Georgia Veteran and Active Duty Military Personnel Fact Book Table of Contents VA Benefits & Health Care Utilization (07/22/08)..............................................................................................................3 U.S. Military Veterans, by Branch (9/30/2007).................................................................................................................3 Veteran Facts ..............................................................................................................................................................3 Snapshot: Veterans' Benefits in Georgia..........................................................................................................................3 Important Links .......................................................................................................................................................4 VA Outpatient Clinics ....................................................................................................................................................5 VA Medical Centers.......................................................................................................................................................5 TRICARE Service Centers in Georgia ...............................................................................................................................6 Resources for Veterans and Active Duty Personnel ...........................................................................................................7 Resources for Family Members.......................................................................................................................................7 Mental Health and PTSD Resources ................................................................................................................................9 More Resources ......................................................................................................................................................... 10 Georgia's 14 Military Installations and Active Duty/Reserve Military Personnel (9/30/2007) ................................................. 12 Map of Georgia's 14 Military Installations ...................................................................................................................... 13 Army Active Duty and Reserve Dependents in Georgia .................................................................................................... 14 Veterans in Georgia, by Gender and Race/Ethnicity (9/30/2007) ...................................................................................... 15 Veterans in Georgia, by Age and Race/Ethnicity (9/30/2007)........................................................................................... 15 Veterans in Georgia, by County (9/30/2007) ................................................................................................................. 16 Active Duty Personnel and Veterans Calling Georgia Helpline (HODAC) ............................................................................. 17 Summary Statistics of Callers .................................................................................................................................. 18 VA Benefits & Health Care Utilization (07/22/08) Veterans Receiving VA Disability Compensation (as of 06/30/08): 2.9 M Veterans Rated 100% Disabled (as of 06/30/08): 257,414 Veterans Receiving VA Pension (as of 06/30/08): 317,439 Spouses Receiving DIC (as of 06/30/08): 320,226 Total Enrollees in VA Health Care System (FY 07): 7.8 M Total Unique Patients Treated (FY 07): 5.5 M1 Veterans Compensated for PTSD (as of 06/30/08): 329,746 Veterans in Receipt of IU Benefits (as of 06/30/08): 244,186 VA Education Beneficiaries (FY 07): 523,344 OEF/OIF Amputees (as of 06/30/08): 8032 U.S. Military Veterans, by Branch (9/30/2007) Veteran Facts Projected U.S. Veterans Population: 23,816,000 {Female 1,780,000 7%} Projected Number of Living WW II Veterans (as of 9/30/2007): 2,911,900 Number of WW II Veterans