Topic: New Study: 1 in 4 homeless are veterans

AZ_Infantry · February 22nd, 2008

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Originally Posted by tomtom22

My memory.

But I will search for a better print or web source.

This has been posted before: New Study -25% of all homeless are Vets

and here: Study: 1 Out of 4 Homeless Are Veterans

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OOPS! Not only one thread, but two! DOH!

I don't need a source, bro. It doesn't matter if the statistics were the same 15 years ago.

What matters is that 1 in 4 vets are homeless, most of them with substance abuse problems. That is unacceptable. But it goes to show the rigors of service deployments and the separation anxiety that occurs when transitioning from military life to civilian life.

I know the VA is taxed for the services they already provide, and I realize that many of these homeless vets do not seek the limited help that is out there. I have no answers, only sadness in my heart that America's warriors have such a difficult time making it in civilian life. The_13th_Redneck came to visit me not long ago, and much of our conversation focused on our disdain for the civilian life. We are both going back into the service.