Quote Originally Posted by Courtney Massengale View Post
Very well said.

Most of the programs out there are desigend to help veterans "overcome" rather than "transition" and I worry that we put too much emphasis on tossing out the baby with the bathwater.

Case in point here: http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?a...52&section=104
I remember about a month or so ago a story about a returned soldier and his family who's kid( who was sleeping in a tent on a campground where they were staying while he looked for a job) had to go to the hospital after getting run over by the vehicle which ran over the tent when he went to start it up in the morning. Last thing I saw was him telling the news that he hoped to get a place for them to stay as soon as he could.

Question that ran through my mind was. how recently did he get back and was anyone in his former chain even aware of the circumstances his family was in to at least have helped find alternative options let alone job placement assistance?