Pass Away Per Day: 900 Percentage of Veteran Population 65 or Older: 39.1% Veteran Population by Race: o White 80.0% o Black 10.9% o Asian/Pacific Islander 1.4% o Hispanic 5.6% o American Indian/Alaska Natives 0.8% Other 1.3% Snapshot: Veterans' Benefits in Georgia Summary: The State of Georgia offers special benefits for its military service members and Veterans including property tax exemptions, state employment preferences, education and tuition assistance, free driver's licenses, vehicle tags, home care for War Veterans, as well as hunting and fishing license privileges. Eligibility for some benefits may depend on residency, military component and Veteran's disability status. For more information: http://sdvs.georgia.gov/ Tuition Assistance (Georgia Air National Guard): Up to 100% tuition is paid, not to exceed $2,790 per school year, $1,395 per semester or the rate of $116.25 per semester hour. Rate per quarter hour not to exceed $77.40. Eligibility: Georgia Air National Guard member. The National Guard Service Cancelable Loan Fund: Provides up to 100% of the tuition charges; not to exceed $3,643 per school year, $1,821 dollars per semester maximum. Soldiers with a baccalaureate degree are not eligible for this program. Eligibility: Must be a legal resident of Georgia and be a member in good standing of the Georgia National Guard. Loan is repaid through continued membership and good standing in the Guard. Georgia HERO Scholarship: The Georgia HERO (Helping Educate Reservists and their Offspring) Scholarship Program was created to provide educational grant assistance to members of the Georgia National Guard and U.S. Military Reservists who served in combat zones or the children of such members of the Georgia National Guard and U.S. Military Reserves. The grant is to attend an approved school for a maximum of up to four award years in the sum of $2,000.00 per award year. No person shall be eligible to receive grant assistance provided under this subsection in excess of $8,000.00. Eligibility: To be eligible to apply for a Georgia HERO Scholarship grant, you must meet one of the following criteria: a. Be a member of the Georgia National Guard or a U.S. Military Reservist who is a Georgia resident that was deployed outside the United States for active duty service on or after May 3, 2005 to a location designed as a combat zone and served in such combat zone for at least 181 consecutive days; or b. Be a daughter or son whose parent was a member of the Georgia National Guard or the U.S. Military Reserves who is a Georgia resident that was deployed outside the United States for active duty service on or after May 3, 2005 to a location designed as a combat zone and served in such combat zone for at least 181 consecutive days, or was killed or totally disabled during such service. A student whose parent was killed or received a 100 percent disability as a result of injuries received in such combat zone shall receive up to a maximum of four award years regardless of the time such student's parents was on active service in such combat zone. (Sections 20-3-486 and 20-3485 of the Georgia State Code). Important Links 81st Regional Readiness Command http://www.armyreserve.army.mil/USARC/RRC/0081RRC/O verview.htm Georgia National Guard http://www.dod.state.ga.us/ Veterans Administration (VA) Facilities in Georgia http://www1.va.gov/directory/guide/home.asp?isFlash=1 Georgia HERO Scholarship Program http://www.gacollege411.org/ VA Outpatient Clinics 9249 Highway 29 South, Suite A, Athens, GA 30601 Phone: 706-227-4534 417 4th Avenue, Albany, GA 31701 Phone: 229-446-9000 1310 13th Street, Columbus, GA 31906 Phone: 706-257-7200 755 Commerce Drive, 2nd Floor, Decatur, GA 30030 Phone: 404-417-5200 1513 Cleveland Avenue, East Point, GA 30344 Phone: 404-321-6111 x2600 1970 Riverside Pkwy, Lawrenceville, GA 30043 Phone: 404-417-1750 5398 Thomaston Road, Suite B, Macon, GA 31220 Phone: 478-476-8868 3931 Munday Mill Road, Oakwood, GA 30566 Phone: 404-728-8210 30 Chateau Dr, SE, Rome, GA 30161 Phone: (706) 235-6581 325 West Montgomery Crossroads, Savannah, GA 