Those of us acquainted with military life know that Veterans Service Organizations are supposed to help us when we get out of service. 

I spent years as the Ombudsman for my husband’s ship. There, I spent countless hours helping military families with everything from getting families in touch with their service member, to finding babysitters, to setting up and advocating families transition out of the military and into the adventure that is veterans’ affairs. There, I also witnessed the ways that VSOs and the VA in general are failing these families of veterans. 

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