Veterans Day ‘This Will Always Be Our Land': Why Native Americans Enlist at Such High Rates and the Challenges They Face In honor of Veterans Day, NBCLX explores what motivates Native Americans to serve in the military, their contributions to the U.S. armed forces and the challenges they face when they get out.
dog fostering How Dog Fostering Helped a Former Marine Corps Sniper Heal Justin Governale is a Marine Corps veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and a Purple Heart recipient. When he returned to the U.S. as a civilian, he realized he didn’t know how to lower the protective walls that had kept him safe in the wars. That’s when he discovered jiu-jitsu — and then dog fostering. NBCLX contributor Amir...
military veterans Veterans Struggling With Mental Health Face a Dual Stigma: ‘We Don't Ask for Help' Finding mental health support is a struggle many people face — but it’s an even greater challenge for our veterans, who also must contend with a military stigma about showing vulnerability. Ryan Shannon is a veteran who suffered his own mental health challenges and knows this firsthand. So he’s now working to help other vets fighting the same battle. NBCLX...
burpees for vets challenge Burpees for Vets: How to Support U.S. Veterans in Just 11 Seconds The Burpees for Vets Challenge is a call to action to support U.S. veterans in the run-up to Veterans Day. And it just takes 11 seconds. The challenge asks people to donate $11 and then do 11 seconds of burpees on social media to support veterans transitioning back into civilian life. The challenge will culminate with a Navy Seal simulation...
Afghanistan Afghanistan Vet Asks: ‘Why Aren't We Saving People?' Matt Zeller served in the Army in Afghanistan and says he is only alive because an interpreter saved his life from Taliban fighters. He's speaking up as the U.S. withdraws from the country and leaving some people behind.
Afghanistan From a Vet: Why Americans Should Care About Afghanistan Matt Zeller of the advocacy group No One Left Behind says Taliban fighters are going into people’s homes and “literally stealing their daughters” as the U.S. leaves Afghanistan. He says the U.S. promised interpreters and others to help in their time of need, and that time is now.
Memorial Day This Veteran-Run Group Likes to Say ‘Memorial May,' Not Day When a servicemember is injured or killed, the military is focused on helping next-of-kin travel to a hospital or funeral – but that can leave out extended families or non-spouses. For Memorial Day, hear from the Wingman Foundation, which helps with that travel and establishing scholarships for fallen soldiers. The group formed after 3 active duty military members got together...
military veterans Biden Administration's COVID-19 Restrictions Still Preventing Key Agency From Helping Veterans Veterans can’t get important records with many National Archives employees stuck at home — even as face mask mandates are lifted
military veterans Relief On Way for Veterans as Vaccines Finally Prioritized for Key Government Employees NBCLX exposed how agency’s slow return to office has burdened hundreds of thousands of veterans
military veterans Veterans Still Waiting for Urgent Services One Year After COVID-19 Closed Key Office NBCLX has learned that a key federal agency, responsible for helping veterans secure critical benefits, has gotten so backlogged during the pandemic that hundreds of thousands of veteran families are going without access to benefits they earned while serving the U.S. NBCLX political editor Noah Pransky joined LX News to share what he learned.
