veterans

Veterans Job Fair, Business 'Boot Camp' Tomorrow and Friday At World War II Museum

Eileen Fleming — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:00:00 +0000

A jobs fair and business advice are on tap tomorrow and Friday for veterans. Social events are also planned at the World War II Museum.

VFW Offering Free Legal Clinic For Veterans

Eileen Fleming — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 12:00:00 +0000

Veterans can get some free legal advice this week. The New Orleans VFW post is offering help from attorneys on a variety of issues.

Veterans Advocate Pushes For More Jobs

Eileen Fleming — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:00:00 +0000

Amid the parties and hoopla that come with a Super Bowl, there is some serious business going on behind the scenes. There’s a drive under way to get more jobs for veterans.

State Veterans Secretary Retiring, Interim Appointed

The Associated Press — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 21:22:30 +0000

Gov. Bobby Jindal says Veterans Affairs Secretary Lane Carson is retiring after four years, and his deputy will be interim secretary.

New Orleans VFW Marking Veterans Day With Expanding Services

Eileen Fleming — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:00:00 +0000

The nation is marking Veterans Day with parades and ceremonies to honor those who served in the U.S. military. In New Orleans, a growing post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars is taking on projects with more and more members.

Fort Polk ceremony honors POWs & MIAs

The Associated Press — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:48:24 +0000

The POW/MIA flag is flying at Fort Polk.

The Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk have a Friday morning ceremony to honor prisoners of war and service members missing in action. It culminates with a motorcycle ride led by the Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association.

Homeless Rural Vets Find A Place To Call Home

editor — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 21:25:00 +0000

This month, more than a dozen homeless veterans will finally have a place to call their own, thanks to the American Legion.

The organization's post in a small Connecticut town has been working for a decade on a unique project to create not transitional but permanent supportive housing in their rural community.

For 55-year-old Army veteran Jeff MacDonald, the new facility in Jewett City, Conn., was like "winning the lottery."

"Never did I have a house or my own place or nothing," MacDonald says while walking through his new apartment.

Program Teaches Vets How To Survive The Classroom

Daniel Zwerdling — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 21:27:00 +0000

Most American troops have left Iraq, and many have left Afghanistan. Now more than half a million of them have left the service — and they're going to college. Some vets say the transition is like landing on another planet, but they aren't the only ones struggling: The college staffs are, too.

At Sierra Community College, about an hour from Sacramento in Rocklin, Calif., there are hundreds of new kinds of students mixed in with the 18-year-olds fresh out of high school. Like James Reimers, who just turned 25.

Veterans Job Fair Features 70 Companies

Eileen Fleming — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:22:56 +0000

More than 250 veterans are expected to attend a job fair Friday at the Pontchartrain Center in Kenner. It’s part of a national campaign designed to help veterans as well as military spouses.