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AtLast · 10-22-2011, 02:31 AM

What keeps going through my mind about this is how we have an entire generation of young military that have been to hell and back again on deployments to Iraq- and will we treat them well upon their return? I am happy to see us leave Iraq but feel like most people only look at this single point. many that are leaving Iraq will go to Afghanistan as well. We have put hundreds of thousands of our troops through 10 years of war and I wonder what their lives will be like when they all finally return (those that will come back).

Active military in the US makes up less than 4% of the population and the remaining 96% takes little interest in the emotional toil these troops have gone through along with their families and friends. Unemployment rates are high for those ending their military enlistment and thousands are not receiving the medical and mental health care they need when returning home. They walk in a country that unless there are other military friends and relatives they know, does not even think about the sacrifices they have made. Many will end up divorced due to the number of deployments they have served and families broken into pieces with young kids never knowing the parent that has been away for several years with brief periods inbetween deployments. The prolonged economic stress for spouses left at home are immense along with all of the other stresses.

I am happy we are getting out of Iraq, you bet, but I hope the general population pays attention to all of what our military goes through while serving during wartime.

10-22-2011, 02:31 AM	#9
AtLast Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Woman Preferred Pronoun?: HER - SHE Relationship Status: Relating Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: CA & AZ I'm a Snowbird Posts: 5,408 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 11,826 Thanked 10,827 Times in 3,199 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	What keeps going through my mind about this is how we have an entire generation of young military that have been to hell and back again on deployments to Iraq- and will we treat them well upon their return? I am happy to see us leave Iraq but feel like most people only look at this single point. many that are leaving Iraq will go to Afghanistan as well. We have put hundreds of thousands of our troops through 10 years of war and I wonder what their lives will be like when they all finally return (those that will come back). Active military in the US makes up less than 4% of the population and the remaining 96% takes little interest in the emotional toil these troops have gone through along with their families and friends. Unemployment rates are high for those ending their military enlistment and thousands are not receiving the medical and mental health care they need when returning home. They walk in a country that unless there are other military friends and relatives they know, does not even think about the sacrifices they have made. Many will end up divorced due to the number of deployments they have served and families broken into pieces with young kids never knowing the parent that has been away for several years with brief periods inbetween deployments. The prolonged economic stress for spouses left at home are immense along with all of the other stresses. I am happy we are getting out of Iraq, you bet, but I hope the general population pays attention to all of what our military goes through while serving during wartime.