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Medical care, mental health professionals and housing providers are working to end homelessness for Veterans by taking part in the annual Operation Stand Down. The event will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Standing in line on a wind-whipped concourse of Huntington Park, waiting to step inside an executive office that for a few hours became a makeshift eye-exam station, Donald Boyd contemplated his own mortality. When I

Gateway Community and Technical College is among the top 10 career and technical colleges in the nation named Best for Vets by Military Times. The ranking focuses on benefits coverage, support services and an in-depth

HEBRON, Ky. Jim Fritsch wore his World War II uniform for a trip to Washington, D.C., he paid for 70 years ago with bravery and sacrifice. “I kept my uniform and bars and my navigator’s

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. — Team Redstone gathered to honor a local veteran with the third highest military award for valor, the Silver Star, for his actions in Vietnam.  Retired 1st Lt. Phillip B. Fikes, of

Frederick-based Way Station Inc. has received a grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide transitional housing and supportive services to homeless veterans. The Frederick nonprofit has locations in Carroll, Frederick, Howard and Washington

YOUNTVILLE As a state senator visited the Veterans Home of California on a statewide tour of senior care centers, leaders of the home shared their thoughts on improving care for future generations of veterans. On

The National Coalition for Homeless Veterans estimates that 309 Montana veterans lacked shelter at some point in 2013. In a single nights survey, the January point-in-time count, nationally 49,933 veterans had no home. Singer/songwriter James

Director David Ayer went to great pains to make sure his upcoming war film Fury, which opens in theaters on Oct. 17, gives audiences an authentic look at life and death in combat. The movie,

If the bullet had flown higher, it would have hit Travis Good in the head. After a military patrol in Afghanistan that took fire, Good checked his backpack. There he found a small hole, and

HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF) – If you know a veteran who’s homeless or could use some help, there’s an event they can attend this weekend. It’s called Operation Stand down and it’s a three-day event for

Lazy is not a word in Serafin Perezs vocabulary. Hes had a job since his teens. After serving in the Navy and Army for 16 years, the Iraq War veteran secured civilian employment in private