NO ONE LEFT BEHIND!We’ve lived with the Covid-19 pandemic for six long months. The other epidemic? Since 1971, at least.When I came home from Vietnam and started working with vets in the streets, I saw the first of many encampments of homeless veterans. ...
Helping Veterans with Veteran Housing Grants
The War on Terrorism, Viet Nam War, and even the Korean War have produced many injured, disabled, and homeless veterans who both sides of Washington often seem to forget about. However, there are a number of resources that veterans can turn ...
VA Disability Compensation Information — What you Need to Know
American service members are in the business of putting themselves in harm’s way for the honor of their country. As a result, American Veterans who were injured while serving their country are owed a great debt of service that can never ...
The Other Sides of Independence
Happy Birthday, Land of the Free! America celebrates 244 years of Independence this July 4th.This year’s celebrations will likely be fewer, smaller and look different. While most of that change is imposed by the pandemic and health and ...
The Tragic Effects of Military Sexual Trauma
The effects of military sexual trauma can impact any Veteran, male or female.American armed service members volunteer to put themselves in harm's way in order to serve their country. Yet in many cases, the harm these Veterans face has ...
William Nash Discusses Moral Distress in First Responders
Last week I went out with my team to hand out survival boxes to the homeless on streets lined with make-shift shelters. The number of homeless has grown exponentially since I first began scouring the streets for veterans in the 1970s. What ...
U.S. Army Celebrates 245 Years on June 14
Third Cavalry on Parade at Camp Tampa, 1898 This Sunday, June 14th, marks a milestone: the U.S. Army celebrates 245 years of service to the nation. Founded on this day in 1775 when the Continental Congress reached consensus to authorize ...
NVF Delivers Second Round of Survivor Boxes for Homeless in LA
This is a large urban area. After our outreach to Skid Row with our Survival Boxes—a 3-5-day supply of food, masks, gloves and personal care items—I went out with our outreach team to Hollywood, West Hollywood and West LA on the same ...
