Thoreau
Valued Senior Member
So, statistics say that one out of every four veterans are homeless in America.
Why do you think this is?
As a veteran myself, I do not understand why there is such a high rate. I recently seperated the military and I have a wonderful, good paying job and a nice house.
I do realize that many careers in the military are those which you cannot transfer into the civilian world, such as being Infanty, Electronic Warfare, Armor maintenance and others. So I do see how that can provide difficulties in the sense that sometime they may feel that thier military careers where a waste since related jobs do not exist on the "outside".
However the military does pay for education for up to 10 years after you seperate with a current limit somewhere around $40,000 total. So if one applies themselves, such as I and many others have, it is not difficult to overcome that bump in the road and start a new life, so to speak.
What do you think?
Why do you think this is?
As a veteran myself, I do not understand why there is such a high rate. I recently seperated the military and I have a wonderful, good paying job and a nice house.
I do realize that many careers in the military are those which you cannot transfer into the civilian world, such as being Infanty, Electronic Warfare, Armor maintenance and others. So I do see how that can provide difficulties in the sense that sometime they may feel that thier military careers where a waste since related jobs do not exist on the "outside".
However the military does pay for education for up to 10 years after you seperate with a current limit somewhere around $40,000 total. So if one applies themselves, such as I and many others have, it is not difficult to overcome that bump in the road and start a new life, so to speak.
What do you think?