31406 Phone: (912) 920-0214; SDVS Field Office: 912-921-3744 562 Concord Road, Smyrna, GA 30082 Phone: 404-417-1760 2841 N. Patterson Street, Valdosta, GA 31602 Phone: 229-293-0132; SDVS Field Office: 229-333-2178 VA Medical Centers Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center, 1 Freedom Way, Augusta, GA 30904-6285 Phone: (706) 733-0188 or (800) 836-5561; SDVS Field Office: (706) 823-2218 Atlanta VA Medical Center, 1670 Clairmont Road, Decatur, GA 30033 Phone: (404) 321-6111 or (800) 944-9726; SDVS Field Office: (404) 728-7611 Carl Vinson VA Medical Center, 1826 Veterans Blvd., Dublin, GA 31021 Phone: (478) 272-1210 (800) 595-5229; SDVS Field Office: (478) 272-4266 TRICARE Service Centers in Georgia Phone: 800-444-5445 Humana Military Healthcare Services, Inc. TSC - Albany, GA P.O. Box 43079 Albany, GA 31704 Humana Military Healthcare Services, Inc. TSC - Augusta,GA (Ft. Gordon) Dwight Eisenhower Medical Center Bldg. 300 Ft. Gordon, -100 30905 Humana Military Healthcare Services, Inc. TSC - Ft. Benning P.O. Box 52530 Ft. Benning, GA 31995-2530 Humana Military Healthcare Services, Inc. TSC - Hinesville, GA (Ft. Stewart) 740 General Stewart Way Suite 109 Hinesville, GA 31313 Humana Military Healthcare Services, Inc. TSC - Valdosta, GA (Moody AFB) 347th Medical Group 3278 Mitchell Blvd., Bldg. 3268 Moody AFB, GA 31699-1500 Humana Military Healthcare Services, Inc. TSC - Macon, GA (Robins AFB) 78th Medical Group 655 - 7th St., Bldg. 702 Robins AFB, GA 31098 Humana Military Healthcare Services, Inc. TSC - Ft. McPherson, GA 1283 Howe St. S.W. Building 162 Ft. McPherson, GA 30330 Humana Military Healthcare Services, Inc. TSC - Kings Bay, GA The Proctor Building 4011 Highway 40E St. Marys, GA 31558 800-444-544 Resources for Veterans and Active Duty Personnel MilitaryOne Source (www.militaryonesource.com) has services to support both service members and their families. Seamless Transition for OIF/OEF Veterans www.seamlesstransition.va.gov Deployment Health Clinical Center http://www.pdhealth.mil Health Care and Assistance for US Veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom http://www.vethealth.cio.med.va.gov/Pubs/Index.htm VA Health Care Enrollment Information http://www.va.gov/elig/ VA Benefits Information http://www.vba.va.gov Women Veterans Health and Benefits Information http://www1.va.gov/womenvet/ Information for Iraqi Freedom Veterans http://www.va.gov/gulfwar/ Afghanistan Service Information http://www1.va.gov/environagents/ State and County Veteran Service Officers http://www.doa.state.nc.us/vets/dso.htm Courage to Care Information Fact Sheets http://www.usuhs.mil/psy/courage.html Citizen-Soldier Support Program www.RibbonsToReality.org Resources for Family Members My Army Life, Too http://www.myarmylifetoo.com/ SOFAR: Strategic Outreach to Families of All Reservists http://www.sofarusa.org/ Operation Military Kids http://www.operationmilitarykids.org/ In 2006, Sesame Workshop launched a groundbreaking, bilingual (English/Spanish), multi-phase, multimedia initiative for young children and their military families called Talk, Listen, Connect. The initiative was born from a strong and singular hope--to recognize the thousands of American children and families who know all too well what it's like to see a loved one go off to war. To view videos on Deployment, Homecomings, and Changes, please follow the link below: http://www.sesameworkshop.org/initiatives/emotion/tlc National Military Family Association (NMFA) http://www.nmfa.org/site/PageServer "10 Things Military Teens Want You to Know" (NMFA) https://secure2.convio.net/nmfa/site/SPageServer?pagename=toolkit Nurturing Skills for Military Families http://www.nurturingparenting.com/npp/nurturing_skills_military_info.php Zero to Three www.zerotothree.org/military Military Child Education Coalition www.militarychild.org Returning From the War Zone: A Guide for Military Families http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/ncmain/ncdocs/manuals/GuideforFamilies.pdf Department of Defense www.militaryhomefront.dod.mil/ Operation Kids on Guard