Remember Our Soldiers on Veterans Day

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To all those who've served and are serving our country, thanks!

Today is a day when we all celebrate the sacrifice our armed forces' men and women have given to this country. Not many people can do or have the kind of bravery to perform what they have done. I'm sure a good most of us civilians cannot ever comprehend or compare anytime in our own life to theirs. We need today to celebrate and remember these soldiers.
But it is even more unfortunate for many soldiers who have come back home from the war in Iraq/Afghanistan that their fighting is not done. Those who are injured physically and affected mentally have to fight our health system to get medical help. They have to go through hurdle after hurdle after massive hurdle to just maybe get some sort of medical attention to be paid for. What else do they need to prove that they need if not deserve this from the country they love, sacrificed for and fought for? Did you really get your leg blown off? Or is that a magic trick? Did you really get that anxious from seeing all the horrors of war over there? Just get a teddy bear. Seriously. And lets not forget the military families and what they must be going through. A soldier tends not to be the only victim in their family. Spouses, parents, sisters, brothers, children see their loved ones disabled and or changed after coming home. There is trauma, pain and even more sacrifices these families must go through especially when they do not understand what these soldiers have seen. Sometimes when soldiers come back, they do not have the ability to hold a steady job to get a steady income anymore. The families pitch in what they can such as time, money and emotions. But what if that isn't enough? It's an agonizing sight but many veterans become homeless. How can we let our soldiers fight a war, come back disabled and because they are disabled cannot find a job to cover their health care, become homeless?! Does this make sense? Unfortunately in our world it happens. These men and women deserve our respect, time and money to help them recover and live a decent life (no matter who they supported in the election). It's time for us to take care of them as they sacrificed for us.
Our President-elect, Barack Obama, has had a record of passing and backing legislation that support our soldiers abroad and veterans at home. Obama has voted for military funding to get supplies needed to protect our soldiers in an unpopular war. He has also voted for more efficient health care and an increase of services for our homeless veterans. I think this issue will be in good care, as it should be.

You can get more information and ways to help from these websites/video above:

http://www.chooseorloose.com/
http://www.va.gov/