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They slipped through the proverbial cracks
Posted by Heather on October 5th, 2005
Much to the dismay of liberals, the War on Terror is nothing like Vietnam. In those days the libs tried to ruin the honor of veterans, by bad mouthing them, spreading lies and hatred about them and by limiting the vets chances for good jobs and careers. Things are different today.
More than 14,000 service members have been wounded in action in the war on terror in Iraq and Afghanistan. Major medical advances in the ability to treat injured soldiers on the battlefield mean more are surviving than in previous wars, but it also means men and women are coming home with life-altering injuries such as amputated limbs, blindness, paralyzed legs, serious burns and severe emotional trauma.
But far from being shunned, today’s service members are finding themselves actively recruited by employers. Cisco Systems is attending job fairs at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington for wounded military members because of their technology skills. Northrop Grumman is reaching out to seriously disabled service members with a job fair at Walter Reed and offering information on how to complete a résumé or handle a job interview.
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Interest from companies such as Home Depot, Oracle and others is in contrast to the Vietnam era, when disabled veterans found many employers wary of hiring because of mounting opposition to the war, says W. Roy Grizzard Jr., assistant secretary of Labor for the Office of Disability Employment Policy.
“We learned in Vietnam, when a lot of military personnel came back, they slipped through the proverbial cracks,” Grizzard says. Today, he says, “American businesses realize (disabled veterans) are a good source of employees.”
Americans taking care Americans. It’s the way it’s supposed to be.
October 7th, 2005 at 6:51 pm
This is good news! I’m glad the private sector isn’t worried about backlash, and are taking an active role, to seek out disabled vet’s.
I believe the courageous men and women who are disabled have alway’s deserved far more than our country has given them. This is one of many step’s in the right direction, to alleviate that problem. We must honor our veteran’s with more than word’s!