Nachi china chomwe sitimayang'ana kwambiri pankhani yankhondo, machitidwe aku America, ngakhale pazaka 20 zomwe zangochitika kumene ku Iraq: ambiri Asilikali ambiri amapulumuka pankhondo kuposa amene amaphedwa ndi nkhondoyo. Izi zakhala makamaka kotero m'zaka za zana la makumi awiri ndi chimodzi za dziko lino Nkhondo pa Zigawenga, yomwe ikusewerabe mkati maiko ambiri padziko lonse lapansi.
Ndipo pali china choti muwonjezere ku zenizeni izi: ngakhale asitikali ambiri apulumuka, amatero ndi kuvulala kochulukira kwamitundu yosiyanasiyana - zomwe a Veterans Affairs (VA) ndi madotolo ankhondo amazitcha mokweza. polytrauma. Zina mwa izi, mutha kuthokoza nthawi zonse-zotsogola zida zophulitsidwa bwino (IEDs) ndi miyala ina yamtengo wapatali nkhondo zamakono monga "wanzeru" mabomba odzipha zomwe zimatha kutentha, khungu, kugontha, kapena kuvulaza matupi a msilikali, kwinaku akupweteketsa ubongo wawo. miyandamiyanda, zina mwa izo sizidzaonekera mpaka miyezi kapena zaka pambuyo pake.
Nkhondo ya US Department of Defense chiwerengero cha ovulala imangopereka chithunzithunzi cha kusiyana kumeneku pakati pa kuvulala ndi kufa - pafupifupi asanu ndi atatu ovulala kwa aliyense wophedwa, malinga ndi ziwerengero zake - chifukwa zikomo Asitikali ndi makontrakitala okhawo omwe imfa ndi mabala awo amatha kutsatiridwa kuyambira nthawi yawo kumadera ankhondo monga Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, ndi kwina. Pentagon simaphatikizapo m'magulu ake omwe kuvulala kwawo kudachitika kapena kuwonekera pankhondo zankhondo zaku America, omwe, mwachitsanzo, amavutika ndi kupuma chifukwa cha poizoni. kuwotcha maenje Pentagon idakhazikitsidwa kuti itaya zinyalala ku Iraq kapena kuchokera maganizo, matenda osokoneza maganizo omwe amathandipo Ululu wopweteka. Kupatula apo, kuchuluka kwa kudzipha kwa omenyera nkhondo ndi Nthawi 1.5 ili pamwamba kuposa anthu wamba.
Njira zovulala zotere zikuwonetsa kuti boma la US lili ndi omenyera nkhondo ambiri pambuyo pa 9/11 kuti asamalire kuposa momwe amavomerezera. Izi zikuphatikizanso anthu omwe sanawonepo nkhondo koma adadutsamo kuthamanga kosalekeza ndi kukakamizidwa kwa deployments kapena ngakhale wankhanza kuseka in ambiri malamulo masiku ano wotambasulidwa asilikali.
Mwachidule, omenyera nkhondo aku America amafunikira chithandizo chonse chomwe angapeze ndipo, pakadali pano, palibe umboni kuti zikubwera.
Zonse zanenedwa lero, kuposa 40% a post-9/11 veterans ali ndi mtundu wina wolemala wovomerezeka - poyerekeza ndi zochepa 25% mwa omwe adachokera kunkhondo zakale. Chiwerengero chimenecho chikuyembekezeka kukwera 54% mโkati mwa zaka 30 zotsatira. Omenyera nkhondowo akugwiritsanso ntchito chithandizo chamankhwala cha VA ku zomwe sizinachitikepo mitengo, komabe kawirikawiri kuyenera kudikirira milungu ingapo kuti mupeze chithandizo chofunikira kwambiri.
Nkhondo Zaumwini Sitiziwona
Monga msilikali wazaka 10, wogwira ntchito zachipatala yemwe amagwira ntchito zankhondo komanso mabanja ogwira ntchito zankhondo, komanso woyambitsa nawo Brown University's. Ndalama za Nkhondo Yachiwawa, Ndalankhulapo ndi mazana a asilikali akale ndi mamembala achangu a utumiki kwa zaka zambiri. Nthawi zambiri amafotokoza za kusiyana kwa chithandizo chamankhwala ndi chithandizo chomwe akufunikira kwambiri. Nthawi zambiri, mabungwe othandiza anthu wamba amadzaza pomwe thandizo la boma likusowa.
