Oregon Public Broadcasting

The Governor's Task Force for Veterans Affairs is inviting people to share concerns about how military members are doing after coming home from war.

The group's Mike Burton is a Vice Provost at Portland State University, and a Vietnam vet.    He says he's observed many young vets having problems with health, education, and housing benefits.

Burton adds veterans coming back from overseas are sometimes in a fragile state, concerned with family and other issues.

Mike Burton: "You need to get them into a comfort zone. If they go into a  large, sterile office, and they're talking to somebody who hasn't been in the service, who doesn't quite understand what the issues are, they're going to have a harder time finding what those benefits are, than if they're if they're really linked up to a veterans' services officer who knows the system, can help them get through it."

A town hall meeting is schedules for Wednesday at Portland State's Smith Memorial Union, from 7 'til 9. Other meetings are scheduled in Hillsboro, and in Eugene, LaGrande, and elsewhere later this summer.