NO ONE LEFT BEHIND!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 ...
Lifeline Saves Colorado Vet from Suicide
Veteran suicide prevention is a huge part of the National Veterans Foundation's work. The NVF's Lifeline for Vets takes more than 10,00 of calls from Vets every year, but it's the suicide crisis calls that are the most serious. One recenty ...
My Personal Thoughts on Our Dad, a World War II Vet Allan Isaac Klemp, January 20,1921 – April 6, 2018
This May we will be observing another Memorial Day holiday. Reflecting on our WWII veterans, We often hear that each year we lose more and more of them. This idea affects me now on a personal level because this past April I lost my father, ...
