The issue I am going to elaborate upon in my Capstone project is the issue of Veteran health care and disability compensation.  Since the revolutionary war, disabled veterans have gone without promised compensation.  The issue not only lies with failing to deliver promised compensation, but also with quality and accessibility of care.  This is leading to a huge amount of veteran and active duty suicides as well as homelessness.  There is a stigma surrounding seeking help in the military, this is the first obstacle needing to be addressed.  Seeking medical care shouldn’t be looked down upon, nor should it be difficult to obtain.  Secondly, care needs to be provided properly and without cutting corners. Lastly, compensation promised to veterans of any era should be delivered in a timely and efficient method as should any promised service.

I will be using an infographic/movie poster created in illustrator as well as a short video documentary discussing my own experience with military health care, with a focus on quality of care received and difficulty of accessing that care.  The projects will relate to each other such that the infographic will be a movie poster for the documentary.  Within the illustrator image I will create a kind of teaser for the documentary, hinting at what the video will contain or maybe posing a question graphically for a viewer to think about while watching the film.  Within the video I will share a number of statistics, as well as my own story and feelings on the process as a veteran, as well as assessing what I know from other fellow veterans.