After glaucoma took his sight and forced him to leave a job he loved, Brian O’Connell found help through a little-known VA program for blind veterans.
After 20 years, Melissa Fields retired from the Air Force and opened her own interior design business in San Antonio, Texas.
“We tend to be full until we’re well through the Balloon Fiesta,” says Steve Hiatt, who with his wife, Kathy, owns Bottger Mansion.
Many veterans lack college degrees, but the skills they acquire in military service can benefit employers, a McKinsey report shows.
The Urban Institute has released a new report saying that roughly 400,000 veterans under 65 go without coverage. But expanded Medicaid could help.
Veterans with discharges linked to their sexual orientation may be denied benefits until getting a discharge upgrade. But the process can take years.
Experts say the “housing first” model is an example of how to deal with housing insecurity for all Americans.
The USPS says veterans make up roughly one-sixth of its workforce.
One out of every 10 businesses in the U.S. is owned by veterans, and most of those are small businesses. But, like the rest of American workers, low unemployment is changing how they are entering the workforce.
The New York Times called it “the biggest shift in the American health care system since the passage of the Affordable Care Act.”
