John R. Campbell Talks About Who Veterans Are

John R. Campbell is the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Wounded Warrior Care and Transition Policy, and wasin town for Veteran's Day related events, including speaking at the 91st New York City Veteran's Day Parade as a guest of Mayor Bloomberg.

We spoke to him about how many people today still think of veterans as the "old-timers" from World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam. However, more than 65% of today's military force and separating veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan were born after 1987.

For more on Wounded Warrior Care and Transition Policy, visit www.warriorcare.mil.

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