...Even though, we celebrate Veterans Day. Here you will learn about the history, celebrated, and the personal of Veterans Day. And helps us remember the people that served our country. First of all, it was called Armistice Day before they changed it to Veterans Day. It was called Armistice Day and changed it around when World War 1 ended. The people changed the name to Veterans Day because to honor the U.S. veterans. They changed the name to Veterans Day on June 1, 1954. Next, is the celebration of Veterans Day. We celebrate Veterans Day to honor the men and women that served our country. Also, Veterans Day is to celebrate the people that are still alive, during peace and war. Some countries and cities are different how they...
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...Veterans Day is a day for honoring all veterans, living or passed, who served during war or peace. It's a holiday that has been celebrated since 1938, on November 11, and is recognized by many countries. There are lots of traditions to honor those who have served, whether it is visiting soldiers or expressing appreciation through poetry or song, showing appreciation to those who fought for America is very important. Veterans Day originated from Armistice Day, which was first celebrated on November 11, 1919 for the first anniversary of the end of World War 1. The name was officially changed to Veterans Day by Pres. Eisenhower in 1954. In 1968 the Uniforms Holiday Bill changed the day of the holiday to the fourth Monday in October. This...
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...What does Veterans Day mean to you? Maybe you think of it as just a half day off of school, but really it is a lot more than that. Veterans day is a day to honor the people who fought for freedom. The America I believe in is everyone getting an education. Can you imagine if you could not go to school because of your culture, gender, or race? I am lucky to live where I do because everyone is welcome to go to school and get an education. The veterans fought for us to all be able to go to school. The America I believe in is brave/strong, because the military fights for us to be safe and free. In some places in the world, getting an education is rare. In Mogadishu, Somalia, 36% of girls go to school. It’s very unfair how some countries do not...
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...Veteran’s Day is a very special day. It is a day to remember and honor the people who have served our beautiful country. Veterans should be honored for multiple reasons, but there are three main reasons to me. They should be honored because they risked their lives for our safety, gave up time away from their families to serve us, and went through unspeakable situations for us. The first reason that Veterans should be honored is they risked their lives for our safety. It would be very difficult to serve in a war knowing that you could be killed. Furthermore, it would be challenging to die for people you don’t even know. I’m extremely thankful that Veterans made the choice of possibly dying for me. Secondly, Veterans gave up time away from their...
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...Another Veteran’s Day has arrived and like any other previous year, there will be ceremonies, celebrations, and re-runs of classic war movies (or documentaries for the more serious armchair generals). Discussions and commentary about veterans-related issues will fill TV screens and the papers as well. Yet, beyond the parades, flag waving, and commentary, what does Veteran’s Day mean to veterans themselves? Growing up in Eugene, I hadn’t really thought much about it. My father is a Vietnam veteran but had never spoken about his experience when I was younger. Without a military base nearby, the topic of veterans was all the more foreign and distant. But, my perspective would completely change after joining the military and a particularly poignant...
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...INSTRUCTIONS FOR WRITING THE RESEARCH PROPOSAL 1. Use the template below in drafting your capstone proposal. Remove the italicized instructions contained in each section box and replace them with your written proposal text. Do not alter the formatting (boxes and fonts) of the template. 2. Important: Have someone read/proofread/edit your work. 3. Please make sure you address the points listed in the instruction boxes. 4. Once completed, upload the file to the appropriate link in Moodle. 5. Your proposal is a living document. We will be using and refining this document once we as the term progresses. 6. Remember – this is a DRAFT proposal at this point. As such, its contents will still need significant improvement and revisions as you use its contents in writing your capstone in MM598. 7. Submit the complete proposal via Moodle. CAPSTONE PROPOSAL MM 514 – Practical Research Name(s): | Danny Shipman | Proposed Research Topic/Title: | Do Southern Oregon Veterans Face the Same Challenges as Veterans Across the Rest of the Nation When Transitioning from Military to Civilian Life | Executive Summary: | This section essentially provides the reader of your proposal an informative abstract, giving the reader the chance to see the essentials of the proposal without having to read the details as written in the following sections. The executive summary should include a brief statement...
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...Explain the difference between the “common-knowledge” material in a research paper and the material from sources to which you must give credit. Common knowledge is knowledge that is known by everyone or nearly everyone, usually with reference to the community in which the term is used. A Good example of common knowledge would be that you only drive when the light is green except when making a right turn in some states. It is important to give credit when doing a research paper, if you use quotes from another person to support your research. This information my come from books, journals or newspaper articles etc. Give an example from your field of study of a “common-knowledge” concept, idea, or fact for which no secondary support is required in a research paper. For me, in my field of study of a “common-knowledge” would be that I have check my emails every day at work to make sure that I am able to answer all enquires about veterans issues from the previous day, so that we can move forward in assisting and meeting the veterans needs Give an example from your field of a topic, question, or idea for which a secondary source must be cited or credited in a research paper. During my research for my class I had to gather as much information as I could on restaurants. I had to look through a lot of magazines pertaining to the restaurant industries. I have to cite it because it was not my own...
