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President Jimmy Carter Passed Away Today, Dec. 29th, 2024

By Shad Meshad / December 29, 2024

President Jimmy Carter, Veteran U.S. Navy, Nobel Prize Peacemaker and Champion of Veterans—October 10, 1924 – December 29, 2024. It…

West LA VA in Lawsuit

By Shad Meshad / September 3, 2024

I waited 53 years for my day in court, and it finally arrived on August 6, 2024. All that time…

December 7: A Day to Support and Remember Veterans

By Shad Meshad / December 6, 2023

In the buildup to the holidays at the end of the year, this day, December 7, stands out. As much…

Choose to Continue Supporting the NVF in Your Year-end Giving

By Shad Meshad / December 23, 2022

As the National Veterans Foundation enters its 38th year, I am both amazed at our long journey together, and profoundly…

Suicide While on Active-Duty

By Shad Meshad / December 9, 2022

Four sailors in the same command have taken their lives in less than a month (October 29 – November 26)…

Looking Through the Wrong End of the Telescope

By Shad Meshad / March 25, 2022

You expect population growth and the impact that will have on traffic, services, employment opportunities and affordable housing. What we…

The Historic I Am Vanessa Guillén Act

By Shad Meshad / February 3, 2022

For over five years, I’ve been writing about MST, military sexual trauma, initially as experienced by women Veterans. I had…

Starting the New Year

By Shad Meshad / January 7, 2022

It’s January again, after Janus, the Roman god depicted looking both forwards and back, seen often over doorways. On the…