www.nc.ngb.army.mil/family/default.asp Military Child in Transition and Deployment www.militarystudent.dod.mil Military Child of Deployed Parents www.deploymentkids.com/ Mental Health and PTSD Resources American Psychological Association www.apa.org American Psychiatric Association www.psych.org/public_info/ptsd.cfm AMVETS National Headquarters www.amvets.org Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): www.samhsa.gov/index.aspx SAMHSA, National Mental Health Information Center: www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/ "That Guy" is an awardwinning Department of Defense-funded, multi-faceted campaign to increase awareness of the problems associated with binge drinking. www.thatguy.com Battlemind training at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research Department of Military Psychiatry www.battlemind.org The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies: www.istss.org/index.htm Mental Health Channel www.mentalhealthchannel.net/ptsd/ Mental Help Net www.mentalhelp.net/poc/center_index.php?id=1 Mid-Atlantic Addiction Technology Transfer Center, 804-828-9910, www.mid-attc.org Anxiety Disorders Association of America www.adaa.org Association of Traumatic Stress Specialists www.atss-hq.com Defense Centers of Excellence http://www.dcoe.health.mil/default.aspx Military Order of the Purple Heart www.purpleheart.org National Amputation Foundation www.natinalamputation.org National Center for PTSD, Clinical Quarterly www.ncptsd.va.gov/publications/cq/index.html National Center for PTSD, PTSD Research Quarterly www.ncptsd.va.gov/publications/rq/index.html National Center for PTSD, The PILOTS Database www.ncptsd.va.gov/publications/pilots/index.html National Demonstration Program for Citizen-Soldier Support www.ribbonstoreality.org (919) 966-2450 National Clearinghouse on Alcohol and Drug Information www.health.org (800) 729-6686, TDD: (800) 487-4889 SAMHSA's National Mental Health Information Center www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov (800) 789-2647, TDD: (866) 889-2647 Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) www.taps.org 1-800-959-TAPS (8277) Uniformed Services University, Courage to Care Fact Sheets http://www.usuhs.mil/psy/courage.html PCTS Links to Post Traumatic Stress Web Sites www.vietnamveteranministers.org/ptsd.htm The Post-Traumatic Gazette www.patiencepress.com/ptg.html National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Department of Veterans Affairs: www.ncptsd.va.gov/ Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Resources www.umdnj.edu/psyevnts/ptsd.html The National Institute of Mental Health www.nimh.nih.gov/anxiety/anxietymenu.cfm National Mental Health Association www.nmha.org/infoctr/factsheets/index.cfm National Personnel Records Center www.archives.gov/st-louis/index.html American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/ptsd70.htm More Resources Military Officers Association of America www.moaa.org National Veterans Legal Services Program www.nvlsp.org/ National Veterans Organization of America www.nvo.org/ Non-Commissioned Officers Association www.ncoausa.org/ Helmets to Hardhats www.helmetstohardhats.org/home.jsp HELP4Vets www.help4vets.com American Ex-Prisoners of War Organization www.expow.org The American Legion www.legion.org OLIVE-DRAB www.olive-drab.com/od_milorgs_veterans.php3 The Retired Enlisted Association www.trea.org/ U.S. Department of Labor, Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS) www.dol.gov/vets VA Office of Seamless Transition www.seamlesstransition.va.gov Veterans News and Information Service www.vnis.com/ Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States www.vfw.org/ Iraq War Veterans Organization www.iraqwarveterans.org Catholic War Veterans www.cwv.org Jewish War Veterans of the USA www.jwv.org Kitchen Table Gang www.kitchentablegang.org/ Leaders Guide for Managing Marines in Distress www.usmc.mil Legion of Valor www.legionofvalor.com/ Deployment Health Clinical Center www.pdhealth.mil (866) 559-1627 Disabled American Veterans www.dav.org Blinded Veterans Association www.bva.org