Veterans Groups Ask for More Transition Resources

This Veterans Day, veterans groups are asking the federal government and the private sector for more transitional resources for vets returning home from deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan.  Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America have launched a new ad campaign aimed at returning veterans, designed to bring them to their not for profit website, communityofveterans.org.

The site is a social network for transitioning veterans, pointing them to job resources, health care and mental health services, and most importantly – other veterans.

The IAVA has long asked the next president to offer incentives for patriotic employers who choose to hire veterans.  The Obama/Biden campaign included a plan to offer such incentives in their campaign platform.  By next Veterans Day, perhaps we will see legislation in place.

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Military to Civilian Careers:  Making the Transition