, despite the memorial being so popular and greatly appreciated…

retired military veterans within the United States. The United States international military campaign, commonly referred to as the War on Terror (WoT), was the longest sustained United States military operation since the end of the Vietnam era which saw more than 2.2 million troops being sent into the battle, resulting in over 6,600 deaths and 48,000 injuries (APHA, 2014). Billions of dollars in financial aid and countless hours of manpower has been spent towards helping war veterans and their…

Through the years when veterans return home they are either treated as heros or outcasts. These men and women often have trouble finding jobs and some even need some form of treatment. With the lack of veteran programs most of these people do not get the proper aid they need when they return. A large number of them have trouble finding jobs to pay for the medical attention they desperately need. Veterans are discriminated against by the lack of programs to support them. Currently there are very…

Vietnam War Veterans memorial, is not so prominent but still provides the same message of support and remembrance. While the memorials are there for those who remember,…

and 2013, the number of student veterans in the U.S. doubled, and has since been growing at a rate of 20% per year. The flood of veterans seeking higher education has left many schools playing catch up in order to understand their growing demographic. In 2009, Penn State published a video on their website entitled “The Worrisome Veteran”. The short video was meant as a training guide to show teachers how to manage student veterans. The video depicts student veterans as intimidating, dangerous,…

Lori Daniels, James Boehnlein, and Phillip McCallion about post-traumatic stress disorder, the practice of life review has shown to significantly lower post-traumatic stress disorder among aging veterans suffering from the mental disability. Awareness of this disorder has gradually increased since veterans returned from the Vietnam War, but there has yet to be a breakthrough in how to properly treat post-traumatic stress disorder. The authors state that the effects of post-traumatic stress…

The Reason We Honor Veteran’s Day What is a veteran? A veteran is a person who has served or is serving in the armed forces. Every year on November 11, we celebrate and honor our American Veterans. Veteran’s Day is often taken for granted by many Americans. For a soldier this day is special because they feel honored. Whether you are a soldier or a citizen it is important to understand the meaning of Veteran’s Day and why we celebrate. Veteran’s Day is a national holiday celebrated on the…

mind-blowing events, Veterans want to do something positive with their lives. But after coming back home, and because they spent their entire adult life in the service, most of them cannot relate to, and did not have anything to offer to the society. The ones that go to college, have to face the consequences of the main Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms: anxiety and depression disorders. They have a hard time focusing on the…

Veterans Day Past and Significance Veterans march down the street, American flags peaking out from the ground, firerucks and sirens wailing and people cheering. Ceremonies are held to honor those who served in the Armed Forces. Veterans Day, also known as remembrance day, originated with a document to end World War I. World War I left the country stunned with its remarkable toll on human life. Untold millions were killed. Germany was running low on men and supplies so they agreed to sign an…