Paralyzed Veterans of America www.pva.org Georgia's 14 Military Installations and Active Duty/Reserve Military Personnel (9/30/2007) Installation Dobbins Fort Benning Branch Air Force Reserve Army City Marietta Columbus Telephone URL 770-919-5000 706-545-2011 https://www.benning.army.mil/infan try/ Military Personnel 1,615 29,436 Fort Gillem Fort Gordon Fort McPherson Fort Stewart Army Army Army Army Forest Park Augusta Atlanta Hinesville 404-469-5000 706-791-0110 404-464-3113 912-767-1411 http://www.gordon.army.mil/ http://www.mcpherson.army.mil/ http://www.stewart.army.mil/ 2,236 13,754 2,178 16,515 Hunter Army Airfield Army Savannah 912-352-6521 http://www.stewart.army.mil/ 6,036 Moody AFB Air Force Valdosta 229-257-3395 http://www.moody.af.mil/ 4,649 Robins AFB Air Force Warner 478-926-1110 http://www.robins.af.mil/ 5,882 Robins MCLB Albany USMC Albany 229-639-5000 http://www.ala.usmc.mil/ 721 NSA Athens Navy Athens 243 SUBASE Kings Bay Navy Kings Bay 912-673-2001 http://www.subasekb.navy.mil/ 4,136 NAS Atlanta Navy Reserve Marietta 770-919-6392 http://www.cnrse.navy.mil/atlanta/ 1,675 VTS Catoosa Army Guard Tunnel Hill 11 OTHER SITES 7,549 TOTAL 96,636 SOURCE: DOD. Base Structure Report FY 2008 Baseline. Can be found here: http://www.acq.osd.mil/ie/download/bsr/BSR2008Baseline.pdf Map of Georgia's 14 Military Installations Army Active Duty and Reserve Dependents in Georgia Army Base Fort Benning Army Active Duty Dependents 23,423 Army Reserve Dependents 2,243 Fort Gordon 16,541 2,296 Fort McPherson 5,224 3,488 Fort Stewart 10,972 1,857 Total Number of Dependents for Army Active and Reserve Personnel in Georgia = 66,044 Veterans in Georgia, by Gender and Race/Ethnicity (9/30/2007) Hispanic Of Any Race White NonHispanic Black NonHispanic American Indian Non- Hispanic Asian NonHispanic Pacific Islander Non-Hispanic Male 12,579 505,685 162,206 2,640 3,776 482 Female 2,183 34,693 32,088 559 799 98 Total 14,762 540,378 194,294 3,199 4,575 580 Other Or Multiple Race Non-Hispanic 6,369 1,131 7,500 Total 693,738 71,552 765,289 Veterans in Georgia, by Age and Race/Ethnicity (9/30/2007) Age Hispanic Of Any Race White NonHispanic Black NonHispanic American Indian Non- Hispanic Asian NonHispanic Pacific Islander Non-Hispanic < 25 414 5,840 3,454 120 152 26 25-29 1,329 14,205 10,520 240 410 15 30-34 1,874 18,250 12,794 143 455 58 35-39 1,863 28,727 19,835 181 509 73 40-44 1,923 36,523 25,449 279 523 113 45-49 1,894 42,122 31,883 465 455 90 50-54 1,215 45,225 26,273 546 537 106 55-59 1,506 68,356 19,527 402 710 19 60-64 1,003 85,200 15,589 360 312 17 65-69 535 56,278 8,939 242 241 0 70-74 378 46,615 7,116 90 110 15 75-79 382 41,403 6,245 87 85 0 80-84 222 30,945 3,926 45 43 50 85-89 183 16,226 2,119 0 35 0 90+ 42 4,463 625 0 0 0 Total 14,762 540,378 194,294 3,199 4,575 580 Other Or Multiple Race Non-Hispanic 58 240 387 704 782 912 880 973 879 581 437 283 147 179 60 7,500 Total 10,064 26,959 33,960 51,891 65,592 77,820 74,783 91,493 103,359 66,814 54,761 48,485 35,378 18,742 5,190 765,289 Veterans in Georgia, by County (9/30/2007) County Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin Banks Barrow Bartow Ben Hill Berrien Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun Camden Candler Carroll Catoosa Charlton Chatham Chattahoochee Chattooga Cherokee Clarke Clay Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford Crisp Veterans 1,288 430 813 339 4,209 1,025 4,792 7,731 1,274 1,655 12,800 1,090 1,567 1,423 2,635 4,999 1,955 1,970 372 5,821 944 7,843 5,321 1,023 25,569 879 2,333 14,889 6,051 273 24,789 549 56,817 2,536 3,315 12,824 1,332 10,249 1,112 1,558 County Dade Dawson Decatur DeKalb Dodge Dooly Dougherty Douglas Early Echols Effingham Elbert Emanuel Evans Fannin Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton Gilmer Glascock Glynn Gordon Grady Greene Gwinnett Habersham Hall Hancock Haralson Harris Hart Heard Henry Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis Veterans 1,633 1,762 2,076 46,413 1,679 875 8,438 10,900 751 242 5,413 1,742 1,385 840 2,072 13,095 7,765 10,617 1,953 56,304 3,177 162 7,856 3,979 1,824 