NO ONE LEFT BEHIND!
I hardly know where to begin. USA Today published this story on October 1st. A radiology technician at the VA Hospital in Iowa City noticed anomalies. A patient arrived for a test, but the doctor’s order for the test had been cancelled. He ...
Labor Day and Veteran Employment
Anyone who works with veterans will tell you that second to medical and mental healthcare, employment is a critical factor for veterans making a successful transition to civilian life. Veterans, especially the young ones, leave a very ...
Pink Lady PSA Encourages Supporters to Remember NVF in Estate Plans
In a new PSA by Pink Lady Jackie Goldberg, she encourages supporters to remember the National Veterans Foundation in their estate plans. At 84 “years young,” Pink Lady Jackie Goldberg of Hollywood is a force of nature. She’s a producer, ...
New Limits to Transferring GI Bill Education Benefits Affect Military Families
Sometimes you just end up scratching your head and wondering who thought this was a good idea. Case in point: Last month, the Department of Defense announced changes to the GI Bill that make it harder to transfer earned educational ...
If Your Returning Veteran Won’t Talk to You…
Husband, wife, son, daughter. Aunt, uncle, niece, nephew. Grandson, granddaughter. The child of a friend. A friend or acquaintance— Whoever your veteran is, if communication is difficult, it’s not about you.This is the hard part, ...
Still a Challenge: Getting Vets to the VA
My first assignment in what became my life’s work, was an inquiry into why returning Vietnam veterans were not using the West LA VA facilities. The short expression of the conclusion was that it was not user-friendly. Vets felt alienated. ...
PTSD Symptoms Catch Up to California Vet
A 55-year-old Army veteran from California called the NVF at his wife’s urging about his PTSD. He’d never told anyone that he had witnessed two fellow soldiers killed in front of him, and he was nearly killed himself. Married for 22 years, ...
Help on the Way for a Tennessee Army Vet
The Call In February a Gulf War Army Veteran called from Tennessee saying he felt like he’d lost his family after his recent divorce. He told Counselor Greg Flowers that he felt like a very bad person because of the things he’d seen and ...
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