Being a 20 year retired Vet. I have a Masters Degree, so I don’t qualify for training. I have no job, and can’t keep up-to-date on my skills nor will companies take me on because I have a felony dating back 7 years ago. Little does the public know 10% of the prison population across our Country are Vets. When we get out, we have a 33% UI rate, and no programs to get us rolling again into society. I am ready, and look forward to working again one day. Hire A VET, please. Thank you

Elmo post is why we should not have yet another handout for anyone. I am not a vet, but have plenty of friends and family in the military, and we all agree.
It was the choice of the person to go into the military, it was the choice for them to commit a crime, it was a choice for them to stay in the military.
This will just create another group of whiners that will complain they are going to die when the handout has to be removed when our government runs out of money.
Why do this?
I am not unpatriotic; I thank every service person and support their decision to be a vet.
But why another hand out for them?

I’m a Vet and many of my friends are Vets. The only thing that i think would be extremely helpful would be to eliminate the expiration of the GI Bill. Under the old GI Bill, the education benefits stop after 10 years whether the service members used them or not. I think it should be extended for life. Many homelesss Vets would requalify. To me, this is the break some need to get back into the swing of things again. This isn’t asking for anything special since they have contributed to this program and the money was allocated for in the past.