To see the full DAV investigative report, click on the website link here: https://www.dav.org/women-veterans-study/
A brief synopsis of the study is quoted as the "DAV report shows service gaps for women in health care, transition services, disability compensation, employment and housing. "
"Women have patrolled the streets of Fallujah and Kandahar, they have driven in convoys on desert roads and mountain passes, they have deployed with Special Forces in Afghanistan on cultural support teams, they have climbed into the cockpits of fighter jets and out of the bloody rubble after IED explosions. Many have begun their long journey home. The question we ask in this report is – “Will they walk alone?" This report addresses the issues that have long been under-addressed and acknowledged as possible concerning female veterans.
*Women veterans are two to four times more likely to be homeless than nonveteran women.
*"The challenges of transition to post-military life affect women differently than men and, accordingly, women should receive special attention from the federal government and the communities they live in."
*Post-9/11 women veterans and National Guard women veterans have higher rates of unemployment than other groups
*"Transitions can be complex for women because not only are they processing what they experienced while deployed to a combat theater, they must also process societal assumptions that women are not warriors."