News by subject: VET

Nearly 600 members of the Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA), including Pennsylvania National Guard (PNG) soldiers and airmen, DMVA state employees, and department contractors responded to Winter Storm Harper over the...

The Honourable Filomena Tassi, Minister of Seniors, will visit the Perley and Rideau Veterans' Health Centre to learn about the services and care they provide to seniors. A photo opportunity and media availability will follow. Please note that all...

The public is invited to an open house at the Hollidaysburg Veterans' Home (HVH) located at 138 Veterans Blvd., Duncansville, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 29. The HVH is one of six veterans homes operated by the Pennsylvania Department of...

Blue Buffalo will sponsor the Wounded Warrior Amputee Football Team vs. Atlanta Falcons & NFL Celebrity Stars Tribute to Heroes Game to be held prior to Super Bowl LIII on Wednesday, January 30, 2019. Captained by U.S....

The Nevada Military Support Alliance (NMSA) announced today that the 501(c)3 organization has committed to fundraise $250,000 for Homes For Our Troops to build a brand new, mortgage free, specially adapted custom home for Army Sergeant Adam...

Today, the Tiger Team 7, a unit of catastrophically wounded combat Veterans from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, has been launched. Tiger Team 7 is a motivational speaker's bureau for corporate, civic, military, veteran, and student audiences across...

Veterans met with Bank of Hawaii in Kapolei to practice their employment-seeking skills and to learn about job opportunities available to them through Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) career counseling services. The event,...

Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) announced its support for Homes for Our Troops (HFOT), a nonprofit organization that builds and donates specially adapted custom homes nationwide for severely injured post-9/11 veterans, to empower them to rebuild their...

New Mobility Magazine recently announced Cory Lee Woodard, a world traveler, award-winning blogger, and wheelchair user, as its 2018 Person of the Year.   "I have subscribed to New Mobility Magazine nearly my entire life...

The Veterans Transition Program (VTP) has been helping Veterans in British Columbia cope with operational stress disorders for 20 years. Thanks to support from the Government of Canada, the VTP is expanding their programming to help more Veterans get...

LaFleur, a Grand Rapids digital marketing agency, announced today the results from its 2018 bottle drive as part of its community engagement program. A bottle drive involves collecting cans and bottles with a ten-cent deposit and giving the funds to...

James Lamb, the president of the Small Business in Transportation Coalition ("SBTC"), a 501(c)(6) non-profit business league announced today that his transportation industry trade group launched an "Emergency Relief Fund" for United States Coast...

The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, PC, QC, MP, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, will tour the lower mainland and Vancouver Island this week to meet with Veterans, stakeholders and organizations to discuss...

Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) announced its support of Warrior Reunion Foundation (WRF), which is dedicated to reuniting veterans and bringing together servicemembers and Gold Star Families during retreats focused on reconnection and healing. This...

The unemployment rate for non-active duty warriors improved by 40 percent over the past five years, according to data gathered from the 2018 Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) Annual Warrior Survey. Additionally, WWP reports that for the first time in...

Cheeriodicals is partnering with representatives from Andersen Corporation, America's premier window and door manufacturer with headquarters in Bayport, Minnesota, to assemble and deliver 520 Big Green Boxes of Cheer for patients at the Phoenix VA...

QTC Medical Services, Inc, a Leidos company , was awarded four prime contracts by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to continue to provide medical disability examinations for the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA). The multiple award,...

The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, PC, QC, MP, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, will tour the lower mainland and Vancouver Island this week to meet with Veterans, stakeholders and organizations to discuss...

The Congressional Medal of Honor Society announces that Charles S. Kettles, Medal of Honor recipient, passed away Monday, January 21, 2019, in Michigan at the age of 89. Kettles was born on January 9, 1930, in Ypsilanti, Michigan. He was drafted...

Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) announced a grant to Boulder Crest, a military service organization that hosts retreats facilitating post-traumatic growth for veterans managing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and combat stress. This $430,000...

The current partial U.S. Government shutdown may be creating financial hardships for some of our military/veteran families. Families may be eligible for assistance through Operation Homefront's Critical Financial Assistance Program. Eligibility...

Requests for temporary financial assistance through The American Legion are pouring in from U.S. Coast Guard personnel across the country affected by the government shutdown. The annual operating budget for The American Legion Temporary Financial...

Robotic Research has been awarded a contract by the State of Michigan for participation in the New Autonomous Mobility Vision initiative.  Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer recently announced the grant at the North American International Auto Show....

Learning Without Tears, an early education company, and VetAdvisor®, the nation's expert in veteran-centric integrative care, today announced the launch of Operation Military Gratitude. The initiative aims to inspire students around the country to...

MAGLITE® will welcome Dana Loesch, Nationally Syndicated Radio Talk Show Host and Dana Bowman American hero, Veteran and Founder of the Halo for Freedom Foundation to MAGLITE® Booth # 4029 during the run of the SHOT Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. Dana...

Hunt Heroes Foundation (HHF), the non-profit organization founded by Hunt Military Communities ("HMC"), is excited to announce it has recently started accepting applications for its annual HHF scholarship grants....

