Sentences with phrase «returning war veteran»

A service dog may be trained to help a returning war veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, for example, by turning the lights on in dark rooms and sniffing them out to make sure there are no safety threats before his owner enters, Keene said.

The Senate Republican's package also includes a 20 % cut in the corporate tax rate for small businesses, and a $ 5000 tax credit for each new job created, $ 8000 if the new employee was unemployed, and $ 10,000 if they are a returning war veteran.

Garrett Hedlund and Mitchell play returning war veterans whose shared battle experiences enable them to bridge a racial divide and form a friendship.

Like Barbara Mills, who started Operation Welcome Home to honor returning war veterans.

Not exact matches

After World War II, almost 50 percent of returning veterans started businesses.

This won't be the first time Ewing and Keep have returned to South Korea, traveling to the peninsula in 2006 and 2015, respectively, thanks to the Revisit Korea Program organized by the South Korean government to invite Korean War veterans back to the country.

FHA loans worked so well that the Department of Veterans Affairs sponsored a similar program for military personnel returning from war in 1944.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has guaranteed more than 20 million home loans since the VA Loan program was launched in 1944 as part of a program for returning World War II vVeterans Affairs has guaranteed more than 20 million home loans since the VA Loan program was launched in 1944 as part of a program for returning World War II veteransveterans.

The son of a U.S. Navy veteran who served in the Korean War before returning home and getting a job with the Burlington Northern railroad, Lenz grew up in Montana before his family relocated to Illinois.

Surely there are some links here (at a lower level, of course) to the trauma and desensitisation that war veterans commonly report when returning to their families and civilian life.

This process received a tremendous boost after World War II, as veterans, hoping to save the souls of the people they had liberated or defeated, returned to the fields where they had once fought.

I just returned from a trip to New Hampshire, where I attended a town meeting with Mitt, at the veteran for foreign wars post in Hudson.

Both veterans are struggling with PTSD, and Ronsel with the fact that he left war - torn Europe a hero where his race wasn't an issue, and returned to the Jim Crow South.

I am reminded of a returning veteran from the Iraq War who told me of how financial difficulties compelled him to join the army.

In fact, Khan has a penchant for hiring veterans returning from the wars.

A World War II veteran who lived through the invasion of Normandy on D - day, Gene returned home to Petaluma, CA to found what is now one of the most respected dairy processors in the country, and became a pillar of his community, known for his generosity to those less fortunate.

But while coming home to a wife was beneficial to veterans returning to civilian life after serving in Vietnam or the Korean War / World War II era, or in periods between, being married isn't helping post-9 / 11 veterans readjust; in fact, «post-9 / 11 veterans who were married while they served had a significantly more difficult time readjusting than did married veterans of past eras or single people regardless of when they served.

NYCHA hasn't received state money in years, and serious repairs and capital investments are needed to improve the aging housing stock, some of which was built for veterans returning from the second world war.

He truly stands for America's «Greatest Generation» as a model of citizenship, sacrifice and service as a soldier, a prisoner of war and a veteran who returned home and went on looking out for his community, family, friends and fellow veterans.

As a veteran, he expressed concern for all disabled vets, particularly those returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Trump, who obtained four deferments from the draft into the Vietnam War before being medically disqualified from serving in the military in 1968, suggested to a room full of veterans that soldiers who return from war suffering from PTSD are not «strong» and «can't handle it.&raqWar before being medically disqualified from serving in the military in 1968, suggested to a room full of veterans that soldiers who return from war suffering from PTSD are not «strong» and «can't handle it.&raqwar suffering from PTSD are not «strong» and «can't handle it.»

While he was in town, Shinseki also took part in a discussion hosted by Mayor Stephanie Miner about how to boost employment rates for returning Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans.

When the veterans of World War I, on both sides of the political divide, returned from the front in 1918 and 1919, they came back as battle - hardened soldiers.

What many predicted would become a harsh referendum on the audacity of Sean Eldridge — a first - time Democratic candidate with a thin résumé and a thick wallet — has instead revealed the depth of bipartisan affection for Mr. Gibson, a decorated veteran of two wars who returns his $ 4,300 - a-month military pension to taxpayers, has capped his service in Congress at eight years, and travels the district in a black ragtop Mustang (a gift from his wife when he returned home from duty in Kosovo).

As veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan return to civilian life, a significant number of them are entering college programs, including graduate programs in science and related technical fields.

As many as 20 percent of war veterans return from combat in Afghanistan and Iraq with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or major depression, according to a 2008 report from the RAND Corporation.

Some believe that it these experiences of profound human bonding that, despite the acute anguishes of war, makes some veterans long to return to war.

Many of the veterans in the study returned from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and were involved in combat patrols.

Rothbaum is also a pioneer in exposure therapy using virtual reality software that was developed for both Vietnam veterans and service members returning from the war in Iraq.

Three World War II veterans return home to small - town America to

Enter Timothy McVeigh, a veteran of the Gulf War who was washed out of the Rangers program, returned to civilian life unable to find a job.

SYNOPSIS: In the Old West, former Civil War - veteran John Henry returns to his frontier hometown where he must repair a fractious relationship with his Reverend father, and face the demons of his past when a -LSB-...]

The film really gets started when the boys, now mature men with some age and life experience under their belts, return to Mississippi as psychologically damaged war veterans and slog their way through the challenges of civilian life in a postwar Deep South ruled by bigotry and ignorance.

Director: Lynne Ramsay We Need to Talk About Kevin director Lynne Ramsay has returned with a story about a war veteran's attempt to save a young girl from a sex trafficking ring that goes horribly wrong: It's a daring portrait of a very messed - up man.

In a lot of ways, Lakeview Terrace belongs in a conversation about the recent spate of flicks concerning war veterans returning from the front (like The Lucky Ones, or Home of the Brave (also starring Samuel L. Jackson)-RRB- of an unpopular war broken, angry, and unfit for the hypocrisy of peaceful coexistence.

Dramas about returning Iraq war veterans haven't received nearly so warm a welcome.

Mary J. Blige earned a nod for her song from Mudbound, the Netflix original about two veterans, one white and one black, who return home to Mississippi after fighting in World War II.

In «The Return of Ringo,» the gunslinger, now a veteran of war, disguises himself as a Mexican in order to take revenge on outlaws who have stolen his property and taken his wife.

Analysis: Ang Lee's first film since «Life of Pi» in 2012 features Joe Alwyn as a returning Iraqi war veteran who has mixed feelings as he is celebrated at a Dallas Cowboys game on Thanksgiving Day.

Hovering in the background of the book is «the war in Indochina» and the traumatized veterans who returned to a country that largely let them down; in 2014, as it was in 2009 and 1970, the US is mired in foreign wars and failing veterans.

A Marine's Story (Unrated) «Don't ask - don't tell» drama based on actual events in the life of a returning Iraq War veteran (Dreya Weber) who encounters intolerance in her conservative hometown when the local yokels learn that she was forced to retire from the military for same - sex conduct unbecoming an officer.

British filmmaker Lynne Ramsay returns with this concise, poetic and violent drama in which Joaquin Phoenix plays a troubled US war veteran

In 1947, a movie called «The Best Years of our Lives» won 7 Oscars, including best picture, for its harrowing portrayal of World War II veterans, who return home only to realize that their lives will never be the same again.

Directed by John Frankenheimer, the film starred Frank Sinatra as Captain Bennett Marco, a Korean War veteran who has returned home after being captured by the Chinese.

DVD Review: The Veteran Director: Matthew Hope Cast: Toby Kebbell, Brian Cox, Tony Curran, Ashley Thomas Running Time: 98 minutes Certificate: 15 Synopsis: Returning home from the war in...

It also comes with «Let There Be Light,» a 1946 documentary directed by John Huston about mentally wounded WWII veterans returning from war.

Based on the book of the same name, Miles Teller stars alongside Haley Bennett as a returned Iraq War veteran suffering from PTSD and having trouble adapting to life back home.

The story introduces two war - weary veterans — one black, the other white — who return home to rural Mississippi where prevailing racism and poverty put them into another harrowing combat zone.

Riveting fact - based drama about a Vietnam war veteran (Tommy Lee Jones) who goes on a quest to find his soldier son, who disappeared after returning stateside from a tour of duty in Iraq.

Written and directed by Paul Haggis (more...) Riveting fact - based drama about a Vietnam war veteran (Tommy Lee Jones) who goes on a quest to find his soldier son, who disappeared after returning stateside from a tour of duty in Iraq.