AFghanistan and Iraq vets bounce back from amputations
Two inspiring stories this week share the progress and success of veteran amputees; one man became the focus of a documentary that detailed his arduous recovery from a quadruple amputation after surviving a blast in Afghanistan, and the other story profiles an Iraq vet who now oversees the prosthetics program at the San Diego VA hospital. Drew Brooks from the Fayetteville Observer profiles the documentary subject, and Jeanette Steele of the San Diego Union-Tribune profiles the chief of prosthetics.
DC Veteran Creates transitional housing for female veterans
Cecil Bryd, a veteran living in DC, has spent the last two years working to renovate two homes that he plans to turn into transitional housing for female veterans. Byrd has persisted with the project through permitting challenges and financial issues, and hopes to open the houses to the first veterans in mid-November. Local DC TV station WJLA reports.
Dallas program teaches IT skills to vets
People across the country are working hard to find ways to train and employ recently-returned veterans, and the Dallas Business Journal brings us the story of one local certification program. Dallas nonprofit NPower is about to graduate its first class of veterans trained in information technology. Reporter Danielle Abril reports on the details and where the veterans are going next.
