Vets fight vices, homelessness

Vets fight vices, homelessness
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by Sean DooganMonday, Nov. 12, 2007
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Military veterans make up almost one quarter of the United States' homeless population, according to statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
That equals almost 200,000 former soldiers, Marines, airmen and seamen on the streets this Veteran's Day.
Some of them live right here in Alaska.
The stress of combat and grueling training, coupled with the military lifestyle, contribute to the high numbers, according to Veterans Administration officials.
Oliver Warren wanted to be a Marine.
"I finished high school and joined the Marine Corps and left town," Salvation Army Resident Manager Oliver Warren said.
But after serving at Cuba's Guantanamo Bay, chronic back pain changed his future forever. He was discharged from the military.
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