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...Unit 6 Project Veterans Having Trouble Finding Jobs After the Military Mark Everhart Kaplan University Professor Sandra Fontana Veterans who have served this country by going to war are quickly realizing that America is not appreciating the sacrifices made for our service members. Veterans are being passed over for employment for many different reasons. Some of these reasons include Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), lack of job skills for performing civilian jobs, and the inability to cope with the transition from military to civilian life. The unemployment rate for veterans is 6.9 percent (Norman, 2012). The government and the employers need to work together to make the transition out of the military a smoother process. The Department of Veteran Affairs cannot process the applications for the G.I. Bill fast enough to accommodate the veterans. Veterans lack the job skills necessary to perform jobs in the civilian sector after the military. All military veterans should have special training, skill and mind set for the transition from military to civilian life, provided by the government and employers to ensure employability after serving their country regardless of how many years of service one has served. Veterans lack the special training and skills that are necessary to compete with the civilian population. Veterans often have jobs that cannot transfer to the civilian world (Hefling, 2011). For instance if they are an infantryman, they cannot get a job as a mechanic....
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...the numbers are as follows: • Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Enduring Freedom (OEF): About 11-20 out of every 100 Veterans (or between 11-20%) who served in OIF or OEF have PTSD in a given year. Gulf War (Desert Storm): About 12 out of every 100 Gulf War Veterans (or 12%) have PTSD in a given year. • Vietnam War: About 15 out of every 100 Vietnam Veterans (or 15%) were currently diagnosed with PTSD at the time of the most recent study in the late 1980s, the National Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Study (NVVRS). It is estimated that about 30 out of every 100 (or 30%) of Vietnam Veterans have had PTSD in their lifetime. (How Common is PTSD? (n.d.) Many have tried to come up with an effective treatment to help our service members suffering through PTSD. Although there are many types of treatment therapy and medication, this article will focus on using forms of meditation like Transcendental Meditation (TM) or yoga to help veterans suffering through PTSD. Veterans with PTSD There are many forms of treatment, the most common being a combination of therapy and medication. However as in all treatments in psychology, not all people respond well and others don’t find it effective. This causes many veterans to stop seeking treatment altogether. Some don’t even choose to report that they suffer from PTSD. PTSD which affects about one in five veterans, is typically triggered by the experience of a terrifying or life-threatening event. Symptoms may include flashbacks, nightmares...
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...homeless veterans who have served in the military for our country. Each day I face many difficulties, but no difficulty could ever measure up to the difficulties the homeless veterans in my program face. Each day I look over charts of veterans who have been diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and many of the co-diagnosed with extensive Substance Abuse issues as well and I ask myself “was this abuse to ease the pain? The veterans I serve has spent years in a military only to come home to a world who looks down on them because they are no longer normal and find it very hard to adjust to the civilian world due to the imagines stained on their brain from the world. In the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, about one in ten returning soldiers seen in VA have a problem with alcohol or other drugs (Veteran Affairs 2012). As human service provider I witness this co diagnosis of PTSD ( Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) and SUD (Substance Abuse Disorder) daily and it has encouraged me to form a opinion. After some deep thought I would like to look into the efficiency of the treatment prescribed to solders suffering from PTSD and which is more effective. In this paper I will be looking Cognitive behavioral therapy offered when trying to treat PTSD and SUD . On the other hand I will like to look into a variety of medication therapy which includes anxiety medication and drugs known as a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor. On an weekly basis I deal with over 100 veterans who...
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...Martinez English 101 140531 PTSD: A Battle that lasts beyond the Combat Zone I will be using this paper to highlight some of the cause and effect of a familiar disorder, Post-traumatic stress disorder. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is currently an ongoing issue that many veterans are dealing with after Iraq and Afghanistan and it is something that you live with for the rest of your life. As more and more veterans are being diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder after returning from combat zones it has become a hot topic. This is a disease that lasts long past the combat zone. There has been an extreme amount of research poured into the treatment of this disorder but still little has been yielded for the treatment or even a baseline that causes the disorder. “In recent years there has been a rapidly growing amount of research on the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Our recent metaanalysis suggested that exposure to therapy and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) are among the most effective treatments for PTSD” (Pg. 13) Although many people do suffer from Post-traumatic stress disorder I will be focusing on the veterans who are embattled with dealing with this. On September 11, 2001 America suffered a terrorist attack that changed the world as we know it. As thousands of innocent Americans lost their lives that day, it evoked very strong emotions in this...
