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Sources: Low Varates infographic http://www.gibill.va.gov/ http://www.va.gov/vetdata/Veteran_population.asp http://www.infoplease.com/spot/veterancensus1.html http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-veterans-numbers/story?id=14928136#1 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/11/5-facts-about-veterans-an_n_351065. html by: MC3 Taylor Stinson http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/07/12-startling-statistics-veteranhomelessness_n_1327816.html http://www.mssm.edu/departments-and-institutes/ psychiatry/newsletter/researching-the-highsuicide-risk-in-veterans http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/cats/ national_security_veterans_affairs/veterans.html there are nearly 650,000 homeless adults, and over 10% of them are veterans. http://deploymentpsych.org/topics-disorders/ Upon returning from home, veterans face many challenges that can lead to military-families-and-deployments homelessness, such as mental illness, substance abuse, foreclosure, poverty and http://www.veterans.wv.gov/aboutus/Pages/ unemployment. The statistics and struggles of America’s veterans means that we WVVeteransStatistics.aspx http://www.cna.gov/centers/marine-corps/ can do more to help. Let this graphic educate you on the sacrifices of their service selected-studies/non-citizens-brief
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America’s Veterans Aren’t all veterans seniors?
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Average age of veterans is 65 and older, which makes up approximately 9 million. However, 1.7 million veterans are 35 and under.
and remind you of what you can do to make a difference.”
veteran intel
55%
43%
of active duty service members are married.
2.1 million vets from wwII
over 200,000 veterans will be homeless this year 1 in 7 homeless people have previously served in the Armed Forces
2.6 million vets from the korean conflict
2 million
of active duty service members have children.
Americans have family members that are currently serving.
46%
45%
veterans experience anxiety
28%
veterans experience PTSD
veterans experience depression
7.6 million vets from vietnam war
4.8 million vets from the gulf war
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veterans ticket foundation
snowball express
hope for the warriors
Operation Second Chance
wounded warriors project
student veterans of america
soldier’s angels
disabled american veterans
luke’s wings