Zina mwa zitsanzo zomwe ndakumana nazo zingakhale mkulu wa Air Force Reserve yemwe adadalira zopereka ndi mabanki a chakudya kudyetsa banja lake; msilikali wakale wa Marine yemwe adapeza wothandizira thupi chifukwa cha ululu wake wosalekeza komanso kuyenda chifukwa cha mwayi wokumana nawo pamsika wa alimi; ndi chizindikiro cha Navy, chocheperapo chomwe chimatulutsidwa mwaulemu "mapepala oipa," omwe adalandira chithandizo kudzera mu gulu la Alcoholics Anonymous. Ndipo kupyola pamalingaliro oterowo (mochepera) mathero osangalatsa ali ndi mabowo ambiri othandizira boma paumoyo wa omenyera nkhondo athu.
Zomwe zimapezekanso m'magulu ankhondo ndi achibale ndi okondedwa awo omwe amasiya ntchito kuti ayende ndi ovulala kapena odwala kuti akapeze chithandizo kapena kuthera nthawi yochuluka kuti awathandize tsiku ndi tsiku. Mwachitsanzo, taganizirani za mayi wopanda mayi amene anasiya ana ake aangโono aลตiri paokha ku California kuti akakhale ndi mwana wake wamwamuna wovulala pankhondo pamene anachira ku Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ku Maryland. Ganizirani za ana omwe amawonera kanema wawayilesi ndikusewera masewera apakanema masana onse, chifukwa amayi awo amayenera kuyendetsa abambo awo omwe ali pachiwopsezo chankhondo kuti akakumane nawo. Owasamalira ngati iwowo amadzipereka kwambiri kuposa momwe ayenera kuchitira kaamba ka okondedwa awo ndi dziko lawo. Pobwezera, amaperekedwa pafupi ndi kusazindikirika, ngakhale chitetezo ku chiwawa zimenezo si zachilendo mโmabanja ankhondo oterowo.
Pankhondo zazikulu zambiri zam'mbuyomu, a kusodza adathandizira kuwonetsetsa kuti pali anthu ambiri othandizira asitikali ogwira ntchito komanso omenyera nkhondo, pomwe aku America ambiri adadziwa wina yemwe adagwirapo ntchitoyo. M'zaka za zana la makumi awiri ndi chimodzi Amereka adakhazikika pagulu la anthu ochepa chidziwitso wa - ndi thandizo kwa - gulu lake lankhondo. Anthu wamba (makamaka akazi, inde) nthawi zambiri amanyamula zofooka, monga momwe zilili zoyembekezeka (pamodzi ndi amuna awo) kuti alowenso bwino m'moyo wamba pambuyo pogwira ntchito m'gulu lankhondo.
Pulogalamu ya VA Caregiver
Boma silinyalanyaza nโkomwe mavuto a anthu a mโbanja lathu amene amasiya ntchito zawo kuti asamalire ovulala athu. Mu 2010, Purezidenti Barack Obama adasaina lamulo lomwe lidayambitsa Pulogalamu ya VA Caregiver, mndandanda wa zothandizira mabanja omwe akukumana kale ndi ovulala kwambiri kapena odwala pambuyo pa 9/11 akale. Pulogalamuyi imaphatikizapo ndalama zothandizira, kubweza maulendo, ntchito zapadera zachipatala, ndi maphunziro kwa osamalirawa. Mโkupita kwa nthaลตi, zinatero kukodzedwa kwa omenyera nkhondo azaka zina ndi okondedwa awo, pomwe njira zokhalira osamalira olipidwa zidafika onjezerani aliyense amene amakhala ndi wakale wakale wanthawi zonse. Kukhazikitsidwa kwa Pulogalamu Yosamalira Omweyi kunazindikira kwambiri kuti banja ndi gawo lofunika kwambiri pamagulu a makontrakitala apadera adabweretsedwa kuti athandizire Nkhondo Yachigawenga, ngakhale akazi, amayi, ndi achibale sanalipidwe mokwanira monga anzawo oteteza chitetezo.
Tsoka ilo, zinthu zabwino zimangokhala nthawi yayitali! Chakumapeto kwa 2021, VA analengeza kuti ichita kafukufuku wamabanja pafupifupi 20,000 a asitikali ankhondo a post-9/11 omwe akulandila ndalama ndi ntchito pansi pa pulogalamuyi, kutengera yatsopano zofunika kwambiri. Malamulowa ankanena kuti asilikali akale omwe okondedwa awo analembetsa amalephera kuchita chimodzi mwa "ntchito za tsiku ndi tsiku" monga kuvala, kusamba, kudya, kapena kungoyendayenda.
Pamene VA poyamba ankanena kuti pafupifupi a Chachitatu mwa mabanja a "cholowa" omwe kale anali nawo pulogalamuyi ataya phindu lawo kumalo atsopano osamalira, posakhalitsa zinaonekeratu kuti ambiri - pafupifupi 90% mwa omwe akuwunikiridwa - atha kupezeka kuti ndi osayenera. Pambuyo pa zovuta zingapo zamakhothi ndikulowererapo kwa magulu ankhondo akale, Pulogalamu Yosamalira kuimitsidwa kafukufuku wake koyambirira kwa 2022 ndipo adavomera kuunikanso kuwongolera kwake.
