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Veterans Organizations And What They Do

By Michael Watson


Outfits that are tasked to be for military personnel who have served America and its military organizations are many and varied. These will be groups with goals, an advocacy or a general focus on things like health. Those that have long been established have many members, and they operate on a non prejudicial basis, without special requirements and the like.

Established veterans organizations include the Retired Enlisted Association or the Navy League of the United States. Vietnam veterans organizations are many because a lot of people served there and most of them are still living. And because of the issues that were formed during and after the conflict, many of these have political or social agendas.

Those orgs that can be considered physically healthy are those reservists for Army, Navy and the like. There may be reserve groups for air squadrons, divisions or naval units these people used to be members of. It means that people here are of fighting age and fitness, but there may be less of these for Vietnam due to its unpopularity.

This status has given many groups inspiration or cause to form, and there are even those who are anti government and have gone underground. These might have members with loads of grievances and they are batting for justice to be served them. Most of these will not even be mentioned in rolls that the government recognizes or supports.

Local, state or federal authorities all have to recognize any group of military vets, because their service is important to the country. They need to do so and maintain cordial ties because doing otherwise can easily alienate ex servicemen who have given years of their lives defending America. But government can be choosy especially in terms of financial and material support for the organization in question.

There are orgs for vets who are members of a race or ethnic group, and these may be fighting a different kind of war for equal opportunity and treatment. Outfits like these can include those who are affiliated to religious denominations of brotherhoods. Those people who served during Vietnam may find these comforting enough after the political battles done by protest organizations.

It is good to also note how Vietnam is just one war among many Americans participated in, and a lot of association were found long before it. Vets are also very clubby types that often want the company of their own or even those with the same professional specialties who have seen war, like correspondents or artillerymen, say. And these associations will have the most sterling goals.

These organizations may be ones that are tasked to help out all kinds of vets. Thus most will focus on one kind of support system or program like those who are missing a limb, or those with PTSD and generally helping out people lead ordinary lives in the civilian world. Vietnam is distinguished by the discovery of PTSD, psychological post combat trauma that is true for all vets.

A good organization is Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc. Which is probably the largest of groups formed because of the war. So members have often come from the Vietnamese battlefield, but it will not be confined to helping out the vets in that war alone. In fact, most if not all groups will help out any veteran, whatever war he or she may have come from.




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