In the last two years, nearly one million U.S. service-members have served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Regardless of how you may feel about the war, most of us agree that those service-members deserve the best possible care and treatment our country can provide.
Unfortunately, in some cases, things haven't worked out so well. Some of our service-members have fallen through the cracks, with reports of homelessness, trauma and suicide. According to the New England Journal of Medicine, as many as 15% of returning service-members from Iraq will suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder. Thousands have been wounded, and those who were killed left families behind. Veterans for Common Sense has made available on the internet, and soon in print, a guide for returning veterans to help them navigate the available benefits and assistance available. Our goal is to make it as comprehensive as possible, to let returning veterans know of where they can get assistance if there are any issues with readjustment on their return home. The guide also contains a section for people who are looking for ways to support the troops, with links to organizations who are directly supporting the troops in the field. We're trying to let as many people as possible know about the guide, and so we're sending you this note in the hope that, if you are a veteran, you will find it useful, and if not, that you will pass it on. The guide is available here: http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/files/vcs/guide.cfm Or on our home page at http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org We hope you'll visit, and pass this on to friends, family, and others in your community. Thank you, Veterans for Common Sense P.S. Unless you actually subscribe to one of our mailing lists, you should never receive another email from us again. You can contact us directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or at 202-558-4553. P.P.S. If you know of resources which should be in the guide, and aren't, please feel free to suggest them by clicking on the "add resource" link. Veterans for Common Sense 1101 Pennsylvania Ave SE Washington, DC 20003 _______________________________________________ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash
