National Veterans Foundation Blog and News

Vet-to-Vet: From the Military to Medicine

By National Veterans Foundation / March 7, 2015

Before deploying to Iraq with the 1st Infantry Division near Tikrit in 2004, Chris had thought electromechanical engineering would be…

By Shad Meshad / March 4, 2015

It seems like the more we know about PTSD, the more there is to know. While the term PTSD didn’t…

By Shad Meshad / January 28, 2015

Vietnam veterans showed us the breadth, depth and long-term ramifications of non-physical injuries—Post Traumatic Stress. The wars in Iraq and…

By National Veterans Foundation / January 15, 2015

From the Los Angeles Times Recent veterans have committed suicide at a much higher rate than people who never served…

By National Veterans Foundation / January 15, 2015

From the Huffington Post The 52,300 Americans wounded during the Iraq and Afghan wars are almost all home now. And…

By Shad Meshad / January 7, 2015

A lyric heard in elevators, markets and malls probably since last Thanksgiving. But an impossible dream if you’re among the…

By Shad Meshad / December 18, 2014

Dear Supporter, We are in the trenches, helping veterans who need help the most, and we need your support to…

By Shad Meshad / December 5, 2014

The message came in on our website from the caretaker for a vet. Richard Miller, a Vietnam vet, wrote to…