Tag: Veterans

The inside of a house in Cape Girardeau will be stripped to the studs this weekend as the Student Veterans Organization at Southeast Missouri State University transforms the home into a place where veterans can stay as they transition from the military to college life.

Two little girls and 60 gallons of lemonade went a long way to providing help for America’s wounded military personnel.

Getting homeless veterans off of the streets. That’s the goal of the newly formed nonprofit Veterans Housing Development Corp.

Kyle Evans returned from war after two tours in Iraq with a traumatic brain injury, bad back, Purple Heart and Bronze Star. He also had a newborn son and no way to support him.

Merry Korn married a social mission with her business mission in 2004, and hasn’t looked back.

Kauzlarich, who had lived in Des Moines and Winterset, joined the Air Force a year after high school and signed up for a position handling and inspecting bombs and other explosive devices.

Local veterans can expect to have help finding jobs and possibly starting their own businesses thanks to new legislation.

In an effort to speed the process of finding housing for homeless veterans in Los Angeles, the VA Secretary joined the city's mayor in appealing to landlords to commit more housing units. The problem is not lack of money for housing subsidies.

A lot of companies boast about their military hiring initiatives, but when it comes right down to it, few companies really do a good job of it.

After braving months on the battlefield, veterans return home and find themselves facing unfamiliar territory – today's job market.

The St. Louis Public Library is once again offering courses in writing to veterans of the armed forces.

Lionville Middle School students traveled to Washington D.C. on Sunday with veterans to visit war memorials and to honor the fallen.

Her departure after just 11 months on the job is the latest controversy involving the vet board, and it has at least one county commissioner demanding that something be done to fix the agency that some are calling “dysfunctional.”

A summit at Alabama State University was designed for federal, state and local agencies, so they could discuss working to end veteran homelessness. But that didn't stop Delano Caldwell from showing up for answers.

With two naval bases, a large military retiree community and a significant portion of the workforce with military experience, it's no surprise that Jacksonville has been selected to participate in the Veterans Economic Communities Initiative, according to a statement.

Texas lawmakers on Sunday opted to water down a major attempt to reduce the rising costs of a program offering free college tuition to veterans’ children, relenting amid criticism that cutting the benefits too deeply wouldn’t be fair to those who sacrifice so much.

Presence Health is now hiring U.S. Veterans to fill new jobs created by their new growth as a full hospital and healthcare company.

Tradetec Joins HireVeterans.com the largest online job board for U.S. Veterans!

Stepping into a classroom after years of serving in the military full time can be difficult, especially for veterans who are still adjusting to civilian life.

It's a musical recognition of a life ended, a goodbye that hangs in the air as friends and family wipe their tears, look up and know they must live the rest of their lives without someone.

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee announced a new public-private partnership to construct new housing for formerly homeless veterans and families in San Francisco’s Mission Bay neighborhood.

The transition from serving active military duty to assimilating back into the civilian workforce is different for everyone.

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) is urging congressional lawmakers to reject a bill (H.R. 476) that would limit college flight-training benefits for military veterans.

Recently, in the midst of an effort to persuade store managers to hire veterans, I talked to a human resources executive at a major retail chain. She told me she wanted to do the right thing and hire veterans, but added that she was also concerned by reports that many had returned home with post-traumatic stress disorder and other problems. She worried that a veteran could possibly pose a threat to customers and other employees.

For many veterans coming home after multiple tours over 14 years of war, getting a job in the civilian world has been their most personal battle yet, marked by disappointments and dead ends.

SL Green Construction is looking for a skilled craftsmen who has a desire to be in a carpenter and lead carpenter position.

Nate Waits wakes up before 3 a.m. four days a week to get to his job at a Bentonville distribution center for Wal-Mart Stores Inc., where the former Marine is among more than 92,000 veterans the company has hired in the past two years.

Avenue Home Care is a veteran owned small business as well as an independent home health care agency.

Total quality management in all phases of the business is the way of life at ASIG.

Veterans are waiting years for their injury claims to be answered by the VA. When they do get answers, those answers are often no. These are problems the Veterans Administration says they've been fixing these past two years.

Nine years ago, Pam Parks was one year into her teaching career at North Iredell Middle School and decided she wanted to do something to bring history alive for her students.

A West Point professor and Iraq War vet wants the government to limit veteran disability benefits in favor of incentives to work.

Advocates for veterans and MGM Springfield officials agreed Friday that collaboration is key to ensure that veterans are aided in obtaining and keeping casino jobs.

The American College of Physicians (ACP) is the largest medical specialty organization and the second-largest physician group in the United States.

Begin your career in the medical industry.

One of the world's leading law firms is hiring United States veterans!

When our men and women in uniform complete their military service, they fulfill their solemn vow and commitment to our nation. It is our duty to honor our commitment to them. Unfortunately, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) too often fails in fulfilling its pledge to provide quality medical care to our nation’s veterans.

Going from service member to CEO is a more natural transition than many veterans realize. A large support network has sprung up to help vets start their own businesses, but many don't know it exists.

Last year the public learned about chronic scandal and neglect at Veterans Affairs hospitals, and not just in Phoenix, Ariz.

A former military veteran is paying it forward by building a national franchising company. Called JDog Junk Removal & Hauling, it franchises exclusively to veterans and military families.

Hi-Dow Professional is currently seeking quality Veterans to hire for a Sales Associate position.

CIS is hiring in multiple states and locations for quality inspections and sales. Includes great benefits and a company car.