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dusty1215 - > Dusty's View of Life -> VoteVets.org polls soldiers who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
VoteVets.org polls soldiers who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
You can view the poll on their Website here. I will post just some of the highlights here:
  • Nearly half of all veterans (42 percent) reported that their equipment did not meet the military standard that requires a unit to be at least 90 percent operational.
  • Overall, 63 percent of all Iraq or Afghanistan veterans believe the Army and Marine Corps are overextended at this time, including 67 percent of Army and Marine veterans and 66 percent of veterans who experienced ground combat.
  • A fifth of all veterans (21 percent) and a quarter of Army and Marines (26 percent) and ground combat veterans (27 percent) say they have felt more stress now then before they left for war.
  • Among National Guard or Reserve veterans, 32 percent said their families experienced economic hardship; 25 percent feel more stress now than before the war; 32 percent experienced more extreme highs and lows; and 30 percent experienced nightmares.
  • Twenty six percent of all veterans have sought some service from the VA or a VA Hospital, including 33 percent of Reservists and National Guard respondents.
  • Seventy- nine percent of all veterans agree that National Guard and Reserve veterans ought to have the same access to
     
    Tri-Care as active duty men and women.

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posted by dusty1215 on Monday, October 9, 2006 at 07:10 PM
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