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COVID-19 has upended the business model of American Legion posts, but Legionnaires are innovating
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Comedian Fernando Sanchez warms up attendees of American Legion Post 397's comedy night Oct. 10. The Monterey Park, Cal. post has turned to events like this to raise money during the pandemic., Credit: Robert Garrova / American Homefront
American Legion posts across the country serve as a community hub for veterans and their families. But the pandemic has put the future of many post...

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  • Added: Oct 22, 2020
  • Length: 03:08
  • Purchases: 5
In a little-discussed program, the VA is helping veterans deal with race-based stress
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: The Department of Veterans Affairs in St. Louis is one of several VA locations that have held small group sessions to help veterans deal with race and mental health., Credit: Department of Veterans Affairs
A group of VA psychologists across the country have formed race-based stress and trauma support groups for veterans of color.

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  • Added: Sep 03, 2020
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 6
A new strategy for veteran homelessness: A tent camp outside the West LA VA
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Former Air Force medic Lisa Thompkins is among the veterans living at the West L.A. VA's tent encampment., Credit: Matt Tinoco / KPCC
The VA sanctioned encampment provides basic services to homeless veterans amid the COVID-19 pandemic. It's drawn mixed reactions from homeless advo...

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  • Added: Jul 13, 2020
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 5
After initially saying it wouldn't, the VA now will remove Nazi symbols from two veterans cemeteries
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: A gravestone for a German POW in the San Antonio VA cemetery. The stone is engraved with a swastika and an inscription that references Adolf Hitler., Credit: Military Religious Freedom Foundation
The stones, engraved with swastikas, mark the graves of German POWs who died in the United States during World War II.

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  • Added: Jun 02, 2020
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 3
Veterans say it's not too soon to build a national memorial for the Afghanistan and Iraq wars
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Michael Rodriguez, left foreground, president of a group that wants to build a 'Global War on Terrorism' memorial, shows the proposed site to several supporters after a Nov. 2019 sunrise run on the National Mall., Credit: Caitlin Kim / Colorado Public Radio
Normally, Congress waits at least ten years after a war ends to authorize a monument. But supporters say a proposed "Global War on Terrorism" memor...

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  • Added: Mar 03, 2020
  • Length: 03:42
  • Purchases: 3
Episode 73: Not Healed, But Healing
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Brandon Kuehn survived the Iraq War. But after he got home, he struggled with nightmares and addiction. Then he found trail running…and the Pacific...

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  • Added: Feb 28, 2020
  • Length: 18:09
  • Purchases: 1
In Las Vegas, the VA has opened a new center to treat veterans with gambling addiction
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Veterans Jim Romero (left) and Ronnie Reyes practice yoga as part of their treatment at the VA Southern Nevada Health Care Center in Las Vegas. The newly opened center is the second inpatient gambling treatment facility in the VA system., Credit: Steve Walsh/American Homefront
The Las Vegas center is the VA's second inpatient treatment facility for veterans, who are at higher risk of gambling addiction.

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  • Added: Feb 25, 2020
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 4
A VA program can help war veterans pay for long-term care, but applying for it can be an ordeal
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Gene Popiolek, 68, (left) visits his father Bernie, 95, at an assisted living facility outside Baltimore. Bernie, a WWII veteran, pays to live here with help from the VA's Aid and Attendance benefit., Credit: Stephanie Colombini / American Homefront
The VA Aid and Attendance benefit can help some vets and spouses pay for nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and home health care. But the a...

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  • Added: Feb 17, 2020
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 3
The VA has embraced artificial intelligence to improve veterans' health care
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Drs. Andrew Borkowski (left) and Stephen Mastorides analyze slides under a microscope to spot cancer in tissue samples. They trained a computer to do the same thing., Credit: Stephanie Colombini / American Homefront
Researchers at the Tampa veterans' hospital are training computers to diagnose cancer. It's one example of how the Department of Veterans Affairs i...

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  • Added: Feb 10, 2020
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 5
To help keep older veterans in their homes, the VA is pairing them with volunteer companions
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: World War II veteran Gerry Bennett, 92, plays cards with Gloria Estrello, a volunteer with the Choose Home Senior Corps program., Credit: Carson Frame/American Homefront
The VA pilot program places federally-backed volunteers in the homes of veterans to help with cooking, cleaning and other low-skill tasks.

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  • Added: Dec 30, 2019
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 4
In Praise of Veterans and One Special Veteran People Call Santa Claus
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
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The Emotion Roadmap featured a show about veterans close to when we celebrated Veteran's Day in 2019. One caller talked about a veteran living in a...

  • Added: Dec 26, 2019
  • Length: 54:23
A new law allows troops to seek compensation for malpractice by military doctors
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Congresswoman Jackie Speier, left, meets with Army Sergeant Richard Stayskal, center, his wife, Megan, and his attorney, Natalie Khawam, in Speier’s Washington office before an April 2019 subcommittee hearing on the Feres Doctrine., Credit: U.S. House of Representatives
Congress has established an administrative process for service members to pursue malpractice claims. But they still can't sue in civilian court.

