American Dad Fights For The Afghan Interpreter Who Aided His Fallen Son
After his son died fighting in Afghanistan, Phil Schmidt became a walking memorial."At the age of 52, I got my first tattoo. So I've got a total of five of em, and I'm not done," says Schmidt, who...
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Thousands Of U.S. Military Interpreters Wait For Visas
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: That's NPR's Quil Lawrence. And Quil actually joins us now. Quil, you said in your story that there are...
View ArticleBehind Bars, Vets With PTSD Face A New War Zone, With Little Support
At the county court in Waukesha, Wis., in September, Iraq veteran David Carlson sat before a judge hoping he hadn't run out of second chances.The judge read out his record: drugs, drunken driving,...
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VA Restores Benefits To Vietnam Vet After Believing He Was Dead
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View ArticleDefying Stereotypes, Number Of Incarcerated Veterans In U.S. Drops
The number of military veterans in the country's jails and prisons continues to drop, a new report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics shows.It's the first government report that includes significant...
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Veterans' Advocates Highlight Progress On Homelessness, Claims Backlog
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: New Year's Day is the deadline for two ambitious goals set by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Despite Low Unemployment, Veterans Struggle To Find Meaningful Jobs
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View ArticleAfter Combat Stress, Violence Can Show Up At Home
Stacy Bannerman didn't recognize her husband after he returned from his second tour in Iraq."The man I had married was not the man that came back from war," she says.Bannerman's husband, a former...
View ArticleVeterans Vow To Fight Suicide With A Sword Forged From 9/11 Tragedy
Last winter, a retired Brooklyn firefighter drove down to Walter Reed Hospital, outside Washington, D.C., with what he considers holy artifacts: a bucket full of scraps from the World Trade...
View ArticleDespite $10B 'Fix,' Veterans Are Waiting Even Longer To See Doctors
Many veterans are still waiting to see a doctor.Two years ago, vets were waiting a long time for care at Veterans Affairs clinics across the country. At one facility in Phoenix, for example, veterans...
View ArticleHow Congress And The VA Left Many Veterans Without A 'Choice'
NPR — together with member stations from across the country — has been reporting on troubles with the Veterans Choice program, a $10 billion plan created by Congress two years ago to squash long wait...
View ArticleNew Report Says Pentagon Not Doing Enough For Sexual Assault Victims
In 2009, Emily Vorland went to Iraq with the Army for a year, hoping it would lead to a career in special operations. That dream was derailed not by the enemy, but by a superior officer, who started...
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Donald Trump Details Donations To Veterans Organizations
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View ArticleFor Doctors And Patients, 'Veterans Choice' Often Means Long Waits
When clinical psychiatrist Cher Morrow-Bradley and other health care providers call the Veterans Choice program, they are greeted with a recorded, 90-second "thank you" from Veterans Affairs Secretary...
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VA Panel Report To Suggest More Private Care Choices For Veterans
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ACLU Report Documents Deportation Of U.S. Veterans
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View ArticleDefying Stereotypes, Number Of Incarcerated Veterans In U.S. Drops
The number of military veterans in the country's jails and prisons continues to drop, a new report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics shows.It's the first government report that includes significant...
View ArticleVeterans' Advocates Highlight Progress On Homelessness, Claims Backlog
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: New Year's Day is the deadline for two ambitious goals set by the Department of Veterans Affairs. The VA said it would end the huge backlog of...
View ArticleService Members, Not Citizens: Meet The Veterans Who Have Been Deported
During World War II, thousands of Americans lied about their age to enlist in the military. During the Iraq war, Daniel Torres lied about something else."I didn't want to be just another Mexican living...
View ArticleFor Fertility Treatment, Wounded Veterans Have To Pay The Bill
Midway through Matt Keil's second deployment in Iraq, he came home and married his fiancee, Tracy, in 2007.He had two weeks R no time for a honeymoon.Before he went back to war the couple had the sort...
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