Mu February uno, komabe, Khoti Lalikulu anakanidwa pempho lobweretsedwa ndi ma Advocates a veterans yesa kusowa kwa opereka chithandizo pakuwunika komanso kusowa chidwi pa zomwe msilikali aliyense wankhondo amafunikira. Pakadali pano, monganso mbali zina zambiri za moyo wankhondo, omenyera nkhondo ambiri ndi mabanja awo omwe adalira chithandizochi amawona zam'tsogolo kulendewera ndi ulusi.
Nkhondo Yolimbana ndi Zigawenga Zowononga Anthu
Ife anthu aku America timakonda kuyang'ana kwina pomwe boma liyika ochepera a ife m'njira yovulaza - ngakhale tinkanena za Asilikali 170,000 aku America ku Iraq kokha mu 2007! Masiku ano, ambiri aife mosakayika timaganiza kuti Nkhondo Yachigawenga yatha. Pamene utsogoleri wa Pulezidenti George W. Bush unalandira chilolezo cha Congress kuti aukire Afghanistan Kenako Iraq, kwenikweni kupeza macheke opanda kanthu kwa zaka zikubwerazi, mibadwo ya anthu aku America, ambiri ochokera m'madera otsika komanso ocheperako, adatumizidwa kunkhondo zosatha ndipo - osatonza! - mazana zikwi za iwo ku tsogolo lovulazidwa ndi kudzipatula.
Kupanda thandizo kwa omenyera nkhondo am'tsogolo ngati amenewa kudakhazikitsidwa kuyambira pachiyambi, popeza olamulira a Bush sanayike pambali ndalama zowasamalira kwanthawi yayitali, komanso Congress sinakhazikitsepo ndalama zonse zowasamalira. nkhani pamtengo wamtsogolo wotero womwe ungathe, pamapeto pake, kufikira - kuyerekeza kwa Costs of War Project - $ 2.2 zankhaninkhani,. Ndizo osamveka kumene ndalamazo zidzachokera, osasiyapo momwe tidzalembera ndi kuphunzitsa ogwira ntchito zachipatala okwanira mliri wasakazidwa dongosolo lachipatala.
Monga mkwatibwi wa usilikali komanso wothandizira zaumoyo ndekha, ndimayang'anizana ndi mphwayi wa boma lathu nthawi zonse. Mkwatibwi wanga watsala pang'ono kutha zaka 20 ku usilikali ndipo, ndi mantha, ndikuyembekeza nthawi yayitali yodikirira komanso matepi ofiira omwe ndikudziwa bwino kuti akhala akukumana ndi anthu ambiri. ena m'malo ake.
Zokumana nazo zanga monga wochiritsira sizimandithandizira kutsutsa zenizeni zotere. Kupitilira miyezi itatu yapitayo, ndidayimbira dipatimenti yopereka chithandizo ku VA's Community Care Network. Amapanga mgwirizano ndi opereka chithandizo chamankhwala omwe si ankhondo kuti asitikali ankhondo athe kupeza chithandizo kunja kwa malo a VA ngati asankha kutero. Woimira yemwe ndidalankhula naye atatsimikizira kuti pakufunika opereka chithandizo chamankhwala ambiri mdera langa, adalemba dzina langa ndi zidziwitso zolumikizana naye, kundiuza kuti wina abwera kudzandifunsa "zakudya" mkati mwa masiku 10.
Kupitilira masiku 100 ndikuyimba foni katatu pambuyo pake, ndikudikirirabe. Momwemonso mnzanga yemwe ndimamudziwa kwazaka zambiri akuyendetsa inshuwaransi yaku America ya labyrinthine mental-health system. Makampani ambiri a inshuwaransi ali ndi mafomu okhazikika pa intaneti omwe amatha kuvomera "zolowera" kuchokera kwa omwe amapereka zidziwitso. (Zowonadi, zonse zomwe zili zofunika ndizochepa kuposa tsamba lachiwerengero cha anthu komanso zokhudzana ndi msonkho.) Palibe malo olowera otere omwe alipo mu dongosolo langa la VA - ndipo kumbukirani, ndikukhala pafupi ndi Pentagon.
Kwa aliyense wogwira ntchito ku VA yemwe amakhala pampando wofunda yemwe wayima pakati pa omenyera nkhondo ndi omwe ali oyenerera kupereka chisamaliro chawo, pali wachibale mmodzi wosaphunzitsidwa, wopsinjika maganizo yemwe amakakamizika kugwira ntchito popanda mtengo wochepa kapena osalipira. Ndikhulupirireni, n'zovuta kuchitira umboni kupsinjika maganizo kwa wokondedwa akuyang'anizana ndi kusintha kwakukulu, pamene akudziwa kuti opanga malamulo omwe anali okonzeka kuwaika m'mavuto tsopano ndi osakonzekera bwino kuwasamalira pamene sagwiritsidwanso ntchito mwachindunji.
