Veterans

This is an opinion piece and does not necessarily represent the opinions of MilSpouseFest. Donna Deutchman is the president & CEO of Homes 4 Families, a non-profit organization with a mission to build resiliency, economic growth, neighborhoods, and homes for veteran families. When we consider how to address veteran homelessness, we must first consider the individuals […]

According to the latest US Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) there are over 4,300 self-reporting homeless women veterans. They make up just over nine percent of the entire homeless veteran population. Only 4.5 percent of veterans placed in Grant and Per Diem programs (GPD), one of the VA homelessness services, are women. While […]

As World War II raged overseas, men and women responded to the call of duty in the fight for what President Franklin D. Roosevelt called the “four freedoms” – freedom of speech and worship, and freedom from want and fear. By the time the United States entered the war, more than 2.5 million African American […]

This is an opinion piece that does not necessarily reflect the views of MilSpouseFest. Dear military spouse, Sometimes I feel like I play both sides of the fence. You see,  I am a military spouse like you, but I am also a female military veteran. And before I became a military spouse, I was really […]

Over the last two years, as the country has grappled with a contentious and difficult election, the Mueller investigation, and subsequent fall out, veteran and military families have often found themselves represented–or misrepresented–in the political arena and media. Pam Campos-Palma, an Air Force veteran, thinks that it’s time military-connected families regain their agency, especially those […]

Community and business leaders joined representatives of the military at the Air Force Academy February 15 to mark the 100-day countdown until athletes arrive in Colorado for the 2018 Department of Defense Warrior Games. Now in their ninth year, the Warrior Games are returning to Colorado Springs, the city that hosted the inaugural Games in […]

Syracuse University has received a $20 million gift to help pay for its National Veterans Resource Center at the corner of Waverly and South Crouse avenues. The donation from Daniel D’Aniello, a 1968 SU graduate, and his wife, Gayle, is one of the single largest gifts in SU’s history. D’Aniello is co-founder and chairman emeritus […]

This month the DOD will begin sending notifications to more than 133,000 veterans who may qualify for a refund of federal taxes paid on disability severance pay dating back to January 17, 1991. Under federal law, veterans who suffer combat-related injuries and who are separated from the military are not supposed to be taxed on the […]