Zócalo Public SquareWhat’s So Special About Today’s Veterans? – Zócalo Public Square https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org Ideas Journalism With a Head and a Heart Mon, 21 Oct 2024 07:01:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 What’s So Special About Today’s Veterans? https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2013/04/25/whats-so-special-about-todays-veterans/ideas/up-for-discussion/ https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2013/04/25/whats-so-special-about-todays-veterans/ideas/up-for-discussion/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 07:01:38 +0000 Zocalo https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/?p=47258 The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are winding down. The country is cutting defense spending. So a new wave of veterans is leaving the military and returning to our communities. In light of this change, and in advance of “How Are Veterans Changing America?” a Zócalo/UCLA event, we asked veterans and those who work with veterans: What’s special about today’s generations of veterans in comparison to previous ones?

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]]> The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are winding down. The country is cutting defense spending. So a new wave of veterans is leaving the military and returning to our communities. In light of this change, and in advance of “How Are Veterans Changing America?” a Zócalo/UCLA event, we asked veterans and those who work with veterans: What’s special about today’s generations of veterans in comparison to previous ones?

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