Thursday, June 20th, 2013
Coming Home Project
{Channel}
creative commons
Published:
May 23, 2013Pressure is building on the military to change its culture from within after an alarming Pentagon report estimates 26,000 servicemembers were sexually assaulted last year-- President Obama calls these crimes “shameful and disgraceful.” Another layer to this problem is that very few of these assa... read more
Army Captain Andrew Pedersen-Keel in Afghanistan
Photo:Courtesy of Helen Pedersen Keiser
Published:
May 22, 2013On Thursday, May 23, the photo of U.S Army Captain Andrew Pedersen-Keel will be added to the State of Connecticut's Wall of Honor.
It's a tribute to servicemembers who've died while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Pedersen-Keel was killed March 11 in what the military calls a green on b... read more
Published:
May 22, 2013Some veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are closely watching the immigration reform bill as it moves to the U.S Senate for a vote. As WNPR’... read more
Published:
Mar 19, 2013Forty men and women from Connecticut died in the Iraq War. Trumbull resident, Mike Mastroni created the CT Fallen Heroes Foundation to remember vet... read more
Published:
Mar 19, 2013Today marks the 10-year anniversary of the start of the Iraq war. Throughout the day, we're looking back at what has changed over the last 10 years... read more
Updated:
Mar 18, 2013This story originally aired on NPR’s "All Things Considered"
Every day an estimated twenty-two veterans kill themselves in the U.S. and most of... read more
Published:
Mar 18, 2013On Tuesday, March 19, WNPR is focusing its coverage on the tenth anniversary of the Iraq War including remembering those who were killed during Op... read more
Published:
Jan 31, 2013A New Haven mental health clinic has received a federal grant to help the children of military families. As WNPRs Lucy Nalpathanchil reports, the c... read more
Published:
Jan 25, 2013The state's Commissioner of Veterans Affairs is applauding news that the military is ending its ban on women serving in the infantry and other grou... read more
Published:
Dec 20, 2012It's been five months since sixteen homeless veterans moved into permanent supportive housing thanks to the American Legion Post in southeastern Co... read more
Published:
Dec 13, 2012Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has called on military leaders to explore a "epidemic" of suicide among active duty servicemembers and veterans. Eac... read more
Published:
Nov 14, 2012Today, we’ll officially kick off a monthly visit from Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy. Here at Where We Live, we made a big deal about how the l... read more
Published:
Sep 25, 2012Yellow ribbons are back on the Town Green in Litchfield after being taken down recently by a group that oversees the historic district.
The rib... read more
Published:
Aug 29, 2012To date, sixty-three men and women from Connecticut have died while serving in the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars. A small group of Connecticut resident... read more
Published:
Aug 28, 2012Congressman Joe Courtney has sponsored a bill that could help veterans who are in school or planning to enroll using the Post 9-11 GI bill.
Th... read more
Published:
Aug 2, 2012In the Civil War, it was called soldiers heart or nostalgia..in WWI it was known as shell shock.
These days its known as Post Traumatic Stress... read more
Published:
Jul 18, 2012A Connecticut attorney testified before Congress Wednesday on ways to improve the claims process for veterans who've been sexually assaulted while... read more
Updated:
Jul 11, 2012Originally aired on NPR's "All Things Considered"
This month, more than a dozen homeless veterans will finally have a place to call their own t... read more
Published:
Jul 5, 2012A Workforce Development Board in Connecticut has received almosts $450,000 from the U.S Labor Department. The Workplace, Inc. will use the grants t... read more
Published:
Jun 12, 2012An American Legion post in Jewett City has dedicated the last decade to raising money so it could help homeless veterans.
On Monday, hundreds o... read more