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Losing a Hero: Remembering James Garner

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…

SVA Announces “Not Recommended” List of Schools for 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…

LA Mayor Eric Garcetti pledges to end veteran homelessness in 2015

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…

No Laughing Matter: Vets and the VA

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…

Raise Your Hand If You Think Veterans Deserve First Class Medical Care

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…

GI Bill Fact Sheet June 2014

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…

Audit: More than 120,000 veterans waiting or never got care

By National Veterans Foundation / June 11, 2014

An internal Veterans Affairs audit released Monday said tens of thousands of newly returning veterans wait at least 90 days…

The NVF Veteran Homeless Street Team in Action

By National Veterans Foundation / May 23, 2014

No one in her family knew Susan, and Army veteran, was homeless.  In March, the NVF Outreach Team met her…