In the end, while families, friends, mental health providers and battle buddies must work together to provide a safe support system for a veteran in need, in most cases (as is shown so powerfully in "The Present Trauma") that veteran must also choose to invest in his or her own recovery.
Trump's other appointments thus far have demonstrated a lack of support for veterans, a willingness to destroy Medicare, intolerance of immigrant rights, civil rights and LGBTQ equality, dismissal of a woman's right to choose and a wholesale disrespect for the Constitution and the will of the people.
Expressions of support for veterans, particularly combat veterans, often involve implicitly or expressly defining them as a disadvantaged group that, like other such groups, needs special assistance from normal folks.
Flake's spokesman, Andrew Wilder, released a statement Tuesday outlining Flake's support for a variety of veterans' programs, including legislation to provide education and health benefits to veterans.
Providing support for returning veterans is an obligation we owe to those who have sacrificed so much for our country.
In April 2017, Peter Nolan '80, MBA '82, and his wife, Stephanie Nolan '84, made support for student veterans permanent at Johnson by endowing a scholarship fund.
Mr. Karsten, a Navy veteran of the early 1960s, said part of the surge in support for Vietnam veterans was mortality.
I thought I was just showing support for the veterans and for the armory".
MIT also changed its financial aid policies this year to provide more support for U.S. veterans.
As a combat veteran who served with the 101st Airborne in Vietnam, I often wonder how many Americans really understand exactly what support for our veterans involves.
