Mental Illness, Alcohol Abuse More Prevalent Among Military Wives

Not to get off topic. But I wonder what you feel about Vietnam Era Young Females who fell in love with returning Vietnam Veterans who never got recognition from the VA in any way, No Mental Health support, no Mental Health Education, No VA housing support from the VA when and if their new Vietnam Combat Husband Veteran actually became ill from service related stressors, and could not take care of and support his family any longer. What about those kids and those wives? I think those kids were called Generation X. I am one of those generation x kids I just found out, when my ill father who went missing actually was discovered and then found out who he was a Vietnam Combat Vet Considered VA Incompetent and 100% Service Connected. What was discovered is he did not tell my mom he was an actual Vietnam Infantry Combat Vet 1966-68. Now I gather is that he was stunned to much, not exactly glamorized upon return, confused, and tried to put the past behind him as fast as possible as a blank memory as soon as he returned, unimportant to him and his future, and anyone elses. But those dark secrets do not leave your reality I now believe. Sh-t. The example given, could be many generation X stories untold. But it certainly was mine. My mom suffered I know. I watched it. She had no time to cry. She had to get janitor jobs, 23 years old with 3 young kids, from a house wife one day, to struggling to do janitor jobs anywhere she could shot out of a cannon, looking struggling for work all day and night, never seeing her very much, to bring noodles to the table, and sometimes not having food at all, I can remember. What a sad mess we were living in the richest nation in the world, our father sacrificing his youth and health at the will of those in suits on TV he never met. I just wonder if those on TV in suits every suffer the consequence of that they ORDER?! I was confused by it all myself. And those in the suits on TV that you know would say great glamorous things on TV about how great things were well that was really captivating and everything. But I wonder if their father's were Vietnam Combat Vets who was untreated, uncared for, leaving his young family in shelters? I enlisted 18 Navy, a varsity lettering athlete high school, to be the bright light of the family, in an enlistment recruited to me as a path to become an officer, and then after meritorious award e2 advancement bootcamp award, was assigned at the NEEDS of the NAVY to what I finally recently discovered were congressional documented reported "TEST" Manning Concept Guided Missile Combat Ships, where I would struggle mightly in this "TEST" I was unknowingly assigned, and get ill myself, now service connected. My mom watching all this happen, passed away a few years ago bless her lovely spirit and heart. She battled tough while those on TV would waive a flag, and sing the praises of greatness, and then go to their mansions on a hill somewhere, and have nice big party. Do females of Combat Vets have it rough then and today yes they do. Do the people who compromise most of our elected government even comprehend 1% the reality of what they glamorize so well, the military family? I need some more feedback on that.