Portland State gets back to its roots with a new resource hub for returning veterans Disconnected. That’s the word army veteran Dave Christensen used to describe his first year on the Portland State University campus. “It was very difficult for me to get ...
9 Nov 2013 - Alex Zielinski
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
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