Issues

In honor of International Women’s Month, as we take the time to celebrate the achievements and contributions of women in our society, we must also remember to acknowledge the many accomplishments of the women warriors in the United States military.

Even if you don’t live near our nation’s southern border, you undoubtedly hear frequently about human trafficking.

As the co-founder and chairman of the national nonprofit SoldierStrong, an organization dedicated to helping veterans take their next steps forward into life after service through the donation of revolutionary medical technologies, I am concerned for the health of veterans in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially those veterans who are currently homeless.

As important as it is on this Veterans Day to thank those brave men and women who selflessly served in defense of our freedom and liberties, our obligation does not and must not end there. Much attention has been placed on the backlog and wait times for veterans seeking Department of Veterans Administration care. But we should also recognize that the VA cannot care for our veterans alone; we all have a calling to serve.

After spending a recent day in Tokyo, I was refreshed to see how polite people can be for a very simple reason.

Policy advocacy is as integral a piece of the puzzle to better serving veterans as is the actual provision of hardware and services. Yet that integral piece of the puzzle has been missing as these technical compliance issues are wrestled with.

Far too few Americans recognize that as recent wars have wound down, a new battle is taking place here at home for too many of our veterans.