Vietnam Veterans Memorial

eight to ten month deployment. Then this same pattern went on until he did four convoy tours to Iraq and Kuwait with in a 5 year period. Things went from great to it all just faded away. Living with an Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran, I developed my own stereotype of veterans. Before, it all began he was a nice caring individual who loved me unconditionally. We spent a lot of time together, for example, we went to the movies, to the bowling alley, to sporting…

can cause serious damage to the human mind. Traumatic brain injuries can be terribly severe, and can be caused by any number of events. Numerous combat veterans have returned home with some…

spectacular set, amazing actors, and some interesting special effects. While these were all phenomenal, the play had major issues with timing and lack of an evolving plot. The performance was about a group of veterans and a woman whose son went off to war and went missing. One by one, the veterans (Chris Monell, Loui Chang, Max Urton, Nick Loper, Cash Brainer, Walker Evans, and Dalton Howard) came out and spoke about wars and what has happened to them. They are clothed in worn and torn clothes…

in our country. I have noticed that many homeless people are veterans who have been neglected by our government and our every day people. It saddens me to see this and I would like to change it.I think we should cut funding for certain things programs that are not as useful, like the National Endowment for the Arts, for instance. Statistics show that there are 564,708 homeless people in america. Of that number, 67,354 are veterans. Something we can do about this is cut funding for more…

In the article by Karen McVeigh entitled “US Military Veterans Face Inadequate Care after Returning from War”, the author talks about the difficulties that many veterans face on their way home. McVeigh goes on to talk about how the US Department of Defense has not been the best at giving the veterans the needs that they deserve. They have been found to being slow when it comes to that aspect of things. Throughout the article, the author talks about how more things need to be done in order to…

In the military, most jobs require availability twenty-four hours a day and seven days a week. In order to make friends and prevent loneliness, relationships have to form. The military encourages officer to officer relationships along with enlisted to enlisted but no officer to enlisted. Many people both inside and outside the military feel officer relationships simply will not allow a unit to function properly. Two adults in the military cannot date because it, “will cause problems in a unit --…

Americans struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder, especially veterans returning from oversea warfare. With a rising number of veterans afflicted with this disorder, recreational therapy has stepped in to help pave the way for alternative treatment. Recreational therapy strives to reduce symptoms of PTSD while improving the emotional and social well-being of the patient (Colman, 2015, p.14). Gaining popularity among military veteran programs, recreational therapy has turned the heads of…

Dogs V.S Veterans Have you ever come into contact with a veteran? Well I have and I still contact him to this day. This soldier's name is Chad Allen Davis and he is my father. After he came home from war he was worn out, and beaten up. If that is how a soldier looks after war I wonder how a war dog would look. War dogs work hard to overcome many obstacles that could easily harm them. Sometimes those obstacles could kill them. So why do military dogs get treated differently than a Veteran even…

Why are Veterans America's heroes. Veterans do so much for us and our nation, risking their lives and leaving their families so we can keep ours. There are approximately 22 million veterans living in the U.S. today, that is around 7.3% of all living Americans today. Veterans also make up 12% of the homeless adults, which is very sad because they fought so hard in the war for this country and we repay them with no homes, food, or water. In the war there are many things you risk. Many things…

Veterans are important in our Nation’s history and future. In order to understand their importance, we have to ask ourselves what is a veteran. Veterans are citizens of this country and members of our communities. They are grandparents, parents, brothers, sisters, and children. They are our friends, neighbors, teachers, and people we see on the street every day. What is it that makes veterans different then people who are not veterans? The difference is that they give up their regular life and…