National Veterans Foundation Blog and News

Fence jumper brings issue of troubled veterans to Obama’s door

By National Veterans Foundation / September 24, 2014

From the Washington Post – Shad Meshad, president and founder of the National Veterans Foundation, thinks Obama should talk to Gonzalez.…

By Shad Meshad / September 15, 2014

It was 1987, a little over ten years after the end of the Vietnam War, when Good Morning, Vietnam opened…

By Shad Meshad / September 13, 2014

“The Vietnam experience changed my life. I knew that if I survived Vietnam when I got back I owed it…

By National Veterans Foundation / September 4, 2014

From the New York Times Thousands of Vietnam-era veterans barred from receiving benefits because of less-than-honorable discharges may be eligible…

By Shad Meshad / August 28, 2014

From Shad Meshad’s Blog at the Huffington Post Just about the time I was working to develop and lobby for…

By Shad Meshad / July 31, 2014

You probably knew him as Maverick or Rockford. He was an icon in film and television. At the National Veterans…

By National Veterans Foundation / July 23, 2014

Student Veterans of America (SVA) is announcing an initiative to raise awareness of schools facing issues that may present challenges…

By National Veterans Foundation / July 18, 2014

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti committed Wednesday to accept the Obama administration’s challenge to end veteran homelessness in Los Angeles…