Vietnam Veterans Memorial

We in what way are out veterans not important. They have been there ever since the revolutionary war all the way up to now. Either they are fighting for our freedom or against people who have made wrong decisions to attack us. They have been the brave men and women who have and will lay down their lives in order to protect the country that they love and keep us safe and protected. We look up to them as brave individuals who will lay down everything to keep our rights and freedom. Ever since…

followed and to look for opportunities for improvement. One client of the Department of Veterans Affairs is the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) organization. The VFW home website, located at http://www.vfw.org/home/, has easy to find links to obtain information and assistance in filing VA compensation claims. The VFW website appears to perform a service to the VA, and to veterans, by alerting eligible veterans to methods and processes for accessing earned benefits. However, information on the VFW…

In 2010, then Secretary of Veterans Affairs (SECVA) Eric Shinseki recognized the need to transform the department and set out to modernize and improve Veteran Services by focusing on the in the areas of people, processes and technology. The department established as one of its priority goals to “Improve Veteran access to VA benefits and services.” In response to this goal, the department began a major transformation initiative. As part of this initiative, the Veterans Benefits Administration…

Veterans are not always given the respect they deserve for what they have to endure both during and after battle. They are troubled with both physical and emotional struggles, and are at risk of post war problems as well. However, there can also be a some positives to being a soldier in battle. In the novel Tribe, Junger explains the ups and downs that soldiers experience. By using outside sources, it can be proven that Junger is a reliable source regarding unemployed veterans, war-related…

The Veterans Health Administration is defined as the largest integrated health care system in the United States and provides public-sector care for honorably discharged veterans of the U.S. armed forces (Evans 2005). Whether the Veterans Health Administration should be privatized is extremely important to anyone who is associated with a veteran, or is a veteran. There are many social issues that would come along by privatizing the Veterans Health Administration. The Veterans Administration…

When I began working for the Veteran’s Administration as a personal care attendant for veterans that are wheelchair bound I had no idea how profoundly one veteran would affect me. This veteran, whom I will refer to as D-man, would become part of my life for 3 years. This is the first experience that I would have with a totally dependent quadriplegic. Even though I have worked as a medical assistant for many years, this was the first time that I would get to experience up close and personal,…

The Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) is responsible for providing vital services to Americas veterans. Such services include health care, benefit programs, and access to national cemeteries to former military personnel and their dependents (The Department of Veterans Health, 2015). In this case we will be discussing the health care system and how it pertains to our veterans. The health benefits provided by the VA should serve as ones’ sole source of health care or as a complement to an already…

War, as many people know, creates massive casualties of humans, hatred among humankind, and overall, catastrophe. Many soldiers, who are also the leading generation for our future, are forced to take part in what could be known as “homicide” as they would go on to kill their enemies, most of them belonging to same age. It is no wonder that the horribleness and atrocity of war is a common theme among poets. The literary works of Owen, Jarrell, and Komunyakaa asserts that war causes severe damages…

Harbaugh’s Veteran Stereotype In a commentary aired on National Public air, navy pilot veteran, Ken Harbaugh argues about the stereotypes of “damaged” veterans. He speaks about how veterans are portrayed through the media in a negative light, that in terms, is not always true. Harbaugh does this by comparing and contrasting, “damaged” veteran stereotypes, to how veterans really are outside of combat. He mentions several statistical studies, and how media influenced stereotypes corresponds…

war. The short stories “Soldier’s Home” and “A Perfect Day for Bananafish,” offer an insight to how life really is after war veterans return back home. These stories not only realistically depict how detrimental wars can be to the lives of these people who serve their country, but they describe how life changing it can be for the people who surround these wounded war veterans. Throughout “A Perfect Day for Bananafish” there’s a sense of tension and miscommunication…