The Wounded Warrior Outreach Program

VETERANS FOR AMERICA RELEASES TWO REPORTS IN ADVANCE OF PETRAEUS HEARINGS

Last month, Veterans for America’s Wounded Warrior Outreach Program released two first-of-their-kind reports that examine the toll that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have taken on the frontline units of our active-Army and our National Guard.

VFA’s Wounded Warrior Outreach Program has chronicled the experiences of the units of the U.S. Army, on a state-by-state basis, that have been among our nation’s most heavily used in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. These reports aggregate information on each frontline unit’s number of deployments, intensity of combat, and dwell time.

These reports make clear that the Soldiers who have seen the most combat are the ones who are deployed repeatedly. Unfortunately, Department of Defense studies prove that with each deployment Soldiers are 60% more likely to develop severe post-combat mental health problems.

“When elected representatives talk about the ‘readiness’ of the military, they must also talk about the health of our troops,” said Bobby Muller, President of VFA. “We cannot consider our military ‘ready’ while we have troops on their third, fourth, and fifth tours. They are beginning to unravel.”

Veterans for America calls on Congress to speak out against pausing the withdrawal of troops.

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