Even as the Pentagon lifts the ban on women in combat roles, returning servicewomen are facing a battlefield of a different kind: they are now the fas...

As defense spending cuts limit vital benefits for veterans and our country increasingly faces the issue of veteran homelessness, we offer this interview with Mark Francis-Mullen, who became a certified yoga teacher and taught yoga at the Denver VA Regional Medical Center while homeless.

The number of homeless people in the U.S. remained steady last year, underscoring just how much work needs to be done to actually lower the number of ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs is taking further action to end veteran homelessness by 2015. This week, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. ...

Long before David was officially diagnosed with PTSD, the veteran of both the Army National Guard and the Air Force experienced anger, hyper-vigilance, withdrawal and a compulsion to seek solace in alcohol.

Homeless veterans got some welcome news on the job front Monday. The U.S. Department of Labor announced it will commit more than $20 million to fu...

For their determination to put an end to veterans living on the streets, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will receive the highest...

One veteran housing complex is changing the way veterans are getting -- and providing -- help. The Veteran's Manor, an apartment complex in Milwau...

Recently I had a cancer scare. I was given a list of things to do, including "lying in bed with my feet above heart level," something hard to do while living out of your vehicle. Add to this not being able to afford picking up a prescription and you have the recipe for a downward spiral.

About 1,000 veterans don't have a place to sleep at night in Phoenix, but one development group is working to provide shelter to at least some of this...

After overcoming a rare eye disease, Cassy Rivera is seeing things more clearly. Grateful to have had her eyesight restored, Rivera, a Brooklyn mot...

While most New Yorkers were long curled up in bed at 1 a.m. Tuesday, Victoria Mohl was fighting back the January wind as she beelined for a shivering...

It's an understatement to say that Navy veteran Shane D'Onofrio would give the shirt off his back for his fellow servicemen. The Rio Rancho, N.M. ...

Halfway into an ambitious five-year campaign to end homelessness among veterans, the Department of Veterans Affairs says it has made enough progress t...

When it comes to 2011's top stories of crises, the call for action doesn't end just because the year is coming to a close. HuffPost Impact's news stor...

In an effort to keep veterans from turning to the streets, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced Monday that it will offer $100 million in gran...

The number of homeless female veterans is on the rise and the high rate of Military Sexual Assault may be partly to blame. Between 2008 and 2009, w...

The government has a role to play in ending veteran homelessness, but so do we as citizens. It is time for all of us to step up and serve.

Despite the growing number of women serving in the armed forces, female veterans are still less accepted on the home front. American communities more...

A new report released today confirms what many Americans have long known: veterans make up a disproportionate amount of the nation's homeless populati...