Homeless Veterans... A Hypothesis.

[caerbannogbunny]

One of the anti-recruitment kicking points is the high percentage of homeless people who are veterans. I am of the opinion, they are drawing the wrong conclusion from this correlation. Let me tell you why and ask your opinions on the issue

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[lometa]

A family member takes the Vet's benefits to them on the streets here in Tucson. Overwhelmingly they are from the Vietnam era and when asked why they don't come to the VA to pick them up, many will answer that they do not trust the government and they do not trust the American people. I don't blame them. We did a piss poor job when they came home from cover ups with Agent Orange to allowing civilians to call them baby killers. I hope we are doing a better job at welcoming home the vets from the Middle Eastern war theaters.

[kanickb]

The Vietnam veterans themselves are taking it into their own hands to make sure we're welcomed home properly, even if the people don't. When I got off the plane, we had a line of Vietnam veterans announce to us "We were treated like criminals when we came home, we're making sure you guys aren't"

They even stayed up late into the night to give us a hot meal right as we got off.

[lometa]

aww bless their hearts. That's such a relief to read :)

[nahele_101]

That is awesome.

[mrvetinari]

Alot of guys from the Vietnam Era were "Freedom Riders" when my Unit demobilized in 2008. Like you said, it helps to have a community making sure that welcomes you back into it.