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Courage and Comrades: Remembering Our ND Vietnam Vets

1968 and Vietnam…a time and a place that many Americans have chosen to forget.  However, it was this collective act of forgetting that spurred three 1968 Notre Dame alumni, composed of a renowned Notre Dame/NFL running back, a former Indiana...

A different kind of lawyer: Veterans studying at ND Law School

Several Notre Dame Law School students have served or are currently serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. They represent all five military branches. Their paths to the military, to law school, and to Notre Dame are each unique. Some have...

Veteran And Wife Make a Difference Through Fostering, Adoption

Judge Joseph L. Falvey Jr., ’81, ’87 J.D. has led a tank platoon, ensuring young Marines are prepared for deployment. He has had a long and distinguished legal career in the military that culminated earlier this year with his confirmation as...

ROTC vigil celebrates Veterans Day

Army, Navy and Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) cadets kept vigil for 24 hours at the Clarke Memorial Fountain, starting Monday and ending Tuesday afternoon. Cadets had 30-minute shifts, and at the conclusion of the 24 hours, a...

Notre Dame football owes huge debt to Navy

For the 91 uninterrupted years of a football rivalry between Notre Dame and Navy. For the embarrassing riches of 75 victories earned by the Fighting Irish in the matchup. For the lore and the heroes and legacies that were realized....

Educators Acculturating to Serve Student Veterans and Service Members

Though literature on student veterans and service members’ (SVSM) transition to higher education has increased, absent is literature on the transition of non-veteran student affairs staff who work with SVSM. Using an acculturation model as a conceptual framework, this study...

Survey on Campus Supports for Student Veterans

More than 70 percent of college faculty and staff members do not feel that they are adequately prepared to recognize when a student veteran exhibits signs of psychological distress, including post-traumatic stress disorder. That figure was among the …

Military Spouses in STEM

The Society of Women Engineers's Jonna Gerken interviewed Michelle Aikman of the Society of Military Spouses in STEM in a podcast about the Society of Military Spouses in STEM this week.  Michelle…

National Geographic Screening - "Chain of Command"

On Monday, April 23, 2018 in Montgomery Auditorium of LaFortune Student Center,The Office of Military & Veterans Affairs in partnership with bridgeND are hosting Nat Geo's "Chain of Command." Chain of Command is an intimate portrait of the war against violent...

Veterans talk about the Civilian Military Divide

With only .05% of Americans having served or currently serving in the military, the US military has become more isolated from civilian life than at any period in the country's recent history. 88% of post-9/11 veterans believe that the general public...

Run Forrest Run 5/10 K

The OMVA is excited to sponsor the Run Forrest Run 5/10 K in support of the Gary Sinise Foundation’s work on behalf of our nation’s veterans, active military, and first responders! The …

A New Group Wants to Elect More Veterans—From Both Parties

Even the most optimistic interpretation of this week’s government shutdown quickly slides into the abyss of the bottomless distrust between Republicans and Democrats in the House. The brief standoff over immigration and funding the government mostly dramatized Washington’s dysfunction. But…

Trump taps Notre Dame graduate for veterans appellate court

Washington — President Donald Trump intends to nominate Michigan attorney and veteran Joseph L. Falvey Jr. to serve as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, the White House said Tuesday. Falvey, a former federal prosecutor, is...

Melissa Stockwell, An American Hero

Melissa Stockwell – An American Hero: Tragedy to Triumph At first glance, Melissa Stockwell may appear to be the quintessential Mid-Western All-American girl, but she is far more. She is an American war hero who has triumphed over personal tragedy...