Veteran Resources - Veteran-Related General News Items

Group helps Vietnam veteran get final wish: One last fish

Spartanburg, South Carolina, based Veteran’s Last Patrol recently collaborated with North Carolina fly-fishing stalwarts Davidson River Outfitters to fulfill a veteran’s last...

Commentary: Institutions of higher learning must double down support for student veterans

By Amy Bernard and Wendy A. Lang  They had it all figured out: How to go to college while managing a...

Report: Veteran suicides far outstrip combat deaths in post-9/11 wars

By Faith Miller  Since the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, 7,057 U.S. military service members were killed...

VA Awards $418 Million in Grants to Help Veterans and Families at Risk of Homelessness

July 6, 2021 – WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs awarded $418 million in grants to more than 260...

Could more veterans be the answer to getting a more functional Congress?

By: Aaron Parseghian WASHINGTON D.C. — When the 117th Congress convened in January, just 91 of 535 members were...

Military families express growing frustration over pandemic-induced backlog of veteran records

National Personnel Records Center has backlog of about 500,000 reques Families of fallen heroes waiting for ‘vital documents’...

July is Hire a Veteran Month in Minnesota

St. Paul – More than 300,000 U.S. military veterans call Minnesota home and more than half of them...

Walmart Launches Site to Help Veterans and Military Spouses “Find-a-Future”

BENTONVILLE, Ark., June 29, 2021 — Today, Walmart launched a site to help veterans and military spouses, whether early...

Triangle Startup Guide adds more events, info for new, veteran entrepreneurs

By Shannon Cuthrell WRAL TechWire’s exclusive Triangle Startup Guide is continually growing with new resources for local entrepreneurs. Whether you’re...

Ohio Senate proposing $12M for veteran-related programs

(Source: Shelley Hanson. Times Leader Staff Writer) Included in the Ohio Senate’s biennial budget are measures aimed at helping...