The rising cost of being in the National Guard: Reservists and guardsmen are twice as likely to be

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hungry as other American groups

WASHINGTON - National Guard and reserve soldiers are having trouble feeding their families due to a year of record deployments.

Hunger among Guard members and reservists is more than double the national rate, according to U.S. Census Bureau data from mid-April through early June.

They report more food insecurity than nearly any other group, regardless of household income, education, age or race. Nearly one in five Guard members report sometimes or often not having enough to eat. And a third of those with a spouse serving in the National Guard or reserves report not having enough to eat. The numbers are even more troubling for National Guard and reserve families with children.

In an ordinary year, when they're not activated or deployed, most reservists and Guard members spend one weekend a month running drills and two weeks a year, often during the summer, training. This schedule allows most of them to work civilian jobs or get an education as well. It's a similar work schedule for reservists, who work for different branches of the military.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/rising-cost-being-national-guard-202402879.html

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1. Why is it we can't take care of those willing to fight for us? Yesterday it was a tread about

the number of suicides of vets. Tonight it's National Guard members having trouble feed themselves and their families. What is wrong with this country? This makes me so angry. Where the "F" does all the money go that we pay in taxes? Throw away a couple of those stupid planes that still don't flying safely and take care of our service people, vets, and national guard. How hard can it be to do the right thing?