President Joe Biden said Wednesday he will use clemency authority to pardon former service members who were convicted of crimes because of their sexual orientations or gender identities. Biden will issue a proclamation pardoning veterans who were convicted under a provision of the Uniform Code of Military Justice prohibiting gay sex, senior administration officials said […]
By Stephanie Kelly and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden issued a proclamation on Wednesday that would set in motion a process to pardon U.S. veterans convicted by the military for gay sex, which was illegal until the provision was repealed in late 2013. The Biden administration estimates that the proclamation could affect […]
PEA RIDGE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — The construction of a new home for an army veteran who lost his right leg in 2004 while on patrol in Iraq, is almost complete. Homes For Our Troops is an organization dedicated to constructing and gifting specially adapted custom homes to severely injured post-9/11 veterans. NWA army veteran becomes […]
FALL RIVER — The city’s new director of Veterans’ Services, Talos “Doc” Farris, knows firsthand how the horrors of battle can affect servicemembers mentally and physically. Farris knows, because after serving 15 years as a Navy hospital corpsman — on the battlefield for a good portion of his service with the Marine Corps in Iraq […]
Anyone driving along Robinwood Drive has seen the new classroom building quickly rising next to Robinwood Professional Center, all glass and white and Meritus blue. Work is progressing on the D.M. Bowman Academic Hall for the Meritus School of Osteopathic Medicine, set to open in autumn 2025. But a visit from Maryland Comptroller Brooke Lierman […]
NEOSHO, Mo. — More than tea was served today as women veterans gathered in Neosho. Women from all across the Four States, including Missouri and Northwest Arkansas, gathered at the First Presbyterian Church in Neosho. Established by the American Legion Auxiliary Neosho Unit 163, the event started as a way to give women veterans a […]
Jun. 21—With tears welling up in his eyes and anguish edged on his face, 84-year-old Vietnam veteran Jim Joyce recalled what it was like to get off the plane in Washington when he returned home from the Vietnam War in 1970. “I felt like my fellow citizens hated me,” he said. “People were yelling and […]
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On Friday, June 14, The Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs (WDVA) hosted its first Suicide Prevention Community Based Services Grant ceremony in Olympia. The ceremony recognized the Alatheia Therapeutic Riding Center, in Chelan County for its work on providing suicide prevention and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) services to service members, veterans, and their families. […]
In recognition of National Women’s Veterans Day on Wednesday, June 12, the 25th Navajo Nation Council honored the strength and sacrifice of all women warriors who serve to protect our sacred homelands and freedom. National Women’s Veterans Day is celebrated on June 12, on the anniversary of the 1948 Women’s Armed Services Integration Act signed […]
LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Sixty-year-old Roger Clemons died about 5:10 p.m. Thursday when his motorcycle collided with a SUV at Old U.S. 231 and Veterans Memorial Parkway, according to Lafayette police. Clemons, of Lafayette, died at the scene, and the 44-year-old Terri Valdez of Lafayette, who was driving a Ford Escape was not injured in the […]
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — A local organization honored those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation on Sunday covering them with the comfort of homemade quilts in a display of gratitude. Four Veterans Eric Deets, Arthur Meier II, Glen Tomlin, and Duane Houdyshell surrounded by their families got a well-deserved thank you from the […]