All posts during May 2009

IAVA Daily Brief 05.29.09
Posted by Michelle McCarthy on May 29 2009

Here are some of today's top stories and happenings at IAVA.

IAVA's Paul Rieckhoff Addresses the Ft. Campbell Stand-Down on CNN
Posted by Michelle McCarthy on May 28 2009

Last night, IAVA Executive Director and Founder Paul Rieckhoff joined an important panel on CNN to address Fort Campbell's decision to suspend duties for the next three days while it holds a suicide prevention program to help commanders identify at-risk soldiers and get them the counseling resources they need to deal with combat stress. Click here to watch the recap.

IAVA Daily Brief 05.28.09
Posted by Michelle McCarthy on May 28 2009

Here are some of today's top stories and happenings at IAVA.

IAVA Daily Brief 05.27.09
Posted by Michelle McCarthy on May 27 2009

Here are some of today's top stories and happenings at IAVA.

IAVA Daily Brief 05.26.09
Posted by Michelle McCarthy on May 26 2009

Here are some of today's top stories and happenings at IAVA.

This Memorial Day, Honor the Fallen
Posted by Paul Rieckhoff on May 25 2009

Your weekend newspaper—assuming your town still has one—will be stuffed with pages of glossy advertisements for holiday sales. Your local TV news will do a story on the folks waiting in line in the dark for your local mall to open its doors. All weekend, people will be firing up their grills or spending a day at the beach.

IAVA Executive Director on the Meaning of Memorial Day
Posted by Michelle McCarthy on May 22 2009

Today, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), the country's first and largest nonpartisan organization for veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, issued the following statement on the upcoming Memorial Day Holiday:

IAVA Observes Memorial Day 2009
Posted by Michelle McCarthy on May 22 2009

This weekend IAVA Members from across the country will gather at events in New York, Chicago and Washington, D.C. to commemorate Memorial Day and honor the more than one million Americans who have died in military service for our country. Click here to learn more, get involved and leave a note on IAVA's "Wall of Remembrance" telling us what Memorial Day means to you.