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"You Never Leave Anyone Behind": A Story Of The Young Unemployed Veteran, Jack Nettleton
"You Never Leave Anyone Behind": A Story Of The Young Unemployed Veteran, Jack Nettleton
Senior Theses and Projects
This thesis analyzes the current opportunities and challenges for young, Post-9/11 veterans reintegrating back into civilian life. Young veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars have higher unemployment rates compared to their non-military counterparts. This thesis explores how multiple deployments and higher percentages of physical disabilities contribute to the uniqueness of the young veteran’s challenge to obtain employment. Despite the many benefits provided by the VA, young veterans often have to endure very long waiting periods before the VA can process and grant their benefits. The thesis also identifies three individual states with different economic profiles that contribute to either …
Constructing Veterans : Women Military Veterans, Va And Society, Cecilia Ferradino
Constructing Veterans : Women Military Veterans, Va And Society, Cecilia Ferradino
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
Despite having honorably served in the U.S. military, many women do not see themselves as veterans. In so doing, they may miss out on much-needed benefits to which they have rightfully earned and deserve. But, the question goes beyond benefit claiming. If women who served in the military do not see themselves as veterans they are also relinquishing power that comes with membership in a politically and socially esteemed group. If women who served in the armed forces do not see themselves as veteran, then what is a veteran? Therefore, this research centers on the question: who, or what entity, …