Category: Veterans

NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (May 4)

President Biden sets a new vaccination goal that he hopes to accomplish by July 4th, an FBI agent shot and killed a suspect at the Virginia CIA headquarters, and a Memorial Day weekend motorcycle rally honoring veterans is denied a permit in the nation’s Capitol.


Program Helps Orange County Vets Find Success

Orange County military veterans and transitioning service members are being invited to participate in the first orientation of OC Driven for Success, a program providing paid training, mentoring and job placement with Orange County auto dealerships. Originally launched by the Orange County Automobile Dealers Association (OCADA), OC Driven for Success was initially aimed at developing…


All Veterans, Their Spouses, Caregivers, Eligible for COVID-19 Vaccines Under New Legislation

All veterans, their spouses, and caregivers will be able to receive the COVID-19 vaccine through the Department of Veterans Affairs once doses are made available, under legislation finalized by Congress on March 19. The bipartisan legislation was introduced by Sens. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), John Boozman (R-Ark.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) to expand COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to…


A New Approach to Traumatic Brain Injury

Traumatic brain injury, or TBI, is a wound that is difficult to comprehend and impossible to see from the outside, and affects a more diverse set of individuals than one might think. Active-duty military and veterans are the most obvious population to endure TBI. They most often suffer from the condition as a result of…


Swimming 100 Miles for the American Legion

Social distancing and lockdown measures have made charitable functions such as marathons, galas, and other fundraising events more difficult, if not impossible to hold. At the same time, the financial needs of nonprofit organizations haven’t gone anywhere. Fortunately, the good Samaritans among us haven’t stopped caring. Charlie Parker of Murrieta, California, is one of them….


A Green Beret’s Battle Against Traumatic Brain Injury

While Andrew Marr pursued his college studies on a football scholarship, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were intensifying. Reflecting on men and women of his age who were risking their lives, he didn’t feel right focusing on his personal goals and interests while others were forgoing their own to protect the nation. Marr decided…


Ombudsman Slams New Restrictions on Mental Health Support for Veterans’ Families

OTTAWA—Canada’s veterans ombudsman is calling on the federal government to reverse recent restrictions on the provision of mental-health support to members of veterans’ families who need treatment because of their loved one’s service in uniform. The demand from ombudsman Nishika Jardine is in a scathing report released Tuesday, one year after Ottawa imposed the restrictions…