Veterans Day

1. The purpose of the Military Tuition Assistance Program (MTAP) is to provide financial aid to active duty service members earning college credits.1 The Tuition Assistance program is one of the most frequently cited reasons for re-enlistment among the enlisted corps.2 In recent weeks, a Department of Defense (DoD) family council has recommended expanding the MTAP to include licenses and technical certifications.3 As stated by the Sergeant Major of the Army, Dan Dailey, “one of his…

Every year many veterans come home from war while not receiving benefits. These veterans come home disabled and waiting in long lines to receive health benefits. Although, veterans eventually do get their health benefits, it takes a long time to get cured and get the liability claim paid for.. In my opinion it is unfair that these soldiers overseas at war, sometimes come home wounded, and while injured they wait in lines to receive the health care they need. There are thousands of war vets…

Rationale for joining cohort? Veterans Leadership Program operates programs and delivers services to veterans in 18 counties (Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair, Butler, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield, Fayette, Fulton, Greene, Huntingdon, Indiana, Lawrence, Somerset, Washington, and Westmoreland). By participating in the economic impact study, VLP hopes to effectively coalesce organizational output and performance into quantitative figures which can be clearly and articulately…

Many people take America for granted and do not appreciate all the veterans who have served for their country and many who have sacrificed their lives. We as people do not understand their experience and how traumatic it was for most of them. They do so much and we do so little. We the people can pay back our debt with just simple acts. If we raised money and just built them a decent home, we would show how thankful we are. Veterans should feel independent at their homes that fulfil their…

Our veterans helped us with so many things in the past, but the most important one is freedom. Without independence, our generation’s everyday life would be played out so much differently. If you know who Morgan Freeman, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, or Chuck Norris are then, you’ve known an USA veteran. For example, Morgan Freeman, enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1955 and trained as a fighter pilot until after four whole years of his training he left the Air Force. His exact words…

For veterans, sacrifice is a constant in their lives, be it the sacrifices they make at home, to leave their family and friends behind them for their country's sake, or on enemy lines, when they're selflessly putting their lives at stake for us. They become veterans because of their patriotism, their dedication to those around them, the pursuit of freedom, and for their beliefs. Everything this country is built on is protected by veterans’ blood, sweat, tears, and hard work. These sacrifices and…

To the veteran thank you for doing that you were called to do so that we can do what we want to do freely. Quote by lovethispic.com. It means they give us freedom. Our veterans have sacrificed their life for us and have gone to war a lot and have done this for us. They leave their families to protect the U.S.A they have been threw a lot to to get to where they are. They could have been killed. If they ever end up dying in war they would have known what they did to die . They deserve respect…

Being a combat veteran myself I always put the needs of the veteran first to offer the best possible service available. Volunteering to me is a very important part of human services to others since it offers a chance to give back and make a meaningful contribution to individuals. It is a one of the main values of social work. One of the key reasons on the decision to take this path in earning my master’s degree in social work was the lack of services to most veterans. My own experience…

Soldiers and war veterans recognize when they return home that they must protect the idea of war in the civilian’s mind; therefore, they can never be honest and expose the truth of their experiences. The truths of war, then remain decorated causing difficulty for civilians to perceive the war in the same context as soldiers. This idea also inhibits civilians from learning the lessons war offers, permitting civilians the opportunity to revert back to children because they are naïve and…

1. Knowledge of policies and procedures of the blind/rehabilitation service. As a visually impaired Veteran who has received blind rehabilitation services in the past I was able to gain a unique perspective into what blind rehabilitation services are. I was able to witness first-hand instruction from certified rehabilitation therapist as a student and take the knowledge of the practice and procedures to graduate school at Western Michigan University. While in Graduate school I was able to…