Reality check ... can this really be happening?

geetrue · 02-26-07, 12:31 PM

I've been through it, Sailor Steve is going through it and thousands of Vietnam veterans are now being replaced by the new breed of homeless street people ... Iraq veterans are now going through it.

I wish I had some answers, but I don't ...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17315490/site/newsweek/

Feb. 24, 2007 - Kevin Felty came back from Iraq in 2003 with nowhere to stay, and not enough money to rent an apartment. He and his wife of four years moved in with his sister in Florida, but the couple quickly overstayed their welcome. Jobless and wrestling with what he later learned was posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Felty suddenly found himself scrambling to find a place for himself and his wife, who was six-months pregnant. They found their way to a shelter for homeless veterans, which supported his wife during her pregnancy and helped Felty get counseling and find a job. A year later, he's finally thinking his future. "I don't want to say this is exactly where I want to be—it's really not," he says. "But it's what I can get at the moment."

02-26-07, 12:31 PM	#1
geetrue Cold War Boomer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Walla Walla Posts: 2,837 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Reality check ... can this really be happening? I've been through it, Sailor Steve is going through it and thousands of Vietnam veterans are now being replaced by the new breed of homeless street people ... Iraq veterans are now going through it. I wish I had some answers, but I don't ... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17315490/site/newsweek/ Feb. 24, 2007 - Kevin Felty came back from Iraq in 2003 with nowhere to stay, and not enough money to rent an apartment. He and his wife of four years moved in with his sister in Florida, but the couple quickly overstayed their welcome. Jobless and wrestling with what he later learned was posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Felty suddenly found himself scrambling to find a place for himself and his wife, who was six-months pregnant. They found their way to a shelter for homeless veterans, which supported his wife during her pregnancy and helped Felty get counseling and find a job. A year later, he's finally thinking his future. "I don't want to say this is exactly where I want to be—it's really not," he says. "But it's what I can get at the moment." __________________