veterans

Daryll Bradshaw served in the Air Force for seven years, but he'd soon find himself homeless and the focus of Missoula advocates working on his behalf.

Missoula housing advocates are tapping into a library of resources to ensure the city's population of homeless vets find the resources and housing they need.

Rob Lewis writes, "If history is any guide, the breakthroughs veterans are helping unlock today will one day benefit millions beyond the military community."

As one of many Montana women who answered the military’s call for service during World War I as a trained nurse with the Red Cross, Sandelius shipped overseas, volunteered for combat duty, and served on front-line hospitals.

The Poverello has been working to secure the funding needed to redevelop portions of the old Clark Fork Inn on West Broadway into a veteran transitional housing facility.

A national organization recently named the University of Montana the No. 1 “Military Friendly” college in the United States.

The federal government is the single largest employer of veterans in the country, including vulnerable veterans who became disabled during their military service.

The Missoula courthouse clock tolled 10 o’clock. It was Memorial Day, one hundred years ago, May 30, 1924. Parade Marshal Will Cave, the city’s unofficial historian in those early days, positioned himself across the river on the city’s south side to lead the parade over the Higgins Avenue Bridge, northward toward the courthouse.

Sen. Jon Tester writes, "Hundreds of thousands of Americans have fought to defend our freedom and protect our democracy, with many paying the ultimate sacrifice to keep us free. Our country stands on the shoulders of these fallen heroes."

Montana has one of the largest populations of veterans per capita, 8.9%, making it the state with the fifth highest number of vets per 100,000 people.