What Veterans Organizations Provides Servicemen

By Michael Watson


Organizations can be set up for servicemen who fought in wars that have been fought by the United States all over the world. They have a lot of goals or objectives, philosophies, affiliations, advocacies and needs. Standard or established groups automatically include all qualified vets, and most associate with these because of their non sectarian or special goals and requirements.

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.

Organizations that can be called healthy may be the kind serving as reserves for specific units or general classifications. These units can be army divisions or naval squadrons that the members once fought for. This also means that reservists are certainly fit enough to serve again, but since Vietnam was not a popular conflict, there might be less of these.

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.

Federal, state or local governments all need to acknowledge groups of former servicemen, because they have helped defend the country. Also, authorities are beholden to maintain ties with these because they cannot alienate what many consider to be the backbone supporting American freedom. Thus, the most sterling organizations can be financially, materially and morally supported by government.

Some other orgs may recruit members who belong to an ethnic group or race, and the fight here is one for equality and basic rights of the soldier. These are a type of association that may include religious orgs or even societies or sodalities. The servicemen who came from Vietnam can often find shelter in these groups after the divisive and bitter protest battles done by other orgs.

Then, it is interesting to note that Vietnam is just one war, and there are so many orders that were created before it came around. Veterans are wont to form into military sodalities, too, like professional groups in armor, artillery, signals and even war journalists, generally specialties that have also fought their battles. Many will have the most sterling or exemplary causes and 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.

One good organization that came out of the war in question is Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc. And this is probably one the biggest orgs focused so. The members can have served in Vietnamese rice paddies, but this is not an exclusive thing, or even a requirement for them to help. Most groups, in fact, know that they have to help out any war vet that needs it.




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