NEW YORK - America’s newest veterans are filing for disability benefits at a historic rate, claiming to be the most medically and mentally troubled generation of former troops the nation has ever seen.
I have been typing for years that you will be paying for these wars for decades and in ways you never dreamed, America.
A staggering 45 percent of the 1.6 million veterans from the wars in
Iraq and Afghanistan are now seeking compensation for injuries they say
are service-related....
Government officials and some advocates say that veterans who might have been able to work with certain disabilities may be more inclined to seek benefits now because they lost jobs or can’t find any....
Related: Being a Vet No Advantage in Job Market
"Postal Service offers buyouts to cut costs
NEW YORK - The US Postal Service said late Friday that it was offering buyouts to about 45,000 mail handlers, part of the financially troubled agency’s efforts to cut its staff and reduce its operating costs. The mail handlers, who work in processing centers, will be offered $15,000 each. The Postal Service has said it will begin closing 48 of the centers starting this summer, reducing the need for staff (New York Times)."
Yeah, even they are not hiring anymore.
As the nation commemorates the more than 6,400 troops who died in post-9/11 wars, the problems of those who survived also draw attention. These new veterans are seeking a level of help the government did not anticipate, and for which there is no special fund to pay....
See: Sunday Globe Special: German Ghosts
As the soldier suicide rate attests, our soldiers know we are the new Nazis.
Troubled vets in Conn. may get more help readjusting
Soldiers deserve more scrutiny of effects of brain traumas
Oh, I'm sure they are just f***ing with your mind, soldier.
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Maybe the ladies get treated better:
"The lawsuit stems from an initiative by University of Virginia Law School professor Anne Coughlin, a law professor specializing in gender discrimination who led an effort to look into the policies, and several University of Virginia law students. The Molly Pitcher Project, named after a woman who was on the front lines of the Revolutionary War, examined whether excluding women from combat roles could be challenged in court, whether they harmed women, and whether those women wanted to seek legal action....
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Related: In the Loving Arms of the AmeriKan Military
Also see: USS Iowa on its way to S. Calif. home
Just keep an eye on the Enterprise, readers.
Four found dead after Iowa boat crash
War of 1812 cannon out of storage, in Maine museum
USS Constitution to get a tuneup, using white oak trees from Indiana
Minuteman reenactor gives up deadly role
Knowing the REAL HISTORY is important; however, I don't like "playing" war.
Silver Star for Groton marine killed in Afghanistan
Kin of Stephen Perez, Army veteran who was killed, ask for help from the public
33,000 flags on Boston Common honor war dead
Cardinal O’Malley asks parishioners to pray for military chaplains
Massachusetts veterans can now access special website to connect them to benefits
Maine nuclear sub fire injures 7
Ceremony held in Mattapan to honor veterans
Honoring Massachusetts veterans who answered the call
The patriotism of sacrifice
Oh, I hate a parade.
