Giving Tuesday These Fitness Experts Put Themselves Through Navy SEAL Training to Help Veterans. Here's How You Can Help Too On Veterans Day, a group of fitness experts and influencers gathered in the California desert to put themselves through Navy SEAL training for the SEALFIT Veterans Day Challenge benefitting the Burpees For Vets charity. Here’s how you can still give back to veterans for #GivingTuesday.
burpees for vets challenge How Fitness Pros Are Supporting Vets This Veterans Day — And You Can Too Veterans face a number of adjustment challenges when they leave the military. That’s why the fitness training program SEALFIT is supporting the #BurpeesForVets Challenge, which is raising money to support them in their re-entry. SealFit coach and Air Force veteran Robert Owens explains how doing 11 seconds of burpees can help support our vets on Veterans Day. Watch NBCLX from...
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...
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.
military veterans Veterans Across U.S. Can't Access Benefits Because Key Agency Hasn't Returned to Work “I was mad as hell,” said U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.), describing how he felt when he learned of the delays last fall. “They served our country; they are true American heroes and they shouldn't have to wait.”
service animals K9s for Warriors: Matching Veterans Suffering From PTSD With Man's Best Friend Dogs have been man’s best friend for thousands of years. And they have one of man’s most important jobs – serving our nation’s heroes. Rory Diamond is the CEO of K9s for Warriors, an organization that places service dogs with veterans suffering from PTSD or other trauma.
Veterans Day Why Honoring Veterans Day Is So Important — This Year More Than Ever Every year on November 11th, the country unites to honor and thank our veterans for their service. NBCLX explains the history of Veterans Day and shares ideas about how to help America’s vets, especially during the pandemic.
Veterans Day Five Ways to Honor Our Veterans in the Midst of a Pandemic Lodged firmly between Halloween and Thanksgiving and occurring the in the midst of a global pandemic, it could be easy to overlook Veterans Day this year. Don’t let that happen.