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...obstacles to overcome both physical and mental. Most soldiers are not aware of a certain condition that they might have developed while deployed in a war zone. This condition is called Traumatic Brain Injury, also known as TBI. It is an injury that is not found on the outside of the body but rather internal, therefore it is called the Unseen Wound. Even though it’s unseen, TBI is real and affects a large percentage of veterans returning from war and test results show that an average of 46 percent of soldiers have TBI. Traumatic brain injury, the signature wound of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, is doubly cruel: it leaves many victims emotionally shattered and cognitively crippled. But because mild and moderate brain injuries do not show up on CT or other imaging devices, doctors and even family members are often skeptical that any real damage exists. TBI is real and affects a large percentage of veterans returning from war. “Consistent with the designation of TBI as one of the signature injuries of the war theaters in Iraq and Afghanistan, 46% of the returning veterans recruited for this project screened positive for a deployment-related TBI” (Morissette, Woodward, & Kimbrel, Meyer, Kruse, 2011, p. 346). I have deployed multiple times to Iraq and Afghanistan and have sustained injuries in result of Improvised Explosive Devices (IED’s) and mortar attacks. Shortly after returning home, my family and close friends noticed that I was no longer the same person. Even though my family...
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...Part 1 Final Project “Will a paperless environment improve the Veterans Benefit Processing?” Timberly M Williams Kaplan University GM505 Action Research and Consulting Skills Professor Dr. Barbara-Leigh Tonelli 08/20/2013 Part One of Final Project This paper explains the benefits of a paperless environment within the Department of Veteran Affairs. Here I will research all of the positive and negative benefits on how this process will help eliminate Veterans wait time on benefit approval. Scope and Purpose VBA is responding to the significant expansion in the scope and complexity of its mission. While VA completed a record-breaking 1 million claims per year over the past three years, the number of claims received continues to exceed the number processed and the backlog of claims has grown. In response, VA is implementing a comprehensive Transformation plan—a series of people, process and technology initiatives—to increase productivity and accuracy of disability claims processing. Once the Transformation is fully implemented, VA expects to systematically reduce the backlog and reach its 2015 goal - to eliminate the claims backlog and process all claims within 125 days with 98 percent accuracy. | VBA Compensation Benefits There are currently 3.9 million Veterans receiving disability benefits from VA. In the past four years, VA has added more than 940,000 Veterans to the VA compensation rolls, more than the active duty Army and Navy combined. In fiscal year 2012...
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...Veteran facilities have made a dramatic changed over the past 20 years. The veteran health administration bill was signed on July 21,1930 by President Herbert Hoover. The veteran affairs were created to provide health care services and certain benefits to former military personnel and their dependents. The veteran affairs have three administrative divisions. The divisions are as followed, veteran benefits administration, veteran’s health administration and National cemetery administration. The "Department Of Veterans Affairs" (2016) website. As of today there are 1,700 Veteran hospitals and clinics The "U.S. Department Of Veterans Affairs " (2016). Today veteran hospitals use VistA, which is VA's award winning Health Information Technology (IT) system. It provides an integrated inpatient and outpatient electronic health record for VA patients, and administrative tools to help VA deliver the best quality medical care to Veterans. VistA is also used to manage multimedia for cardiology, radiology and pathology. It is able to provide video clips of each scan as well as images. Veteran hospitals today also use BCMA barcode medication administration system. The BCMA is used when a patient needs medication; each nurse scans the patient bracelet as well as the medication that will be given to the patient to verify this is the correct medication for that patient. Vistas became the instrument of change at the VA in the mid 1900’s and since this change Veteran hospitals and care facilities...
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...Operation Continuity: A Resolution for the Veteran Affairs Backlog A Resolution For The VA Backlog Alicia Seabrooks Kaplan University July 16th 2013 How can the problems with the Veteran Affairs compensation claim backlog be resolved and our Veterans be better taken care of? Continuity! Providing some type of transitional continuity of records, especially healthcare records could be the stepping-stone to an overall improvement and solution. This could possibly make it easier for the Department of Defense to have cross platform communication and share data with the VA about those Veterans transitioning out of service. The current backlog is somewhere upward of 600,000 unfulfilled claims, most of which have been waiting in excess of 365 days and counting. By implementing a standard continuity of care for service members transitioning from active or reserve duty status to Veteran status, we can possible save and better protect one of the Nation’s most valuable assets, our former heroes, the American Veteran. The stories of veterans seeking assistance that has been rightfully promised to them are sometimes uplifting and others just heart wrenching and sorrow filled. After doing the legwork and conducting a few interviews, doing some independent research and reading up on proposed solutions I have come across a magnitude of stories filled with so much emotion. These emotions range from despair and hopelessness to joy, appreciation and gratitude to not be forgotten about...
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