<\/p>\n This does not include the myriad of Local, State and Federal government organizations who support Veterans.\u00a0 It seems that there is a constant roll out of new programs to assist Veterans these days, even the Shitbirds.<\/p>\n The Veterans Health Administration in 2017 offered to treat vets who don\u2019t normally qualify for care because they earned a\u00a0less-than-honorable discharge<\/a>. Almost no one used the program.<\/p>\n Now veterans’ groups are hoping a change in the program will help that group of veterans when they struggle with thoughts of suicide.<\/p>\n Roadside Bomb<\/strong><\/p>\n At his home outside San Diego, former Marine Lance Cpl. Josh Onan keeps some photographs next to his TV. The photos are from his days as a Marine. In 2006, he was in Ramadi, Iraq when his Humvee was hit by a roadside bomb.<\/p>\n \u201cI remember laying down in the truck. Waking up, there is dust and debris all over me,\u201d Onan said. \u201cAnd there was an Iraqi colonel, who is sitting in the truck with us and he\u2019s just screaming, screaming and I don\u2019t understand what he\u2019s saying. So, that\u2019s when I realized, ‘Oh here we go, something big is happening.’\u201d<\/p>\n During the next year, Onan would be in and out of trouble: small infractions, which he chalks up to the amount of medication prescribed for his head injury and post-traumatic stress disorder. Then, while on leave, he was caught with a small amount of cocaine. That was it. He was kicked out of the Marines.<\/p>\n Onan looks at a picture of himself in his battle gear.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m 32 years old now, and this guy is 20, and I look up to this guy,\u201d he said. \u201cI know it\u2019s me but I miss everything about him. Sometimes it\u2019s hard to find this guy.\u201d<\/p>\n Onan is one of the thousands of veterans who have other-than-honorable discharges. They don\u2019t typically qualify for VA benefits, even though vets like Onan have a high\u00a0suicide rate<\/a>.<\/p>\n To address that, the VA last summer started a new program: this group of veterans can come into the VA and be treated for mental health issues at least for 90 days.<\/p>\n KPBS asked the VA how many people used the program in the first year. The VA figures show nationally 115 veterans used the program. Advocates said the number is a fraction of the veterans who would now qualify for\u00a0mental health\u00a0care. Twenty-five of those patients were in San Diego.<\/p>\n \u201cThey came in saying they had an urgent need and they were evaluated and received care for that urgent need whether it was a substance use disorder or suicidal thoughts,\u201d said Dr. Neal Doran, of VA San Diego.\u00a0 \u00a0Article HERE<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n So now the VA has the mandate to search out and identify the\u00a0people who could not manage to honorably complete their military service.\u00a0 Everyone should join the military for at least a few days so they will be taken care of for the rest of their lives.\u00a0 All any veteran has to do is say they have thoughts of canceling\u00a0their birthday and the sky will open up.\u00a0 \u00a0I would debunk the “22 A Day” myth again but why bother people with facts when they have already made up their minds.<\/p>\n While a certain Jew-ish Lawyer type keeps stuffing his pockets with money donated by gullible denigrates, the people he tends to attack are stuck in the trenches trying to deal with these problems in real time.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/charities2.png\")
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