7 Resources Vets Can Use to Fight Homelessness
For a listing of benefits and resources, if you’re veteran experiencing unemployment, housing instability, addiction or homelessness, or have a loved one who is, click here. The Call Center for […]
How Next-of-Kin Can Receive a Late Veteran’s Burial Flag
For more information regarding burials, memorials, and other benefits, you can click here. To honor their memory, an American flag is provided — at no cost — to drape the […]
Study: Suicide Attempts in a Military Unit May Lead to More
If you’re a former service member, or are concerned for someone who is, free, confidential support for veterans in crisis and their families and friends is available anytime at Veterans […]
How to Use Ford’s Military Discount to Buy a Car or Truck
The Ford Motor Company is grateful for America’s service members and everything they do. Currently, they’re showing their appreciation by providing the military community a discount on their vehicles. What […]
What Is the VA Foreclosures List?
For more info on benefits and resources that help veterans with homeownership and housing, click here. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) acquires properties that have gone into foreclosure on […]
12 Things That Can Get Vets to Land Jobs & Find Careers
While the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported this past March that the jobless rate for military veterans fell to 4.3 percent, a report from Georgetown University and the media […]
July’s Best Military Discounts in One List
A number of retailers show their gratitude to the military community by offering deals and discounts. Every month on this blog, The SITREP, you’ll find links to them below. CLOTHING, SHOES & APPAREL Under […]
Silicon Valley Entrepreneur on Why Hiring Vets Is a No-Brainer
“AMERICAN HEARTS” is a series of in-depth, candid conversations with United States military veterans, and those who support them. This latest installment features Chip Kahn on the benefits of hiring vets. […]
Sunglass Hut Is Now Offering a Military Discount
The military community can now receive a 15% discount on brands like Burberry, Ray-Ban, Oakley, Versace and more at Sunglass Hut. To take advantage of the deal, click here and […]
Plan a Cheap Labor Day Vacation With These Military Discounts
Recently, KAYAK analyzed historical data from their internal database, and came to this conclusion: flights over Labor Day weekend won’t start increasing until after August 10 (and then by about seven […]
3 Important Things to Know About the Proposed ‘Forever G.I. Bill’
While bipartisan agreement on an expansion to the Post-9/11 G.I. Bill — unofficially known as the “Forever G.I. Bill” — have many in Washington optimistic for it to become law, […]
A Retired Army Special Ops Officer on Tracking Terrorists & Pimps
“AMERICAN HEARTS” is a series of in-depth, candid conversations with United States military veterans, and those who support them. “These guys are completely open about what they’re doing. On Facebook. On […]
What You Need to Know About the VA Home Loan
In a recent online survey taken by RallyPoint that asked which veteran benefit is most valuable, two dominated the conversation. One was the G.I. Bill. The other was the VA Home Loan. To help […]
A Retired Army Special Ops Officer on Why He Went Back In
“AMERICAN HEARTS” is a series of in-depth, candid conversations with United States military veterans, and those who support them. “When I was 17 I joined. I didn’t know anything about Rangers, […]
Man Pulls Over on the Highway, Plays Taps Near Site of Military Crash
On Monday, 15 United States Marines and one U.S. Navy sailor were killed when the military transport plane they were aboard experienced a “midair failure“, and crashed into soybean fields […]
An Army Veteran’s Story: The Three Millionth Ticket
Since its founding in 2008, Vet Tix has provided free tickets to over 550,000 registered VetTixers in the military community. Robert Hanna is a United States Army veteran living in Connecticut. In […]
Noah Galloway on How His Parents Helped Him Deal With Anger
In 2005, Noah Galloway’s life changed forever. On Christmas Day, he woke up in a German hospital to discover that he had been injured by a roadside bomb five days […]
Marine Vet Firefighter on Rescuing the Flag in Viral Wildfire Photo
A photograph taken by a freelance journalist in California depicting three firefighters rescuing an American flag in the middle of a raging wildfire has attained virality this week, with some even […]
Tips for Getting the Most out of Your Post-9/11 G.I. Bill
If you’ve served actively and honorably in the United States military for 36 months, after September 11, 2001, you’re eligible to receive benefits from the Post-9/11 G.I. Bill, and use […]
In His Final Message, a U.S. Army Vet Explains Why He Left to Fight ISIS
In February of this year, United States Army veteran Nicholas Warden, 29, went to Syria to join the YPG — the primarily-Kurdish, U.S-backed militia known as the People’s Protection Units. […]