Case 1:  Grant $3183.63.  Thirty year old female National Guardsman from Missouri. Single mother with four children. Deployed to Iraq, September 2005 – June 2006.  Upon return to States was diagnosed with thyroid cancer for which she is being treated at the VA.  She cannot hold a job because of the effects of cancer treatment.  Grant was for rent Nov-March $2000, auto insurance $320.00, car payment $290.20, past due phone bill $534.43.

Case 2:  Grant $6,479.99.  Thirty year-old Army Captain from New York.   Had spent 17 years in the Army when he was injured in Iraq. Served two tours in Iraq.  Was seriously wounded twice.  Received two Bronze Stars and Commendation for Valor.  He suffers from TBI, PTSD, considerable fatigue, and numbness in his feet.  He continues to be treated at the Brooklyn VA Hospital.  Reserve Aid paid $3816.68 on credit card he has been using for survival, $2300 for February and March rent, and $363.21 for his past-due cell phone bill.

Case 3:  Grant $9086.60.  Twenty-four year-old soldier from Texas.  Has a wife and two children.  Was severely injured in IED blast in 2003.   Has severe TBI, heart condition (which will require heart surgery in the future) and PTSD.  Is 100% unemployable.  Is receiving treatment at the Dallas VA.  Reserve Aid paid $1349.68 for his insurance and $7,736.32 to purchase a car for him, so his wife can drive him to his VA appointments, which is 85 miles from his home.

Case 4:  Grant: $3680.79.  Female E-4 National Guardsman from Missouri. Married with three children.  Served in Iraq from November 2005 to November 2006.  Developed severe headaches while in Iraq.  Upon return home, was diagnosed with brain lesions.  She is currently paralyzed and cannot speak.  She is not expected to survive.  Reserve Aid paid $2696.93 for mortgage to prevent foreclosure, $334.58 for heating bill, $360.64 for auto insurance, 

Case 5:  Grant: $5281.17.  Twenty-four year-old Marine Corporal.  Married with one child. Has severe PTSD and was hospitalized for 18 months for this condition.  In addition, suffers from severe depression. Reserve Aid paid $204 for a previous student loan, $2401 for a credit card they had been using for survival, $588 for another credit card, $784.86 for another credit card, $305.40 for their auto insurance, $672.23 for a personal loan, $1664.00 for propane for heat (they had been without heat for two weeks), and $325 for his text books.  Since working with Reserve Aid, his mental condition has greatly improved.  This is the result of not having to worry about the huge debt he had accumulated.  He has enrolled in Junior College and is doing well.

Case 6:  Grant $5504.  Female soldier, 33 years old from Louisiana.  Has five children and husband is in prison serving life sentence.  Was deployed to Iraq when Katrina hit New Orleans.  Service member returned home to find that she had lost everything.  She has been struggling for the past three years to rebuild her life.  Reserve Aid provided $1500 Wal-Mart card for food and clothing, $3535 for used van, and $479 for one year of auto insurance.

Case 7:  Grant $2280.  Forty year-old Marine Reserve Gunnery Sergeant from Kentucky.  Married with three children.  Was severely injured by IED blast while in Iraq.  Incurred eye and leg injury and is totally deaf in left ear and suffers from PTSD.  Family was evicted from apartment on 8 Jan 08 due to non-payment of rent. Service member is now receiving compensation from the VA.  Reserve Aid paid $750 for one month rent in new apartment, $494.43 for past-due gas bill, $536.00 for past-due bill on storage facility, $500 Wal-Mart card for food and gas.