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When troops' remains are identified from long-ago wars, it's getting harder to find family members
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Following a funeral ceremony in New Bern, N.C., Patriot Guard Riders member John Conner kneels to pay his respects to Barbara Weiss, the niece of Staff Sgt. Robert J. Ferris Jr. Ferris died in 1942 in World War II, before Weiss was born. She was the next , Credit: Jay Price / American Homefront
Scientific advances have allowed the Army to identify about 200 sets of remains each year - dating back to World War II. But the passage of time ha...

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  • Added: May 23, 2024
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 6
A new VA policy covers fertility treatments for more vets, but some are still excluded
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Amber Bohlman served as a logistical vehicle operator in the Marine Corps from 2005-2009. She and her partner Peter Folsom tried to conceive for years. While the VA has expanded its IVF eligibility to include couples who aren't legally married, Bohlman is, Credit: Courtesy Amber Bohlman
The VA now pays for IVF treatment for unmarried and LGBTQ veterans. But they still must prove their fertility problems are service-related.

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  • Added: May 01, 2024
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 7
Can AI help predict military suicides? The VA is funding a project to find out.
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Dustin Millado, a veteran who worked in the Army Criminal Investigation Division, is now a digital forensic examiner for Stop Soldier Suicide’s Black Box Project., Credit: Jay Price / American Homefront
The project is using artificial intelligence to analyze data from smartphones, laptops, and other devices of people who take their own lives.

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  • Added: Apr 18, 2023
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 9
Her son was killed in Afghanistan last year. This is her first Memorial Day as a Gold Star mother.
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Cheryl Rex,right, is comforted by her mother, Clarinda Montsuoka, near the grave of Rex's son at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Orange County, California. Lance Corporal Dylan Merola was killed in Afghanistan in August 2021., Credit: Steve Walsh / American Homefront
Cheryl Rex's son Dylan was among the last American victims of the Afghanistan war. In the months since his death, she's visited his grave almost ev...

Bought by Texas Public Radio and KWMU St. Louis


  • Added: May 24, 2022
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 2
More than a three-day weekend: A small movement tries to return Memorial Day to its original meaning
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Nassau County, N.Y. Executive Bruce Blakeman shows a video of the Israeli Memorial Day moment of silence. Blakeman is calling for a similar county-wide initiative on Long Island. , Credit: Desiree D'Iorio / American Homefront
Leaders in Long Island, New York want people to pull their cars off the road and stop what they're doing for two county-wide moments of silence to ...

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  • Added: May 23, 2022
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 3
Arlington National Cemetery is filling up, so the Army may limit who can be buried there
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Kathi Dugan, 73, retired from the Navy after 30 years. Her parents are both buried at Arlington National Cemetery, but Dugan may not be able to join them if the Army proceeds with a plan to cut eligibility for in-ground burials., Credit: Desiree D'Iorio / American Homefront
Many former troops consider an Arlington burial their final veterans benefit. But space for in-ground burials is getting scarce, so some vets may b...

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  • Added: Aug 25, 2021
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 5
Congress is paying more attention to veteran suicide, but progress is slow
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Kristen Christy poses with her husband Don in a 2005 photo. Don, an Air Force lieutenant colonel, died by suicide in 2008., Credit: Kristen Christy
New federal laws seek to improve mental health care for veterans and their families. But advocates say it will take time for local communities to f...

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  • Added: Jan 25, 2021
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 5
A lack of timely and accurate data is hampering efforts to prevent veteran suicide
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Curley Bonds, the Chief Medical Officer for the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, joins other state and county officials at a 2019 Suicide Prevention Month event., Credit: Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
Some states and cities are trying to improve the quality of data on veteran suicide, which is often incomplete and years old.

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  • Added: Dec 31, 2020
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 3
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...

Bought by KPBS, KPCC, and Texas Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 17, 2020
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 3
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
Medical foster homes can be an option for elderly veterans, but the VA won't pay for them
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: At a medical foster home near San Antonio, caregiver Tiffany Graves (left) sets out art supplies for Rose Witherspoon, a World War II veteran., Credit: Carson Frame/American Homefront
For thousands of elderly veterans, long term care means living in a nursing home or institutional care setting. But some have found a much homier o...

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  • Added: Dec 10, 2018
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 7
"The Bed I Made" Author Mr. Robert Lynch on his Father the U.S. Marine Korean War Hero and Healing from PTSD like we've never heard it before.
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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"The Bed I Made" Author Mr. Robert Lynch on his Father the U.S. Marine Korean War Hero and Healing from PTSD like we've never heard it before. Thi...

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  • Added: Aug 19, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
'Why him and not me?' Songwriting to mend the wounds of war
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Singer-songwriter Mary Gauthier appeared at McCabe's Guitar Shop in Santa Monica, Cal. as part of her nationwide tour for "Rifles and Rosary Beads.", Credit: Libby Denkmann/American Homefront
For her new album, Nashville singer-songwriter Mary Gauthier collaborated with veterans to write songs about war, service, and life after the milit...

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  • Added: Jun 13, 2018
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 5
In L.A., homeless vets now can sleep in their cars at the VA
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Army veteran Adam John Halvorsen and his girlfriend, Angela Del Castillo, were the first participants in a Safe Parking Program on the West Los Angeles VA campus., Credit: Libby Denkmann/American Homefront
In the first program of its kind in the nation, the West Los Angeles VA has opened its campus to veterans who sleep in their cars. Officials say it...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KPBS, Texas Public Radio, WUSF, and KMUD


  • Added: May 30, 2018
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 5
USAFA Superintendent
From: Sonya Dunn
Series: MilitaryHomeLife - Talk Radio
Caption: MHL Talk Radio
Host Sonya Dunn interviews Superintendent of the US Air Force Academy Lt. Gen. Michelle Johnson.

  • Added: Jun 23, 2017
  • Length: 01:04:14
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
From: Sonya Dunn
Series: MilitaryHomeLife - Talk Radio
Caption: MHL Talk Radio
Host Sonya Dunn Interviews Guamanian American Air Force Officer Lt. Col. Kathryn Palozzi in commemoration of Asian and Pacific Islander American He...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2017
  • Length: 47:00