21,973,000 Veterans in the USA
7.3 Million of them are Vietnam Era Veterans, the highest group.
The VA only pays 3.79 million veterans disability compensation.
Less than 9 million veterans are being taken care of for one thing or another.
How many served in Iraq and Afghanistan?
Since the U.S. went to war in Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003, about 2.5 million members of the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard and related Reserve and National Guard units have been deployed in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, according to Department of Defense data. Of those, more than a third were deployed more than once.
How many have PTSD? By the last percentage used it is one out of five. For Vietnam veterans it was one out of three. Now go back and look at the number of veterans. Seems pretty high but then think of this.
Considering how many veterans we have in this country the news accounts of veterans in trouble are out of line with what the facts are. The number of PTSD veterans involved in any type of crime is also out of line when you consider how many of them we're talking about.
So enough with the stupid headlines.
That is what reporters should honestly remind readers about and if they do not, then it means their have another agenda to achieve. Like destroying the rest of the veterans.
At least 22 veterans commit suicide everyday but the headline should be about the 1,000 more attempting suicide every month. Why? Because those are just the veteran in the VA system.
More veteran are doing more to make sure they help other veterans than hurt anyone. More are serving their communities as first responders, firefighters and police officers but why talk about them? More do more and more do whatever they can whenever they can but hey, why report on them since doing good is what the majority of them always do?
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