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NVF Women Veteran Outreach Director Featured on KTLA

By National Veterans Foundation / March 31, 2015

The National Veterans Foundation Women Veteran Outreach Director Kristine Hesse was featured on a recent KTLA News segment on the…

Gripping New Vietnam War Memoir Released this Week

By National Veterans Foundation / March 18, 2015

A gripping Vietnam War memoir by combat Veteran and stunt car driver Rick Seaman was released by Putnam and Smith…

Time to Redouble Our Efforts to House Our Homeless

By Shad Meshad / March 10, 2015

Los Angeles might be the largest urban area in the richest country of the world.  But you wouldn’t know that…

NVF’s New Partners in Nevada and Alabama

By National Veterans Foundation / March 7, 2015

The National Veterans Foundation is taking part in two new exciting veteran support projects with partners in Nevada and Alabama:…

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…

PTSD, TBI and HBOT

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…

Counseling and Mental Health Care before Deployment Could Ease Vets’ Return

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…

Detailed study confirms high suicide rate among recent veterans

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…