i was diagnosed with ptsd. i wasn transferred to [ inaudible ] my homelessness was an as a result of the substance abuse. it lost everything. i had jobs but couldn t keep them. my life was unimaginable. of those homeless at mcvet, 11 are women. eight arrives last month and one with a 9-year-old daughter. nicoles is one of a rising of number of female homeless veterans from the current war. an issue that got attention of chief. there are 100,000 veterans on the streets and we know 4,000 from the current wars. we learn we are creating homeless veterans much faster,
sooner than from vietnam. of the 4,000 homeless vet from iraq and afghanistan, 10% are women. but it s not just homelessness that has admiral mullen concerned. suicide. we re really struggling trying to understand why the rate is what it is. in fact, in one weekend in september alone, there were five suicides on two different army bases. private nichols heard of ptsd but didn t think it applied to her, like 95% of those who end up at mcvet, she was self-medicating, abusing drug and alcohol. it was hard to live. i was constantly depressed. anxiety was out of control. i was like on a roller coaster of emotions. but the federally funded mcvet gave her a second chance. she works as a security guard to earn money and takes classes with the other homeless vets, including self-defense. after fighting for her country, she s now fighting to
to have a happy ending. thank you. disturbing number of veterans coming home from the war in iraq and afghanistan aren t just having problems finding jobs too. many of them don t even have a place to live. new survey finds the number of homeless vet is on the rise. jennifer griffin tells us about a woman whose life took a bad turn and trying to get back on track. when she joined the army after high school, the private nichols never expected to end up homeless. that wasn t the be all you can be she signed up for. i didn t hit rock bottom until this past march 2010. veteran of operation desert storm trained to detect biological and chemical weapons. living on the street suffering from post traumatic stress disorder or ptsd, the result of sexual trauma at the hands of a superior officer years before. now she has a bed at mcvet, a v.a. funded homeless shelter in baltimore that is structured like the military itself by platoon.
in baltimore that s structured like the military itself, by platoon. i was diagnosed with ptsd. and i wasn t ready for the trauma unit in v.a. hospital in baltimore. my homelessness was a direct result of my substance abuse. i lost everything. i had jobs but couldn t keep them. my life was unmanageable because of it. of the 250 home veterans at mcvet, 11 are women. while nichols served in the first iraq war, one of the rising number of the female homeless veteran from the current wars. of the 4,000 homeless vet from iraq and afghanistan, 10% are women. private nichols heard of ptsd and didn t think it applied to her like 95% of those end up at mcvet, she was
has a lot of foreclosures itself has been hard hit. it s the ritz is a mixed message. greta: viewers, write your congressman and the white house about this one. thank you. thank you. greta: as you know, today is veterans day. on the record salutes all of our veterans on the special day. our own jennifer griffin has report about specific veterans who need to be remembered in particular. when she joined the army after high school, private sean nichols never expected to end up on the streets homeless. that wasn t the be all that you can be that private nichols signed up for. didn t hit rock bottom until this past march 2010. veteran of operation desert storm trained to detect biological chemical weapons living on the street suffering from post traumatic stress disorder, result of sexual trauma at the hands of a superior officer years before. now she has a bed at mcvet, a v.a. funded homeless shelter