Kada ka gode Ni Duk da haka: Ka kula da mu lokacin da muka koma gida da aiki don ƙare dukan yakin

By Michael T. McPhearson

Wannan baya Asabar da safe a Saint Louis, MO Ina tafiya gida sai na ga mutane suna taro kuma an toshe wasu sassan titi. Ina zaune a cikin gari, don haka yana iya zama wani gudu, tafiya ko biki. Na tambayi wani wanda yayi kama da mai halarta kuma ya gaya mani cewa don Taron Ranar Tsohon Sojoji ne. Na ɗan yi mamaki saboda Ranar Tsohon Sojoji ita ce Laraba. Ya ci gaba da cewa an yi fasinja ranar Asabar saboda masu shirye-shiryen ba su da tabbas idan za su iya samun 'yan kallo masu kyau ran laraba. Ban tabbata ba idan ya kasance daidai game da dalilin da ya sa an yanke shawarar samun fassarar ranar Asabar, amma yana da hankali da kuma misali ne na al'ummominmu suna bikin tsoffin soji amma ba kula sosai game da mu ba.

Shekaru da yawa da suka wuce, na ci gaba da cike da farin ciki mai ban sha'awa kuma na daina yin bikin ranar Tsohon Tsoho. Yau zan shiga tare da tsoffin soji don zaman lafiya a cikin kira zuwa Reclaim Nuwamba 11th a matsayin Armistice Day - ranar tunani game da zaman lafiya da gode wa waɗanda suka yi aiki ta hanyar kawo ƙarshen yaƙi. Na gaji da yin amfani da mu don amfani da yaki sannan kuma da yawa daga cikin mu an zubar da su da kyau. Maimakon gode mana, canza yadda aka bi da mu kuma muyi aiki don kawo ƙarshen yaƙi. Wannan kyauta ce ta gaske.

Kuna san cewa yawancin likitoci na 22 sun mutu saboda kashe kansa kowace rana? Wannan yana nufin 22 ya mutu Asabar kuma ta hanyar Nuwamba 11^th, 88 fiye da tsoffin soji za su mutu. Ranar Asabar farawa da Nuwamba 11^th bai nufin kome ba ga wadannan tsoffin sojan na 110. Don kwatanta tsananin wannan annoba, by Nuwamba 11^th shekara ta gaba, 'yan gudun hijira na 8,030 sun mutu saboda kashe kansa.

Kashe kansa shine kalubalen da ke fuskantar tsofaffi, amma akwai wasu da yawa. Kwanan nan, bayan shekaru masu yawa na rashin aikin yi ga tsoffin sojin da suka shiga soja bayan Satumba 11, 2001 fiye da takwarorinsu na farar fata, 'yan Tsohon Sojoji sun fi ƙasa a 4.6% - fiye da matsakaicin kasa na 5%, kamar yadda ya ruwaito a Amurka A yau, Nuwamba 10, 2015. Duk da haka, tsofaffi tsakanin shekarun 18 da 24 sun ci gaba da fuskantar rashin aikin yi a 10.4%, kusan kamar nau'in 10.1% marasa aikin yi ga fararen hula a cikin wannan sashi. Duk da haka, waɗannan lambobi basu gaya cikakken labarin ba. Saboda jinkirin raya tattalin arziki, mutane da dama da suka raunana sun fita daga cikin kasuwancin. Ayyukan albashi masu kyau suna da wuya a samu. Ayyukan masu aikin basira mai kyau ba su wanzu. Tsohon soja sunyi magance wadannan matsalolin yayin da suke fuskanci kalubale.

Abun rashin zaman gida ya ci gaba da kasancewa babban matsala ga tsofaffi. Bisa lafazin bayanai daga Ƙungiyar Tattalin Arziki ta Duniya don Masu Tsoro marasa gida, 'yan bindigarmu sun fuskanci rashin gida saboda "rashin lafiyar hankali, barasa da / ko magungunan abu, ko rashin haɗuwa da juna. Game da 12% na mutanen da balagaginsu ba su da gida ba ne tsoffin soji. "

Shafin ya ci gaba da cewa, "Maƙasudin 40% na dukan tsofaffi masu agaji marasa gida ba su da Afirka ko kuma Hispanic, duk da cewa sun hada da 10.4% da kuma 3.4% na yawan jama'ar Amurka .Yawansu rabin rabin balagaggun marasa gida ba su aiki a lokacin zamanin Vietnam . Kashi biyu bisa uku sun yi aiki a kasarmu a kalla shekaru uku, kuma kashi daya bisa uku an sanya su a wani yanki. "

Bugu da ƙari ga gaskiyar abin kunya, 1.4 miliyoyin tsoffin tsoffin soji sunyi la'akari da rashin rashin zaman gida saboda talauci, rashin cibiyoyin tallafi, da kuma yanayi mai lalacewa a cikin gidaje.

