You don't notice them as veterans everyday

In 2006 I created a video saying that veterans were veterans everyday as a reminder to the rest of us.

We honor them on November 11th every year but we should honor them everyday.

They carry the wars they fought inside of them for the rest of their lives. Some have memories. Some are haunted by them. Some civilians hear PTSD and think it is a new illness but the truth is, every generation of veterans faced what war did to them and every generation will. Just because you didn't know about it, they were coming home much like today. They had PTSD. They committed suicides more than they committed crimes but reporters didn't notice. They tried to build families as much as they suffered when the families fell apart. They ended up living on the street almost as much as they ended up serving those streets in law enforcement and in fire departments.

We talk about the homeless veterans now but didn't notice when 300,000 of them had no place to call home. We talk about the claims backlog now in the VA but no one noticed how many of them had fought for years to have their own claims approved and processed in greater numbers.

You don't notice them as veterans everyday because they ask for little for themselves. They fight harder for others.


Veterans Everyday from Kathleen "Costos" DiCesare on Vimeo.