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Does the U.S. Government Support the Troops? What about the Canadian government?
The hidden face of our injured soldiers - Soldiers seriously wounded in Afghanistan must continue to fight at home — with bureaucrats and the military, as well as their own injuries, a Star investigation reveals. Remains of 274 U.S. troops dumped in landfill: Report - The US Air Force dumped the cremated, partial remains of at least 274 troops in a landfill before halting the secretive practice in 2008, the Washington Post reported Thursday.
Jobless in Idaho: Soldiers Struggle to Translate War Experience into Work
As Wars End, Young Veterans Return to Scant Jobs - In Afghanistan, Cpl. Clayton Rhoden earned about $2,500 a month jumping into helicopters to chase down improvised explosive devices or check out suspected bomb factories. Now he lives with his parents, sells his blood plasma for $80 a week and works what extra duty he can get for his Marine Corps Reserve unit.
U.S. Vets, Suffering From Unemployment and Homelessness, Support Occupy Protests - "There's a lot of solidarity with the Occupy movement. A lot of the same issues that the veteran population is contending with is linked with the Occupy protests in terms of economic equality and a disappearing middle class."
Jobless veterans say military experience is not valued
Veterans' nursing home privatized - Private guard brags about breaking Veterans' fingers
Job Numbers Are Up, but Veterans Are Left Behind
Active-Duty Soldiers Take Their Own Lives at Record Rate
Soldiers just back from Iraq get new orders: Afghanistan
Number of Homeless Female Veterans Rises Sharply, Report Finds
Veterans' benefits letters slammed by ombudsman - A review of Veterans Affairs Canada's letters to former soldiers who have been denied disability benefits has revealed a pattern of providing information but no adequate explanation of how the decisions were made.
Army failed my soldier son over breakdown, claims father - The father of a young soldier left with severe post traumatic stress after serving in Afghanistan believes his son's mental health was destroyed by the failure of the British Army to acknowledge his son's condition.
Is The Military Using Psychiatric Diagnoses to Keep Costs Down? - This has been going on for a while now. Diagnosing someone with a personality disorder means you can push someone out of the military with no benefits -- and more importantly in some cases, without the additional costs of treating them for PTSD, a very expensive diagnosis. This is only one of the reasons I am so very cynical about politicians who give moving speeches about "honoring our troops"
Veterans Affairs cut will hit services, says union - The federal government plans to make cuts at Veterans Affairs without fully understanding what the results of those cuts will be, says the union representing workers in the department.
Unemployment for Young Vets: 30%, and Rising
Advocates Worry About 'Crazy Vet' Perception
Troops stressed to breaking point
Number Of Homeless Women Veterans Is On The Rise
Casualty Comprehension - Despite these “immense” tolls, it took the Pentagon a full decade of Global War to finally send condolence letters to families of troops who committed suicide while on deployment. As of last summer, 261 suicides of American servicemen and women have occurred in Afghanistan alone. Families of these victims likely did not receive letters, since their suicides occurred prior to the July 2011 policy change. Even more regrettably, no letter is mailed to service-members who commit suicide after returning home from deployment to a life in shambles. These military families receive no letter, but plenty of stigma, while the Pentagon continues to use and abuse the enlisted force and company-grade officer corps.
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