IAVA in the News: Homelessness, Employment and Financial Hardship

The Philadelphia Inquirer: Web Site Helps Welcome Vets Home

The Philadelphia Inquirer recently profiled IAVA Member Veterans Bryan Adams and Marie Exley about their experiences transitioning home from Iraq and how IAVA's CommunityofVeterans.org, the first exclusive social network for OIF/OEF veterans, helped them find critical resources about VA health care, claims benefits and the Post-9/11 GI Bill. Click here to read the article.

Ed Schultz Show: VA Failing to Serve Women Veterans

July 17

On July 17th, IAVA Executive Director and Founder Paul Rieckhoff discussed the findings of a new groundbreaking GAO report showing the the VA is failing to serve our women veterans. Visit www.iava.org/womenveterans to read the GAO findings and text "REPORT" to 69866 to be the first to know when IAVA's own Issue Report on Women in the Military launches in August.

Wall Street Journal: Hello, My Name Is USER01

July 6

The Wall Street Journal spoke to IAVA Member Veteran Reynaldo Leal, Jr. for this article about IAVA's use of new social media, including the Ning-based social network CommunityofVeterans.org, to help Iraq and Afghanistan veterans reach out to one another during the transition home.

Boston Globe: More Female Veterans are Winding up Homeless

July 6

The Boston Globe recently spoke to IAVA Executive Director Paul Rieckhoff and IAVA Member Veteran Angela Peacock for this article addressing the alarming rise in homelessness among female veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan.

Army Times: DoD on the Clock to Plan Stop-loss Payments

June 25

The Army Times recently quoted IAVA Executive Director and Founder Paul Rieckhoff in this article about the Department of Defense's 120-day deadline to launch a payment plan for nearly 185,000 stoplossed service members eligible to receive retroactive backpay for every month they served beyond their enlistment contract since September 10, 2001.

Newsweek: Who Are You Calling Rambo?

June 14

Following U.S. Comedian Stephen Colbert's unprecedented broadcast before U.S. troops in Baghdad, Newsweek published this special edition "My Turn" essay from IAVA Executive Director and Founder Paul Rieckhoff about the need to break "crazy veteran" stereotypes in America. Click here for the full article or to read Stephen Colbert's entire special guest edition Newsweek previewing his trip to Iraq.

Newsweek On Air: Remember Iraq, War Stories

June 8

Newsweek On Air spoke to IAVA Executive Director and Founder Paul Rieckhoff for this interview previewing comedian Stephen Colbert's unprecedented broadcast of his Comedy Central show, "The Colbert Report," from Baghdad, Iraq.

CNN: Career, Housing Help for Veterans

May 26

IAVA's Chief Legislative Counsel Patrick Campbell spoke to CNN for this interview to commemorate Memorial Day and to inform the nation's newest generation of veterans about employment and housing assistance resources available to help them transition from combat.

Homefront: Help For Vets and Their Families

May 7

Homefront Online recently interviewed IAVA Member Veteran Wendell McCleod and his wife Annette for this article about IAVA's new PSA campaign, anchored by the website www.SupportYourVet.org, for the friends and family of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans.

Comedy Central's The Colbert Report: Supporting Our Veterans

May 5

IAVA Executive Director and Founder Paul Rieckhoff appeared on Comedy Central's The Colbert Report recently to talk about host Stephen Colbert's upcoming USO tour to visit the troops and to plug IAVA's new PSA campaign SupportYourVet.org for friends and family of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans.