I have read an article about a United States Army war veteran, Angela Peacock, who became homeless after honorable discharge from the army, because of her illness. In these hard times, her husband left her instead of helping her. She had nowhere to go; she stayed with each friend for a short amount of time. While sick, she started taking illicit drugs in hopes of feeling better. Experts said that at the rate6 of homeless veterans rising day by day, the estimated homeless veterans are 131,000. and 12 percent of homeless veterans are younger than age of 34. The War against Terrorism has affected the US economy and the employment in negative ways. Even though Angela Peacock was in the army she was raped by an army officer, because of his higher post, Angela said. The Outreach System wants to help all veterans before they become homeless and unemployed. The VA program helped Angela Peacock by giving her a dog and some financial help.
After reading this article, I got felt true sympathy for homeless people and now I know why they end up on the streets. I've read many other articles on the internet about sports, movies, health, and other various topics, but this article’s title was very dissimilar and it was kind of odd. When I saw that the US army officer became homeless, I was shocked and in disbelief. The interesting thing in this article was the news about the US army that gives me an idea how hard life could be in the army. Even though she was in the US army, no one helped her in this painful time. When she became homeless, the VA program helped her by providing aid. I chose this article to write about because I felt that everybody should respect homeless people rather than judging or looking down at them. http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/09/25/homeless.veterans/
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