Veteran suicide is a major issue on Capitol Hill, but policymakers may be making decisions based on incomplete or inaccurate data, according to several investigations that suggest depression could be a far larger problem than… Read More
COLUMBIA, MO. Just before dawn on a chilly Wednesday morning, Gary Powell climbs into a large white passenger van and turns on the ignition. As the engine warms up, the Columbia Missourian (https://bit.ly/1CvmmOF ) reports… Read More
A new report that says Department of Veterans Affairs officials in Washington knew about the VAs health care scandal for years is expected to prompt new efforts in Congress to figure out who knew what,… Read More
Salida, CO The non-partisan Vet Voice Foundation joined an estimated 500 people who turned out for a meeting in Salida, Colorado to support Browns Canyon as the next national monument. Five military veterans had the… Read More
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Pearl Harbor Day was observed by a few local veterans posts Dec. 7, but the World War II submariners group stopped holding commemorations. “There are just not enough of them left, or who are well… Read More
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A Marine Corps veteran from the Sacramento area was awarded a mortgage-free home in Williams. Wells Fargo Bank presented Sgt. Mohamad Akhtar, a firefighter and Purple Heart recipient from Orangevale, the keys to his new… Read More
Sometimes things can go wrong on a major scale. Think sudden storm on Mount Everest, avalanche on South American ski slopes, safari disaster in Africa. For Americans caught in the thick of it, quick, competent… Read More
A group of volunteers has been welcoming veterans and active military servicemen and women home for the holidays at the Grand Rapids airport. Volunteers with Operation Handshake come almost daily around the holidays. They line… Read More
In her role as a San Francisco Superior Court judge at the Hall of Justice, Cynthia Ming-mei Lee often encounters military veterans in criminal cases. You could tell by looking at them they were different,… Read More
DENVER Seventy years after Sidney Shafner left Regis University bound for WWII in Europe, Regis University’s president politely asked the now 93-year old if he could move his tassel from the right to left side… Read More