Scott Helmer is a singer, songwriter, musician, and Guinness World Records holder for "Most Live Music Performances in 24 Hours (multiple cities)." Since 2012 his special fundraising concerts have helped raise more than $2 Million for good causes...

Earlier this week, 41,000 members of the U.S. Coast Guard woke up without paychecks in their bank accounts. Since that time, The American Legion Temporary Financial Assistance program has received more than 1,000 requests, and additional funds are...

Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) announced support for Vail Veterans Program (VVP), a 501(c)(3) organization that rebuilds veterans' confidence through extraordinary, therapeutic experiences. WWP's $100,000 grant will provide summer and winter...

In the spirit of Martin Luther King Service Day, approximately 400 volunteers joined Operation Gratitude today, to assemble 25,000 Care Packages at the DC Armory.  The packages will be delivered to law enforcement officers, firefighters, and National...

Today, the Schultz Family Foundation announced a $7.5 million investment to the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University to advance the Onward to Opportunity (O2O) program in support of veteran career preparation and...

The US Navy Veterans Mesothelioma Center says, "If your US Navy Veteran husband or dad just died of confirmed mesothelioma before the financial compensation claim was able to begin, please call us as soon as possible at 800-714-0303 so we can try to...

Tuft & Needle (T&N), the Phoenix-based digitally native sleep brand that led the disruption of the mattress industry, announced today that it would donate $100,000 to Team Rubicon, an international nonprofit disaster response organization that unites...

Lord Rockwell LLC announces their Not-A-Bumpstock that complies with new regulations banning bumpstocks published in December. Like bumpstocks, the patent pending Not-A-Bumpstock uses a one piece grip and stock body that slides relative to the...

Nationwide Coin & Bullion Reserve is proud to announce its partnership with Operation Finally Home, a highly regarded charitable veterans' foundation that designs and constructs custom homes for veterans in need. With this newfound relationship,...

Today, DAV, Paralyzed Veterans of America and Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States released The Independent Budget Veterans Agenda for the 116th Congress which contains policy recommendations to ensure that the Department of Veterans Affairs...

The HeroZona Foundation and the Travis L. Williams American Legion Post 65 will be hosting a special program on Martin Luther King Jr. Day at the Travis L. Williams American Legion Post 65 (1624 E Broadway Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85040). The program will...

Join us for the Blinded Veterans Association's first annual "Light Up the Darkness" event on 28 March at The State Theater, Falls Church, Va., featuring country artists Cory Batten and Kent Blazy. Nashville songwriters, Batten and Blazy have worked...

United Spinal Association is pleased to announce the appointment of Danielle Corazza, an experienced military and veteran advocate, as the new vice president of its VetsFirst program, which supports veterans with disabilities in achieving the highest...

Operation Homefront, serving America's military families® since 2002, today announced the 96 semifinalists for the 2019 Military Child of the Year® (MCOY) Award. 2019 marks the 11th anniversary of this special event as the nation's premier...

Veterans Housing Development Corporation ("VHDC"), a nonprofit focused on the critical need for affordable housing for military veterans, announced today the launch of a new website where clients, supporters, and other interested parties can learn...

Anticipating broad interest in the 75th anniversary of D-day June 6, 2019, Koehler Books, Virginia Beach VA publishes D-Day Journal - The Untold Story of a US Ranger on Omaha Beach by John V.O....

Leaders with the American Federation of Government Employees are calling out Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie for disparaging a disabled combat veteran who shared his firsthand accounts of veterans who are suffering extreme financial...

Leading up to and on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, The Mission Continues, a national veterans' nonprofit, will commemorate Dr. King's legacy through large-scale community service. Veteran volunteers with the organization will apply their skills in over...

Super 8® by Wyndham today announced the donation of more than $42,000 to leading military and veteran non-profit Fisher House Foundation, following the sale of its one-of-a-kind, hotel-centric concept car ROADM8, which first made its debut at the...

When the untimely passing of 39-year-old Purple Heart Homes' (www.phhusa.org) Co-Founder and former Strategic Development Officer Dale Beatty occurred on February 12, 2018, the organization pledged to honor Dale's memory by building upon and...

U.S. News & World Report ranked online MBA and executive MBA programs from Washington State University's Carson College of Business as No. 13 out of a field of 285 online MBA programs nationwide. "Our online business...

The Congressional Medal of Honor Society announces that Joe M. Jackson, Medal of Honor recipient, passed away Sunday morning, January 13, 2019, in Washington State at the age of 95. Joe Jackson was born on March 14, 1923, in Newman, Georgia. Colonel...

Go Energistics (GoE) is pleased to announce it has been selected to provide initial outfitting, transition and activation services (IOT&A) for the Redding Outpatient Clinic, through a partnership with VA Northern California Health Care System...

Sidney Brady and his wife, Elizabeth, are no strangers to the stresses of marriage and raising a family. Adding another level of complexity, Sidney copes with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) stemming from his deployment during Operation...