Ƙididdigar gajiya mai tsanani su ne, ba shakka, mafi girma ga tsofaffi fiye da fararen hula, babu mamaki a can. Don haka muna ƙara abin da wasu ke kira sabon sa hannu don yaƙe-yaƙe a Afghanistan da Iraki, traumatic kwakwalwa rauni ko TBI, da farko haifar da inganta na'urorin fashewar. A Disamba 2014 Washington Post Labari ya bayyana cewa, "Daga cikin fiye da 50,000 Amurka dakarun da aka raunata a mataki a Iraki da Afghanistan, 2.6 kashi sun sha wahala babban yankakke yanke, mafi rinjaye saboda wani abu improvised fashewa."

Bayan mun ji rauni a yaki, menene ya faru idan muka koma gida? A yau muna da tsoffin soji daga WWII ta hanyar rikice-rikice na yanzu da ke ƙoƙarin samun damar kiwon lafiya. Wannan shi ne shekaru 74 na tsoffin soji daga rikice-rikice da yawa, yaƙe-yaƙe da aikin soja don tsarawa. Dukanmu mun ji game da tsoffin tsofaffi suna jiran watanni kuma wasu lokuta don kulawa. Wataƙila ka ji labarin labarun tsofaffin tsofaffin dakarun da suke kulawa da kulawa kamar kula da asibiti na Walter Reed rahoton a Fabrairu na 2007 ta hanyar Washington Post.

Muna ci gaba da jin cewa da'awar za su sami mafi alhẽri kuma muna tallafa wa dakarunmu da dakarunmu. Amma an Oktoba, 2015 War Times rahoton rahotanni, “Watanni goma sha takwas bayan wani abin kunya da ya barke yayin jiran lokacin kula da lafiyar tsoffin Sojoji, sashen har yanzu yana kokarin gudanar da jadawalin marasa lafiya, a kalla a fagen kula da lafiyar kwakwalwa inda wasu tsoffin sojoji suka jira watanni tara don kimantawa, sabon rahoton gwamnati ya ce. " Shin wannan yana da alaƙa da yawan kashe kansa?

Wannan sakaci ba wani sabon abu bane. Ya kasance lamarin ne tun lokacin da Shays Rebellion a cikin 1786 wanda tsoffin sojoji suka yiwa rauni bayan yakin Juyin Juya Hali zuwa Armyungiyar Sojoji na Yaƙin Duniya na whenaya lokacin da tsoffin sojoji da danginsu suka hallara a Washington a cikin bazara da bazara na 1932 don neman biya da aka ba su alƙawarin da suke buƙata a ciki tsakiyar mawuyacin. Shekaru da dama an hana tsoffin sojan Vietnam sanin fitowar cututtukan da mummunar sunadarin dioxin a cikin Agent Orange. Warwararrun Gulf War suna fama da matsalar Gulf War. Kuma yanzu kalubalen da sojojin da suka dawo suka fuskanta a yau. Hauka da wahala ba zasu ƙare ba har sai fararen hula sun nemi wata hanya ta daban. Wataƙila saboda ba lallai ne ku yi yaƙe-yaƙe ba, ba ku damu ba. Ban sani ba. Amma tare da duk abin da na ambata a sama, na maimaita, kar ku kara gode mana. Canja abin da ke sama kuma yi aiki don kawo karshen yaƙi. Gaskiya na gode.

Michael McPhearson shine babban darakta na Veterans For Peace kuma tsohon soja a yakin Tekun Fasha wanda aka fi sani da Yakin Iraki na Farko. Ayyukan soja na Michael sun haɗa da ajiyar shekaru 6 da shekaru 5 sabis na aikin aiki. Ya rabu da aiki a 1992 a matsayin Kyaftin. Ya kasance memba ne na Iyalan Soji da ke Magana da kuma Mataimakin Shugaban Kungiyar Hadin gwiwar Louis Louis da aka kafa a bayan kisan 'yan sanda na Michael Brown Jr.
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