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Remarks by Shad Meshad, President, National Veterans Foundation Los Angeles Veterans Cemetery, Veterans Day 2018

By National Veterans Foundation / November 13, 2018

We meet today amidst the remains and memories of those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation. We…

Crisis Call: Like Landing in a Field Hospital

By National Veterans Foundation / November 9, 2018

A call came in from A Hero, a group of OIF and OEF Marine Corps and Army veterans on the…

Backlog at the VA with a New Wrinkle: Diagnostic Test Cancellations

By Shad Meshad / October 8, 2018

I hardly know where to begin. USA Today published this story on October 1st.  A radiology technician at the VA Hospital…

Labor Day and Veteran Employment

By Shad Meshad / August 30, 2018

Anyone who works with veterans will tell you that second to medical and mental healthcare, employment is a critical factor…

New Limits to Transferring GI Bill Education Benefits Affect Military Families

By Shad Meshad / August 7, 2018

Sometimes you just end up scratching your head and wondering who thought this was a good idea. Case in point:…

If Your Returning Veteran Won’t Talk to You… 

By Shad Meshad / July 10, 2018

Husband, wife, son, daughter. Aunt, uncle, niece, nephew. Grandson, granddaughter. The child of a friend. A friend or acquaintance— Whoever…

Still a Challenge: Getting Vets to the VA

By Shad Meshad / June 26, 2018

My first assignment in what became my life’s work, was an inquiry into why returning Vietnam veterans were not using…

PTSD Symptoms Catch Up to California Vet

By National Veterans Foundation / May 22, 2018

A 55-year-old Army veteran from California called the NVF at his wife’s urging about his PTSD. He’d never told anyone…