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  • Added: Dec 26, 2019
  • Length: 03:49
  • Purchases: 3
The VA's new smoking ban is sparking complaints from some veterans and employees
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Air Force veteran Ronald West, 70, said he leaves his hospital room several times a day to smoke outside the Tampa VA property., Credit: Stephanie Colombini/American Homefront
The VA has eliminated the designated smoking areas at its hospitals, clinics, and other buildings. It's a difficult transition for some patients, v...

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  • Added: Dec 23, 2019
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 2
A holiday harmonica concert is part of the therapy for veterans with lung disease
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Veteran David Wheaton said he's noticed his COPD has improved since he began playing the harmonica. He said he used to be able to exercise for only a few minutes, but now can work out longer., Credit: Stephanie Colombini/American Homefront
Some Florida veterans are putting on a holiday performance at their local VA, but not just to spread cheer. It’s part of a program that uses harmon...

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  • Added: Dec 18, 2019
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 5
More than shows: Today's USO is working to bridge the divide between service members and civilians
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Comedian Paula Poundstone performs at a USO show in Washington, D.C. , Credit: Katie Lange / U.S. Department of Defense
For an organization that's still strongly associated with entertainers of the past, like Bob Hope, it's a constant challenge to stay relevant to to...

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  • Added: Dec 12, 2019
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 5
The VA is teaching intimacy skills to veterans to try to save their marriages
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: John and Barbara Browning attended a Warrior to Soul Mate session to improve their marriage in light of the John’s PTSD symptoms and other health challenges. 'He never told me what he went through in Vietnam until he went to pieces,' Barbara said., Credit: Carson Frame/American Homefront
The Department of Veterans Affairs is offering couples retreats to help former service members communicate with their spouses.

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  • Added: Dec 09, 2019
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 5
It's Your War Too, Miss and Mrs. America
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Caption: Producer Kate Murray teaching Sherry Holdridge about audio editing., Credit: Texas Folklife
Sherry Holdridge speaks out about her grandmother's experiences during WWII, polio, and the store Sherry opened, Oh Say USA. This story was created...

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  • Added: Oct 16, 2019
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 1
For some veterans, underwater adventures bring solitude and therapeutic benefits
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Shawn Campbell helps Justin Herris get back on the boat after a dive at the Circle of Heroes military memorial off the coast of Clearwater, Fla., Credit: Stephanie Colombini/American Homefront
A growing number of programs try to treat PTSD by getting veterans into nature, even deep under the sea. But there's little scientific evidence tha...

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  • Added: Sep 26, 2019
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 5
The VA is training clergy members to recognize veterans with mental health issues
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Mark George (right), a chaplain at the Caldwell County Jail in Lockhart, Tx., shakes hands with VA clergy training instructor Larry Collins, while attendee Vernon Cooper looks on., Credit: Carson Frame/American Homefront
The Department of Veterans Affairs is training clergy members around the country to look for signs of psychological disorders and other issues amon...

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  • Added: Sep 23, 2019
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 6
The Air Force says social media helped prompt action to clean up mold in the dorms
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: A screenshot from a July 23 Facebook post shows mold on a mattress at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. Other photos posted by airmen showed moldy shoes, walls, and uniforms., Credit: "Air Force amn/nco/snco" Facebook group
Mold has long been a problem at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas. But when airmen started posting photos on Facebook, the Air Force stepped...

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  • Added: Aug 19, 2019
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 6
Instead of medals, the Pentagon is offering certificates to vets who were exposed to radiation
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Observers watch an explosion during Operation Hardtack in 1958. 35 nuclear tests were conducted in the Pacific, exposing troops to radiation., Credit: Nevada National Security Site
The new certificate recognizes as many as 550,000 veterans who were exposed to nuclear weapons tests between 1945 and 1992. But the certificates le...

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  • Added: Aug 05, 2019
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 6
The Mad Military Money Machine
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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There’s something sick about US Military spending. It’s certainly not keeping anyone safe. This week, why we the public spend billions on bad techn...

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  • Added: Jul 31, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
In 1969, the military thought it had eliminated racism in its ranks. Then troops began rioting
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Black and white Marines served side by side during the Vietnam War, as seen in this 1966 photo of a firefight with the Viet Cong. But racial tension was not uncommon throughout the armed services., Credit: U.S. Marine Corps
Camp Lejeune, N.C. was the first of several bases to experience racial violence during the Vietnam War. It led to major reforms in military racial ...

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  • Added: Jul 19, 2019
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 5
The VA is using video games to help disabled vets recover and reconnect
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Army veteran Mike Monthervil (left) uses an adaptive controller to play video games as his VA recreational therapist Jamie Kaplan watches., Credit: Stephanie Colombini/American Homefront
Some VA medical centers have realized that helping vets get back in the game can also help with their recovery.

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  • Added: Jun 19, 2019
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 3
Scientists are trying to measure the value of outdoor service work for transitioning veterans
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Veterans and their families demolish a wooden foot bridge in Biscayne National Park., Credit: Niall Macaulay / American Homefront
Congress is considering legislation to encourage "outdoor therapy" for veterans with injuries or post-traumatic stress. Volunteer groups are alread...

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  • Added: Jun 07, 2019
  • Length: 03:55
  • Purchases: 5