United Kodi Timagwa?
Mukufuna kuganiza - sichoncho? - kuti anthu ndi omwe aku America akufuna kuyikamo ndalama kuti apeze tsogolo labwino la dziko lathu, osasiya anthu onse. Mobwerezabwereza, kukumana ndi zosowa kuyambira chisamaliro chamoyo ku njala ku zopanda malire Kuwonongeka kwachilengedwe zochitidwa ndi asitikali athu ndi boma, oyimilira athu a Congress akuwoneka kuti ali okonzeka kuchita zambiri kuposa kale kupanga zida pamaziko a zaka zambiri.
Kusowa thandizo kwa omenyera nkhondo ndi gawo limodzi la vuto lalikululi. M'banja langa, mwina, mantha oipitsitsa ali pafupi kwambiri (kuphatikiza kuti dziko lathu likhoza kudzakhala m'tsogolomu ndi boma la Russia la Vladimir Putin). Ngakhale popanda zoopsa zamtsogolo zoterozo, mikhalidwe ya moyo ya anthu osatetezeka pakati pathu amene apulumuka nkhondo zathu zoopsazi iyenera kukhala chenjezo lakuti, ngati tipitirizabe kukhala osakonzekera kusamalira awo amene anayesa kutitumikira, sikungakhale koyenera kumenyera nkhondo. adzakhalabe.
Ine ndi mkazi wanga timakonda kudzizunza mlungu uliwonse poonera nkhani zapawailesi yakanema za apocalyptic sci-fi The Last kwa Ife momwe ma Zombies omwe akhudzidwa ndi mliri komanso ziwawa za asitikali athu amachepetsa dziko lino kukhala magawo angapo okhazikitsidwa ndi asitikali omwe amasungidwa ochepa mwayi. M'chiwonetsero china, mkulu woyang'anira dera linalake akuchenjeza wachinyamata wosamvera kuti kuchita bwino kwambiri kuti akhale ndi moyo wabwino ndikukhala wapolisi m'boma lake. Chenjezo la Spoiler: pamapeto pake amabedwa ndi omenyera nkhondo omwe amayesa kumugwiritsa ntchito kuti apeze machiritso a mliri wapadziko lonse lapansi womwe ukufalikira padziko lapansi. Pamapeto pake, amatengera maloto a tsogolo labwino lomwe asayansi apanga ndikuchitapo kanthu. Muyenera kuyang'anitsitsa kuti mudziwe zambiri, koma chisankho chake chofuna kuchita zomwe zingatipindulitse tonsefe chinasiya mkazi wanga ndi ine kukhala okondwa kwambiri m'dziko lovutali.
Ndikukayikira kuti ngati tikufuna dziko labwinoko, tonsefe tizichita ngati ngwazi yachichepere ija yomwe imayika moyo ndi miyendo pachiwopsezo kaamba ka ubwino wa tonsefe. Maloto angawa ayamba ndi kulimbikitsa boma lathu kuti lichite chilichonse chomwe lingathe kuwonetsetsa kuti timayika ndalama zambiri mwa anthu m'malo motengera zida zina, kuphatikiza zida zankhondo. mitundu yomaliza ya dziko.
A posachedwapa New York Times op-ed adadabwa kuti anthu aku America masiku ano sakuwoneka kuti akuwopa zida za nyukiliya monga momwe amachitira kale, ngakhale tikuwopa zinthu zina zambiri kuyambira ma virus kupita ku disinformation mpaka kusintha kwanyengo. Chodabwitsa, ndikukayikira kuti kuyang'anira koteroko kumayambitsidwa, mwina, ndi kudzipereka komwe kukuwoneka kosatha kwa dziko lino popereka ndalama kwa gulu lankhondo lamphamvu komanso zida zake m'malo mwa maphunziro, zaumoyo, zomangamanga, ndi ntchito, osanena za Ankhondo akale omwe tidawatumiza kunkhondo yowopsa yauchigawenga popanda kudzipereka kuwathandiza.
Si nthawi yoti tiyambe kukankhira nthumwi zathu za congressional (chiyembekezo chaching'ono, chomvetsa chisoni!) kuti tikhazikitse ndondomeko zomwe zingatilimbikitse tonsefe, kuphatikizapo asilikali ankhondo, m'malo motsanulira ndalama zambiri ku gulu lankhondo lomwe langotumiza ambiri. za ife ku gehena ndi kubwerera mu zaka zana lino?
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