SALT LAKE CITY — Veterans Day allows a grateful nation to honor the veterans in their lives, lifting them up with recognition and special events.

But long after the parades pass by, the unique needs of American veterans remain. Experts say these challenges can require special resources and help.

It’s the experience of living a military and then a civilian life that makes a veteran’s life unique, said Corey Pearson, Deputy Director of Veterans Services with the Utah Department of Veterans and Military Family Affairs.

“Veterans, at one point in their life, only understood civilian life … and then they go and join service and they have to learn a whole other lifestyle … And then … if they retire or they decide to leave early, they have to make another adjustment in life,” Pearson said. “Th

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