Week 2 EOC: Returning Veterans

Veterans are also known as heroes in our country. They come back home in uniform and sometimes with medals for the things that they have done. Spending time with family and relaxing after being away for so long is obviously the first thing on their mind, but what happens when a veteran either comes home to nothing or needs to support his or her family? That is when they start looking for every day work like being a sales associate at a retail store or possibly being a greeter for Walmart like most older veterans do. When a veteran re-enters the work force after being in action it is harder to integrate them. Many of our veterans come back with PTSD, depression, or sometimes physical long-term wounds. Unfortunately, our "heroes" are given the worst or undesirable jobs when they are fortunate enough to land a job. They are given the jobs that do not require much interaction or tedious jobs that are hard to tolerate. It is harder to reteach someone or work with them when they have certain obstacles like PTSD that disable them from completing the simplest tasks. Loud noises may trigger a traumatic experience and in the end cause them to respond in a way that most people do not know how to handle. In some cases it is dangerous for them to be in areas with large amounts of people. Most of the time they don't even make it past the first week without something happening. Today there is more understanding when it comes to hiring veterans but the problems they face when applying for a job are not yet resolved completely. In time I am sure that we will see more organizations that support disabled veterans that find it harder to rejoin the work force and soon will find a way to incorporate our heroes properly back into the work place.