Mission Continues helps returning veterans reconnect with their community through service By Robert Britt, Contributing Columnist It’s been five years since I left Iraq. Five years since I stepped off that flight carrying me and hundreds of others from th ...
24 Apr 2013 - Robert Britt
Housing program makes gains as agencies join forces to overcome barriers By Robert Britt, Staff Writer After five years of federal buildup and more than six months of focus from community partners, the nation’s largest program to house homeless veterans s ...
25 Mar 2013 - Robert Britt
As the candidate to head the state’s Department of Veterans Affairs, Cameron Smith looks to shepherd a new generation through a complicated system Last month, Gov. John Kitzhaber nominated policy advisor and Marine Corps veteran Cameron Smith to be the ne ...
12 Mar 2013 - Robert Britt
New anthology compiles veterans fiction on Iraq and Afghanistan By Robert Britt, Staff Writer As the war in Afghanistan throttles down, and Iraq fades in our national rearview, much of America is ready to close the books on these conflicts. But for many o ...
28 Feb 2013 - Street Roots Staff
By Robert Britt, Staff Writer Every military veteran who’s served since the Reagan years is familiar with the MRE, the pre-packaged Meal, Ready-to-Eat. Inside the nearly indestructible brown bag, among the packets of crackers, jalapeno cheese and entrées ...
23 Jan 2013 - Street Roots Staff
By Robert Britt I met Brian Bland just before Veterans Day. Brian, a former Marine Corps corporal who served two deployments in Iraq, had been invited to Reynolds High School in Troutdale, just east of Portland. The school was hosting a Living History Day ...
15 Dec 2012 - Israel Bayer
Veterans could soon join ranks of specialty courts By Robert Britt, Staff Writer It’s Wednesday morning at the Clark County courthouse in Vancouver, Wash., and Navy veteran Eric Vance stands before the district court judge. Appearing in the middle of the ...
10 Oct 2012 - Street Roots
Life after war through photography By Robert Britt, Contributing writer It took 60 years for local photographer Jim Lommasson’s father to share his stories from combat in World War II, and now the son is working to ensure that veterans of Iraq and Afghani ...
23 Apr 2012 - Street Roots