Our Soldiers
The soldiers need better pay an better protection and a better retirement plans
Dear Mr./Mrs. President
I am a high school student in Albuquerque. I was not able to vote in this years election, but I have begun to think about my opinion on certain subjects. I’m writing this letter to talk about the soldiers. I was born into a military family my great grandfather was in world war one and two. My Father was deployed multiple times he would come back with so much trauma from his deployment. The uncle later joined the Air force he was proud of joining until he saw things from deployment. I think soldiers should get better pay and better treatment for PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). This affects so many soldiers.
My father had reactions to loud noises and bangs; he would duck for cover as if he was being shot at. As a kid I didn’t realize what he did was because of this. The soldiers need therapy or some help sending them out to fight for our country makes it worse. These soldiers are risking their lives to protect our country and in return they get low pay and lost limbs so even die. I am grateful that I never lost my dad but what other people have and they have suffered for it. The families of soldiers have to constantly live in fear because they don’t know if there loved one will come home.
In the United States, there are 22 million military veterans, additionally there are about 318.9 million people in the United States.
As of January 31st there were close to 1.4 million people serving in the U.S.; that’s a lot of soldiers serving. While Obama was our president in the last 8 years a little less or a little more than 75% soldiers have died in the 13 year Afghan war. I hope you give our soldiers' better protection. They deserve a better retirement plan and better pay.
Sincerely, Sydnie G
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_casualties_in_the_War_in_Afghanistan