The message: You are BETTER OFF STAYING IN, soldier!!!
Front-page stuff. No dead today, I guess -- not that they would report it.
"His next mission: finding civilian work; Decorated Green Beret faces uncertain future" by David Filipov, Globe Staff | November 11, 2009
QUINCY - His is an increasingly common dilemma for thousands of men and women who have served in Iraq or Afghanistan, or both. As they look for jobs, veterans - especially those who have made a career in the military - must confront the difficulties of adapting their skills and translating their military experience into a demilitarized workplace....
No to mention finding the nonexistent jobs.
I imagine the potential PTSD and potential health problems might deter employers as well, no?
--more--"Of course, if you do happen to get lucky and land one:
"Eighteen percent of veterans who left the military in the past one to three years were unemployed, says a 2008 Department of Veterans Affairs survey.
That is HIGHER than the alleged national average!!!!
Of those veterans who had found work, 25 percent earned less than $21,840 per year.
Except if they what, joined up with KBR or Halliburton, right?
--more--"
