Tag Archives: CalVet
SIX WOMEN VETERANS TO RECEIVE CALVET’S TRAILBLAZER AWARDS
These remarkable individuals are veterans themselves, dedicated to championing the cause of fellow veterans, with a special focus on women who have served. They are resilient women who have transitioned from military service to civilian life, achieving personal success, and actively assisting others on their journey to do the same. They are the California Department […]
A SIGNATURE MOMENT FOR WOMEN IN THE ARMED FORCES
President Harry S. Truman changed the American military forever with the stroke of a pen on June 12, 1948. The Women’s Armed Services Integration Act enabled women for the first time to become permanent members of the United States Armed Forces and its Reserve components; ultimately enabling them to merit veteran status as well as […]
CALVET RESIDENTIAL ENRICHED NEIGHBORHOODS OPEN DOORS TO THE FUTURE FOR VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES
PALMDALE – Recently, United States Navy veteran Allen Evans went to check out the progress on his new home under construction in CalVet’s Palmdale Residential Enriched Neighborhood (REN). Before he could reach the home, he and his wife, Cecilia, were approached by a few residents of the development. “They said, ‘Can I help you?’” Evans […]
MAY A MONTH OF REMEMBRANCE FOR THREE-WAR VET AT REDDING HOME
May is a month of remembrances for 96-year-old U.S. Navy veteran Don Windle. On May 5, 1944, the Navy launched his ship, the USS Aaron Ward (DM-34), a destroyer minelayer commissioned in October of that year. On May 3, 1945, two days shy of a year of its launching and during its first and only […]
WOMAN VETERAN DECAL IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR CALIFORNIA ‘HONORING VETERANS’ LICENSE PLATE
When President Truman signed the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act into law on June 12, 1948, women could finally serve as permanent, regular members of the four major branches of the American military. Up until 1948, women serving in the auxiliary branches performed duties in four categories: baking, clerical, driving, and medical. During WWII, the […]
VOLUNTEER TEACHES VETERANS HOW TO BETTER TELL THEIR STORIES
Most veterans have a story to tell, from boot camp or base life, from deployments to discharge. Sometimes, they just need tips on how to tell it. Kristine Mietzner loves to help them. The former journalist, retired educator, and now a staff services manager in CalVet’s Veterans Homes division has spent more than a decade […]
80 YEARS AGO, MARINE PILOT SHOT DOWN SEVEN JAPANESE PLANES IN ONE DAY, EARNED MEDAL OF HONOR
CalVet’s Medal of Honor Wall includes 177 names of soldiers, sailors, and Marines, either from California or with California ties, who received the nation’s highest honor for heroism and valor. Each recipient and the circumstances that led to awarding the honor is a story in its own right. This time, we tell the story of […]
RETIRED ARMY MAJOR WANTS WOMEN VETERANS TO REMEMBER THEIR MILITARY-ACQUIRED SKILLS
As a U.S. Army Reservist serving in a psyops (psychological operations) unit in Iraq in 2021, Tina Knutson and her team got into the minds of Iraqi citizens while deployed to Baghdad. As a police officer and hostage negotiator during her 21-year career in law enforcement in the Alameda County city of Newark, she once […]
VETERANS DAY IN THE BOOKS? AT CALVET, EVERY DAY IS A NEW PAGE WHEN IT COMES TO SERVING THEM
The parades and picnics are over. Speeches made and proclamations read. The American flags that lined the streets throughout the country and California are neatly folded, stored until the next national holiday. Veterans Day – America’s annual day of thanking veterans for defending this country and the freedoms our Constitution guarantees – is in the […]
GO AHEAD, MAKE MY VETERANS DAY: WHEN FORT ORD WAS A SPRINGBOARD TO HOLLYWOOD
From World War I through the first Gulf War, Fort Ord was a U.S. Army base known for producing soldiers. Today, it is home to CalVet’s California Central Coast Veterans Cemetery and also to Cal State University-Monterey Bay, among other things. For a few years in the early 1950s, however, the outpost on the Monterey […]
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