NO ONE LEFT BEHIND!
From the Washington Post - Shad Meshad, president and founder of the National Veterans Foundation, thinks Obama should talk to Gonzalez. "He has an opportunity," Meshad said of Obama, "to sit down and show he has the you-know-what to ...
Tribute to Robin Williams: the NVF Honors a Silent Benefactor
It was 1987, a little over ten years after the end of the Vietnam War, when Good Morning, Vietnam opened in theatres across America. The actor playing Airman DJ Adrian Cronauer won a Golden Globe Award for “Best Performance by an Actor in ...
The Vietnam Experience Changed My Life
"The Vietnam experience changed my life. I knew that if I survived Vietnam when I got back I owed it to...every combatant to bring these men and women back, and it's the greatest thing in my life."Shad Meshad, President & ...
New Rules May Allow Benefits Long Denied to Vietnam-Era Veterans
From the New York TimesThousands of Vietnam-era veterans barred from receiving benefits because of less-than-honorable discharges may be eligible for upgrades under a new set of guidelines released by the Defense Department on ...
Treating PTSD: Maybe It’s Time for Another Look at Our Options
From Shad Meshad's Blog at the Huffington PostJust about the time I was working to develop and lobby for the National Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Bill, which resulted in the creation of the Vet Centers (now numbering over 300 ...
Losing a Hero: Remembering James Garner
You probably knew him as Maverick or Rockford. He was an icon in film and television. At the National Veterans Foundation we knew him as a supporter who was there for veterans over and over. James Garner served as an honorary board member ...
SVA Announces “Not Recommended” List of Schools for Veterans
Student Veterans of America (SVA) is announcing an initiative to raise awareness of schools facing issues that may present challenges for veterans, and will strongly urge student veterans to avoid these institutions. The decision to create ...
LA Mayor Eric Garcetti pledges to end veteran homelessness in 2015
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti committed Wednesday to accept the Obama administration's challenge to end veteran homelessness in Los Angeles in the next 17 months, saying he will not accept that "veterans live in our city without a place ...
