{"id":52574,"date":"2019-01-04T22:50:26","date_gmt":"2019-01-04T22:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/01\/04\/all-veterans-have-ptsd-and-other-myths-debunked\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T08:02:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:02:20","slug":"all-veterans-have-ptsd-and-other-myths-debunked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/veterans\/2019\/01\/04\/all-veterans-have-ptsd-and-other-myths-debunked\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018All veterans have PTSD\u2019 and other myths \u2014 debunked"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 Here\u2019s something everyone can agree on: The way the public views veterans isn\u2019t always accurate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Take the assumption that all veterans have served in combat and have post-traumatic stress disorder, for example. Or that people only go into the military because they can\u2019t get into college.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those are just a couple of the \u201cpersistent, recycled myths\u201d about veterans that Syracuse University researchers addressed during a session at the <a href=\"https:\/\/rebootcamp.militarytimes.com\/news\/education\/2019\/01\/02\/this-huge-annual-student-vet-meeting-is-about-to-start\/\" target=\"_blank\">Student Veterans of America National Conference<\/a> Friday, using both federal data and an 8,600-person survey of the military community to debunk some of the most common misconceptions about the nation\u2019s youngest generation of veterans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On one hand, studies by Gallup, Pew Research and others have shown there is \u201cenormous public support (for the military) but at the same time a tremendous gap in knowledge about who we\u2019re supporting,\u201d said Corri Zoli, director of research at Syracuse\u2019s Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism. \u201cThey don\u2019t have a lot of granular detail about who they\u2019re supporting and why.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Myth 1: Veterans are a small subset of the population. <\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The number that\u2019s often thrown out is 1 percent, but that applies to active duty troops, researchers said. As of 2017, federal data show veterans make up 8 percent of the U.S. population, with post-9\/11 veterans the fastest growing group among them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Myth 2: Veterans join the military because they could not get into college and are uneducated.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to federal data collected in the 2017 Current Population Survey, 35 percent of post-9\/11 veterans have a bachelor\u2019s degree or higher, compared to 31 percent of all veterans and 32 percent of the general U.S. population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rosalinda Maury, a researcher with the Syracuse Institute for Veterans and Military Families, said education benefits tend to be a top recruiting incentive, and the military promotes and prepares service members for post-secondary education.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/veterans\/2018\/12\/24\/richer-smarter-better-off-things-are-looking-up-for-wounded-warriors\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/C-softball.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Richer, smarter, better off: Things are looking up for wounded warriors<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Many disabled veterans are better off financially than they were four years ago, according to a recent Wounded Warrior Project survey of post-9\/11 veterans.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other research has found this to be true as well. A 2017 <a href=\"https:\/\/rebootcamp.militarytimes.com\/2017\/06\/27\/would-gi-bill-changes-affect-military-recruitment\/\" target=_blank>RAND Corporation study<\/a> found education to be one of the most commonly cited reasons new recruits gave for joining the military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Myth 3: The military is a homogeneous population.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe fact of the matter is the military is the most diverse, ethnically and racially diverse, public institution,\u201d Zoli said. \u201cThat\u2019s a fact.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not everyone is male, white and has the so-called \u201cRa Ra USA\u201d attitude so often attributed to veterans, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While, yes, veterans are predominantly male, and the majority are white, women are the fastest growing group of veterans, Zoli said, and racial minorities make up a higher proportion of the post-9\/11 veteran population than older veterans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They also come from a variety of states, family backgrounds and life experiences that add to their diversity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Myth 4: Veterans have a limited skill set and pursue careers similar to their military specialization. <\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s this common misconception that what you did in the military is what you\u2019re going to do post military life,\u201d Maury said. \u201cWhat we found is that the majority actually wanted to pursue something completely different.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the researchers\u2019 survey of more than 8,500 service members, veterans, reservists and military dependents, 55 percent said they wanted to pursue a different career not related to their MOS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maury said there was a similar split among entrepreneurs, about half of whom started a business related to their military skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Myth 5: Veterans are broken heroes.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This myth has made its way even to college campuses, where veteran advocates like Sarah Skelton, a psychologist at Texas A&amp;M University Corpus Christi, are working hard to change the narrative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an interview following her session at the conference, \u201cDestigmatizing Veterans on Campus,\u201d Skelton said when she first arrived at her university a few years ago, the tab for veterans on the school\u2019s website was essentially just a list of PTSD symptoms. And although well-intentioned, that carried with it a lot of assumptions about student veterans.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/veterans\/2018\/08\/24\/from-boots-to-books-how-tailored-college-classes-help-vets-in-transition\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PCC2-RESIZED.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">From \u2018Boots to Books\u2019: How tailored college classes help vets in transition<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A first-year program offered at some California community colleges is designed to help veterans transition from military to civilian life, emphasizing skills needed to succeed in college, as well as more complex issues such as anger management and post-traumatic stress.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOne of the things that I educate people on is: We are less likely to see somebody (in counseling) for service-connected disability \u2026 than we are for stress related to being a nontraditional student,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In other words, the normal stressors of being a first-generation college student or balancing a full-time job and family life with school, as many veterans do, can have more of an impact on their education than PTSD, a diagnosis that also has varying degrees of impact, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through staff training, peer-to-peer networks and various other engagements with stakeholders, Skelton said she has worked to reframe the conversation on veterans from a starting point of \u201cThey\u2019re broken and disabled\u201d to \u201cThis is what they bring to campus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey bring the leadership skills that we really want to see for our students,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the Syracuse study, researchers found that while more than 3.9 million veterans have a recorded service-connected disability that takes a toll on their personal and professional lives, they\u2019re not living as though they\u2019re broken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In spite of these challenges, 88 percent of veterans surveyed said joining the military was a good decision, and 79 percent gave credit to the military for their success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many are civic-minded, pursuing careers in social work, law enforcement and other fields in which they can continue to serve others. 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