Veterans

Summary: The Legal Counsel for the Elderly received a grant from the AARP Foundation to help it expand its veterans advocacy project. New outreach efforts will include setting up assistance clinics throughout the city targeted to veterans…

DC has not yet met its years-old goal of eliminating veteran homelessnesss, but new permanent housing, better data and improved identification of veterans all provide grounds for optimism that it may soon do so. The District has steadily…

Army veteran David Kurtz stands in the parking lot of Shiloh Baptist Church on this brisk Monday morning. Sporting an army green hat and camouflage jacket, the veteran stands in front of a crowd of about 50 volunteers and bows his head…

Chad Jackson, a vendor for Street Sense Media and a formerly homeless veteran, served as a welder in the military from 1993 to 2000. When he returned home after his service, Jackson instantly felt the need to escape. He chose to live on…

It can take just one wrong step, one incorrect diagnosis, to change someone’s life. Xavier Justice’s time in the U.S. Army was cut short when he fell headfirst while doing vertical push-ups at his workplace. The accident left him…

The abundance of military history and appreciation in DC — from the seemingly endless list of names at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to the captivating fountain display of the World War II Memorial — makes it fertile ground for Susan…

On a cold day last February, 89-year-old Thomas Pressley walked into the 3rd District police station to report that someone had scammed him out of his money. He was fortunate to be speaking with Sgt. Juanita Eccles, a 31-year veteran of the…