Here's one way to say thanks:
That's a good start.
Here's more ways to give thanks:
And ways to demand thanks:
Contact your US Rep and Senators (you might want to tell them to have a pen and paper handy):
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Demand that they stop the military branches from discharging soldiers for purely pre-existing conditions when they have service connected injuries and ailments... cutting them off from their earned benefits and often resulting in them getting a bill for their earned bonuses.
- Demand they review cases where this is believed to have already occurred.
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Demand that they standardize the DoD disability rating system so that service connected injuries deserving of retaining military benefits earn at least a 30% rating so our wounded vets get them.
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Demand that they do more to staff the VA bureaucracy so that claims of disabled vets can be decided faster and more accurately... no more skimming do to meet quotas while short on staff.
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Demand they address States with historically low ratings for veterans claims to ensure no more vets get told their shrapnel isn't service connected or other absurd excuses for low ratings.
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Demand they make mental health care more accessible to vets with appropriate staffing and allowing private care when VA facilities aren't nearby.
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Demand they do more to facilitate claims by homeless veterans with a claims process that is almost entirely done through the mail and taking a more pro-active role with shelters and other homeless advocates to ensure they are both aware of and able to get to the services available to them.
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Demand that if they're going to continue our operations in Iraq, whether they support it or not, that they increase the size of the military so our men and women in uniform do not have to endure extended and multiple tours with little leave. For both them and their families.
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Demand they thank the troops in more than words... but with actual support.
Don't just say thanks. Give thanks. Demand thanks.
