DAV statement on Kabul attacks
Today’s attacks at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul—which claimed the lives of several U.S. Marines and one Navy Corpsman and wounded many others amid the humani...
DAV statement on the ongoing situation in Afghanistan
Those who have served in war know that it never leaves us, and as a combat-wounded Vietnam veteran, I know all too well the range of emotions that veterans of […]
The answers inside
Veteran brain banks may hold the key to understanding PTSD, TBI and CTE According to the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center, nearly 414,000 American military members ...
Minnesota advocate named Outstanding Disabled Veteran of the Year
TAMPA, Fla.—DAV (Disabled American Veterans) has named Army veteran and Green Beret Mike McElhiney of Maple Plain, Minnesota, the 2021 Outstanding Disabled Veteran of the Y...
Unplanned loss, unexpected redemption
Combat-injured Marine Corps veteran receives discharge upgrade through help of DAV-sponsored pro bono program Lafe Cotton and his wife knew he’d lose more than half of his ...
My kids have a future
Securing survivor and dependent educational benefits can change the trajectory of a family’s recovery While helplessness and despair are among the immediate responses to le...
A Texas-sized whirlwind
Joni and Michael Stevenson had lived in their Texas home for just six months when a wave of heavy snow and ice covered the state, taxing energy grids beyond capacity [&hell...
How DAV helps Army paratroopers with a lifetime of pain
Army Airborne veteran receives VA benefits, As a young paratrooper in the 1950s, Matt Cimini was no stranger to relatively safe, controlled falls from great heights, but it...
Astounding advocacy
On Sept. 11, 2001, Mike McElhiney and the rest of his Special Forces team knew they’d be headed directly into harm’s way in response to the terrorist attack that claimed [&...
National convention moves to Florida
Due to COVID-19 restrictions in the previously scheduled location of Reno, Nevada, the 2021 DAV and Auxiliary National Convention will now take place July 31–Aug. 3 in Tamp...