Tag: Veterans
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Veterans Disability Attorney Eric Gang Featured in Foreign Affairs Observer on National Guard Deployments and Veterans’ Benefits
HACKETTSTOWN, N.J., Sept. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Veterans disability attorney Eric Gang, founder of Gang & Associates, was recently featured in Foreign Affairs Observer discussing the growing expansion of National Guard deployments and the critical distinction between state and federal activation. As National Guard units are increasingly mobilized in response to domestic crises, Gang underscores…
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Cohen Veterans Network Unveils “Have Her Six” Campaign to Combat Suicide Crisis Among Military Women
With support from Face the Fight®, new national public awareness campaign provides suicide prevention strategies tailored to women service members and veterans STAMFORD, Conn., Sept. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Suicide is a critical issue for women who serve in the U.S. military. Women veterans experience suicide rates 92 percent higher than their civilian peers and…
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Servicemembers and families raise awareness for veterans at Freedom Fest
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The day after Colorado marked its 149th birthday, military veterans and their families recognized the occasion their own way. Beginning as early as 6:30 a.m. Saturday, the Colorado Veterans Project’s Freedom Fest played host to…
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National Guard F-16s to fly over Colorado on Memorial Day
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As many Coloradans will be celebrating veterans from the ground on Monday, a few active troops will also be honoring them from the air. In celebration of Memorial Day, the 140th Wing of the Colorado Air National Guard will be conducting flyovers with four F-16…
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‘Life can be good again’: Local program brings healing to vets, military families through animal therapy
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When Gillian Sirles came to the Remount Foundation nine years ago, she had survived multiple suicide attempts. Sitting on a picnic table outside the horse stables at the Air Force Academy, Sirles recounts her story of survival. Decades earlier, the Navy welder was discharged for…
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Delayed surgeries. A mass staff exodus. A culture of fear. New IG reports outline issues at Colorado VA hospital
The Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Aurora stopped all cardiac surgeries for 11 months amid an exodus of clinical staff and leadership problems that created a culture of fear. That is according to two VA Office of Inspector General reports released last week. The documents outlined the problems that led to numerous clinical leaders…
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Thousands turn out to honor veterans at Commerce City parade
City officials estimate that more than 8,000 people lined the streets of Commerce City this year for the state’s largest Memorial Day parade, honoring military servicemembers who lost their lives in the line of duty. “It’s important that we take time to truly remember and honor our fallen service members for their sacrifice on Memorial…
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Making sure every veteran is remembered at Fort Logan on Memorial Day
Mikel Burroughs, a retired U.S. Army colonel, is conducting a military operation of a different kind these days. Oh, there are still plenty of folks in uniform and lots of logistics involved; it’s just there’s no defense-sized budget to back him up. Yet. Burroughs, through his nonprofit organization Victory for Veterans — which strives to prevent veteran…
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Colorado Springs veteran haunted by fellow sailor’s brutal death aims to save his own life
Local organizations are helping vets get back on their feet