1,505 47,617 3,475 11,582 674 2,183 3,704 2,283 704 16,338 17,133 690 3,980 1,087 820 County Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar Lanier Laurens Lee Liberty Lincoln Long Lowndes Lumpkin McDuffie McIntosh Macon Madison Marion Meriwether Miller Mitchell Monroe Montgomery Morgan Murray Muscogee Newton Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph Veterans 1,218 837 637 1,929 1,932 901 3,950 3,264 7,257 846 1,310 12,789 1,988 2,052 1,296 1,109 2,525 920 1,696 500 1,700 1,909 639 1,088 2,743 22,909 6,203 2,624 1,060 9,703 2,411 2,835 1,319 1,381 3,105 912 2,441 233 1,559 464 County Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven Seminole Spalding Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbot Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell Thomas Tift Toombs Towns Treutlen Troup Turner Twiggs Union Upson Walker Walton Ware Warren Washington Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth Total Veterans 21,904 8,511 366 1,345 928 4,636 2,175 312 2,345 567 140 2,217 659 1,021 867 3,939 2,869 2,000 1,461 551 5,039 650 632 2,996 2,491 5,189 5,905 3,747 339 1,489 2,742 176 547 2,771 5,752 888 951 726 2,131 765,289 Active Duty Personnel and Veterans Calling Georgia Helpline (HODAC) Branch Army Navy Army Army Nat. Guard Army Army Marines Air Force Navy Army Air Force Army Army Navy Army Army Navy Army Army Marines Marines Marines Army Navy Sex Age Ethnicity F 29 Caucasian M 30 Caucasian M 68 Caucasian M 30 Caucasian African M 35 American M 41 Caucasian African M 48 American M 56 Caucasian M 56 Caucasian African F 54 American M 41 Caucasian M 54 Caucasian M 54 Caucasian African M 32 American M 53 Caucasian African M 38 American F Caucasian M 32 Caucasian African M 41 American African M 70 American M 58 Caucasian M 48 Caucasian M 53 Caucasian African F 48 American African M 26 American Kids Y Y N Calling from Warner Robins Kingsland Cumming Dublin Problem Called About Rent assistance Consumer protection Alcohol treatment Mental Illness Y Macon Y Roswell Transportation to Ohio AA meetings Y Bonaire Utility assistance Y Thomaston Severe COPD, needs utility assistance Y Warner Robins Mortgage assistance Y Atlanta Y Macon Y Newnan N Newnan DUI evaluation Utility assistance Treatment, Prescription drugs, alcohol Alcohol treatment N Savannah Y Macon Alcohol treatment Food Y Warner Robins Wife calling needing domestic violence shelter Savannah Needed domestic violence shelter Y Gordon, GA Wife calling for help with utility bills N Macon Dual diagnosis with crack/marijuana addiction Moultrie, GA Rabun Gap, GA Alcohol and cocaine treatment Alcohol treatment Y Woodstock Wife needs long-term Tx for alcohol abuse Husband committed suicide and 27 year old son Y Warner Robins found him. N Macon Finacial assistance with rent N Jonesboro Cocaine addiction Marines M Army M Nat. Guard M Army F Army F Army M Army M Air Force M Army M Army M Army M African 57 American N 57 Caucasian N 26 Caucasian Y 30 Caucasian Y 27 Caucasian Y 27 Hispanic Y 28 Caucasian N African 41 American N African 53 American N 27 Caucasian Y 46 Caucasian N Atlanta Covington Crack addiction Severe PTSD Winder Savannah Warner Robins Roswell Smyrna Heroin addiction child sexual abuse issues in the home children taken by DFCS due to drug abuse Needed legal assistance Addiction to opiate painkillers Warner Robins Alcohol addiction Macon Savannah Macon Health problems Alcohol addiction Alcohol addiction Summary Statistics of Callers 29% of callers are active duty military personnel with approximately one fourth seeking assistance for substance abuse problems; one third seeking assistance for alcohol-related problems 35% of callers are African American 18% of callers are female 37% of callers are from the Macon/Warner Robbins area, though cities/towns represent the complete geographic demographic of the state. Some calls are from other installations or from wives of spouses stationed in other locations. 57% of callers report having children 37% of callers report being unemployed Source: Helpline Georgia, HODAC, Inc., Funded by SAVPBD, SAMHSA Funds