Why is veteran unemployment so high?

[Th'Pusher]

Do the general skills learned in the military not translate well to the private sector anymore?

[baseline bum]

How you gonna get paid for throwing puppies off cliffs tbh?

[Th'Pusher]

How you gonna get paid for throwing puppies off cliffs tbh?

:lol

Still, seems like discipline, at minimum, would be a marketable skill.

[Silver&Black]

Do the general skills learned in the military not translate well to the private sector anymore?

It all depends on what you did in the military. Computer skills pretty much always translate to the private sector. Also, Engineers translate well.

Things like cooks, truck drivers, riggers (the people who pack parachutes), and infantry don't translate well.


It all depends on what you did in the military tbqh.

[boutons_deux]

how about private security or security job work...get paid good money to stand around

good money? :lol about $15/hour

[hater]

This is bullshit. I know from very reliable sources the Federal government at least bends over backwards to hire veterans. Even when a bunch of very qualified civilians apply for a job and one unqualified veteran. They usually choose the veteran. Same goes for local government job listings. Same thing goes for US federal contracting companies.

If a veteran can't find a job,,he's either too fucked up in the head or a borderline retard

[DMX7]

They're in trouble if the federal government is the only place hiring them. A few companies seem to be making the extra effort.

[boutons_deux]

many vets were unemployable before they enlisted, and so are still unemployable. They use the military as employer/public-housing-supplier of last resort.

All those glamorous military ads showing people sitting a walls of screens, flying jets, etc, etc. are pure bullshit.

[hater]

They're in trouble if the federal government is the only place hiring them. A few companies seem to be making the extra effort.

didn't say they were only ones. Local governments + government contractors (pretty much all the big firms)

being a veteran basically gives them class A priority on many fronts.

[boutons_deux]

and 20+ vets PER DAY committing suicide? and 100Ks more with screwed up brains, psychology.

"serving in the military" hasn't "served the country" since 1945 which was the last time the military won something.

America's non-stop imperial hammer seeing everything as a nail is nothing but a wealth redistribution racket upward to the MIC.

[ducks]

if usa goes into a war to win vets would not commit suicide
usa goes to war and fight polically correct which is not right

[boutons_deux]

if usa goes into a war to win vets would not commit suicide
usa goes to war and fight polically correct which is not right

so WWII vets had no PTSD? no suicides? no psychological scars?

A battle-tested vet like yourself should know that battle is battle, death is death, no matter why the politicians started the war.

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7 Things Veterans Need More Than a Holiday

1. Housing

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The number of veterans that return to America with no place to live is alarming. Through a variety of circumstances, 13% of the United State’s homeless population is composed of veterans (http://nchv.org/index.php/news/media/background_and_statistics/). Worse yet, more than half of these homeless veterans have a disability. While there are veteran housing programs in place, the fact is that more than 60,000 veterans can find themselves homeless each year and twice that number are at risk of of losing their housing (http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/12/31/vets-d31.html). Additionally, veterans are not exempt from the foreclosure crisis, with many veteran families fighting to keep their homes (http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/2-investigates-veterans-fighting-against-foreclosu/nXjmL/).

2. Jobs

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Troops who come home from war should have plenty of valuable skills for the job market, but unfortunately hiring companies don’t always see it that way. The unemployment rate for post-9/11 veterans currently stands at 10 percent (http://www.armytimes.com/article/20131022/JOBS/310220011/), significantly higher than the 7.2 percent rate for the general population. Long-term unemployment is even more drastic for veterans. Of recent jobless veterans, 34 perfect have been unemployed for a year, with 17 perfect going without a job for more than 2 years (http://nation.time.com/2013/03/22/the-ground-truth-about-veterans-unemployment/). Obviously, it can be difficult for veterans to integrate into non-military life without financial stability.

3. Reliable Health Care

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Medical coverage from the Department of Veterans Affairs has become a bureaucratic joke. Paperwork is so backed up that nearly 250,000 veterans are waiting more than a year (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/03/11/va-s-ability-to-quickly-provide-benefits-plummets-under-obama.html) to even have their health claims even processed.

Clearly, it is unacceptable for people who were injured fighting for our country to have their physical ailments unattended, but it is similarly upsetting to learn that soldiers undergoing mental health afflictions are also going ignored. Cases of PTSD are on the rise, but soldiers still face a stigma for reporting such problems (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23750758). The fact that even soldiers who step forward to say, “I need help” are not receiving the care they not only need, but have earned, is a disgrace.

4. Drug Counseling

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The stress of the military experience and readjusting to civilian life puts veterans at a heightened risk for substance abuse. One study found that 39 percent of soldiers coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan tested positive for “probable alcohol abuse.” (http://www.drugfree.org/join-together/alcohol/active-duty-military-and-veterans-prone-to-substance-abuse-depression-and-suicide) Certainly, it doesn’t help that the military intentionally ignores rampant drug and alcohol use (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-peck/veterans-ptsd-drug-abuse_b_1853890.html) during service, leaving soldiers with a substance habit. In fact, an astonishing 1 in 8 troops are referred to counseling for alcohol problems after being deployed (http://www.ncadd.org/index.php/learn-about-alcohol/seniors-vets-and-women/198-veterans-and-alcohol). Offering veterans a life free of addiction should be a top priority.

5. Options That Don’t Lead to Jail

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Many know that the United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world, but another statistic that is rarely cited is that nearly 10 percent of inmates are veterans (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/07/28/from-ptsd-to-prison-why-veterans-become-criminals.html). That’s right, approximately one million veterans (http://www.businessinsider.com/brad-eifert-18-veterans-kill-themselves-every-day-special-veterans-court-2011-7) are currently in prison. Some speculate that the high incarceration rates are due to the fact that the soldiers become violent through military aggression or struggle when the structure is removed from their lives. Then again, it shouldn’t be surprising to see veterans who are homeless, jobless, addicted to drugs and dealing with mental afflictions turning to crime.

6. Food Stamps

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900,000 veterans rely on food stamps (http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/10/29/2850751/food-stamps-cut-veterans/) to feed their families. Alas, recent budgetary changes have cut the benefits by an average of $133 per recipient. The fact that so many veterans receive this assistance should be a major point of contention for the usual conservative argument that people on food stamps are lazy moochers. Surely, it can’t be the GOP’s assertion that people who put their lives on the line for the country are good-for-nothing takers. Nevertheless, if House Republicans have their say, they’ll slash the food stamp program by an additional $40 billion in the coming weeks, leaving the nearly one million veterans with limited options for feeding themselves.

7. Fewer Compatriots

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It seems like with all of the problems America faces in taking care of its veterans, the priority should be in spending money to address veteran affairs rather than starting new wars that generate additional veterans. It’s pretty deplorable to send troops abroad under the promise of the government taking care of them once they return only to fail on that pledge later.

At the current rate the United States engages in warfare, there will be no shortage of veterans in the coming decades. Respect for veterans begins with the wars we choose to send them to. Military lives should not be risked to appease war profiteers, spread imperialism or gain access to oil. It’s no wonder that a growing number of veterans are speaking out against the country’s stance on war (http://www.ivaw.org/).

http://www.care2.com/causes/7-things-veterans-need-more-than-a-holiday.html#ixzz3rCj3Yjku

[DMX7]

if usa goes into a war to win vets would not commit suicide
usa goes to war and fight polically correct which is not right

You can't be serious... what a disgusting comment.

[boutons_deux]

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Veteran Homelessness Ended in Virginia
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