According to United States Department of Veterans Affairs, as many as 20% of recent Veterans will experience PTSD.  When dating back to the Vietnam War and beyond the rate was closer to 15%.  Many of these older Veterans are still in need of treatment.  Although opportunities for women in the military are increasing, there remains a 1 in 5 chance of a women becoming a victim of Military Sexual Trauma (MST), which itself is a form of PTSD.  Paws for Purple Hearts applauds all those other organizations trying to assist the brave men and women of our armed forces.  We believe that our program in which the Warriors themselves participating in the training, optimizes the greatest value from every service dog in training.  A Paws for Purple Hearts dog will likely assist between 40-60 Veterans during their training and that is why our program is all about Warriors Helping Warriors®.