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Hire a Veteran Day lands on July 25, and for a lot of companies that means a flag graphic on LinkedIn and a thank you for your service before lunch. The harder question is “what happens the other 364 days?”... Read More ▶
Pamela Fleming built her consulting business after eight years of military service and multiple deployments, turning leadership experience into a mission to help organizations manage change. Through the IVMF’s STRIVE program at Houston City College... Read More ▶
On behalf of the D’Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University, I write to express our strong support for H.R. 2804, the Protecting Small Business Competitions Act of 2025, and to commend Representative Vela... Read More ▶
In the middle of a PCS move, Gabi's marriage fell apart. The reintegration after her husband's deployment never happened. The abuse behind closed doors went unspoken for too long. And suddenly, she was alone, starting over, with nothing but her child... Read More ▶
On his first day in the Senate, a decorated Vietnam combat veteran introduced legislation to keep a promise the country had not yet made good on. Eighteen months later, it became law. What happened next is where organizations like the IVMF come in.... Read More ▶
In 1944, Franklin Roosevelt signed legislation that transformed the country. A Syracuse University chancellor, also a veteran, helped shape it. Eight decades later, the institution he led is still honoring the commitment that bill made possible.... Read More ▶
James Forten is one of the original American veteran entrepreneurship stories. He was a free Black teenager in Philadelphia when the country declared independence, and he went to war as a privateer before the law would let him do much else. He came h... Read More ▶
As the United States marks 250 years, the story of American service cannot be told only through battlefields, presidents, and policy. It must also be told through the lives of those who came home from war and built something lasting.... Read More ▶
What does a nation owe the people who serve it? More than two centuries later, that question remains at the center of veteran policy, military family support, and the ongoing work of helping those who serve successfully transition into civilian li... Read More ▶
Before she married into the Coast Guard, Belverly Cutchins had been accepted to the University of Louisville's engineering program. She had the grades, the scholarships, and the trajectory. What she did not have was a labor market designed to move wi... Read More ▶