NO ONE LEFT BEHIND!
If you saw our Giving Tuesday Facebook post on May 5, then you’ve met Mario Miramontes. He grew up in Los Angeles, Harbor Area, and went to Banning High School. He joined the Marine Corps straight out of high school. Trained in San Diego, ...
NVF’s Response to Covid-19: We Didn’t Miss a Day
Los Angeles went into lockdown on March 20th. The mayor’s announcement came late afternoon on the 19th. Our counselors were still answering calls on our Lifeline for Vets. Knowing the calls would continue to come in and ...
Diary: Louis Geiger, NVF Counselor
“An Army veteran called our Lifeline for Vets and needed his DD214 to complete his job application for a federal job. I advised him that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Personnel Records Center was accepting urgent DD214 requests ...
Women Veterans Coordinator, Martha Varela
Originally from Mexico, Varela has 20 years of non-profit work experience working with inner-city communities. An Army Veteran, she was a combat field medic. Martha holds a degree in Social Work, Youth Studies, and Multicultural Studies. ...
Meet Jim White
We waited a long time to be able to add Jim to our team. One of the most-decorated helicopter pilots in the Vietnam war, White earned the nickname “Sneaky” because he was so effective extracting troops under siege in the jungle.He fills ...
U.S. Army Combat Vet Jake Ruch Bikes from Las Vegas to Los Angeles to Raise Awareness of Veterans’ Mental Health Issues
Los Angeles, CA -- (April 13, 2020) – Combat Vet Jake Ruch set off from the Welcome to Las Vegas sign on the south end of the strip Saturday morning to ride 300 miles to Los Angeles—in three days. Originally planned as a ride across ...
The NVF Responds to Covid-19
Our National Veterans Foundation Team is in constant contact with the VA and other local, regional, state and federal partners to make sure we provide the most up-to-date information to Veterans and their families who call our toll-free ...
The VA’s Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic
Our Lifeline for Vets phones are ringing off the hook with Veterans or their family members asking about VA facilities. In response to the Coronavirus pandemic, the VA has called for additional screenings, questioning or testing Veterans ...
