National Veterans Foundation Blog and News

New Rules May Allow Benefits Long Denied to Vietnam-Era Veterans

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…

By Shad Meshad / July 7, 2014

Stop me if you’ve heard this one: a duck walks into the VA… Sometimes exaggerating to the point of absurdity…

By Shad Meshad / July 3, 2014

Everybody’s in, right? So what’s first class medical care? Maybe Bill Gates’s plan? The President’s? Donald Trump’s? One of those…

By National Veterans Foundation / June 17, 2014

From the US Department of Veterans Affairs. Fact Sheet from the Department of Public Affairs – Media Relations Post 9/11…