Veteran Resources - Veteran-Related General News Items

ADDRESSING THE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS OF VETERANS IN ARIZONA

In August 2020, the authors of this paper initiated a community-action project called Veteran Transportation Matters. The goal...

‘Shameful for America’: Two Latino Vietnam veterans fight deportation

During the Vietnam War, one of Valente Valenzuela’s grim tasks in the Army was collecting body parts from...

Broken promises: Veteran health care is being replaced by the private sector

In 2018, Congress passed then-President Trump’s signature veterans’ legislation, the VA MISSION Act, which was designed to shift...

Veterans Day 2021 Discounts

Veterans Day 2021 is on Thursday, November 11th, 2021. This Veterans Day discounts list will continue to be updated...

Veterans’ Toxic Exposures: How Lawyers, Law Students Can Help

Veterans and active military members are subject to many toxic exposures and are at risk of resulting illnesses,...

Do you know which VA ID card is right for you?

By DARREL MADDUX/Veterans Help Net Correspondent And American Legion Historian | October 19, 2021 1:00 AM Here are the facts:...

Illinois’ first all-women veteran honor flight to Washington, D.C. takes off from Midway

Illinois’ first all-women veteran honor flight to Washington, D.C. took off from Chicago Midway International Airport on Wednesday....

Agriculture investing platform partners with veteran-focused nonprofit

Fort Worth-based agriculture investing platform Harvest Returns announced Sept. 29 it has partnered with Bear Hug Cattle Company, a nonprofit...

Is adopting a service dog right for you? What veterans diagnosed with PTSD need to know

Military Times Early Bird Brief Editor Diana Stancy Correll, in a post on their website, explores a variety...

Massive veteran records backlog could get addressed in federal spending bill

WASHINGTON —  Congress is considering providing another $60 million to help address the massive pandemic-induced backlog of records requests...