Word of advice to active duty personnel: take advantage of any military educational dollars and earn your master of public administration degree.

Word of advice to active duty personnel: Explain your military skills and responsibilities in a way that someone who has never served in the military can easily understand.

Word of advice to active duty personnel: Make every opportunity to take advantage of educational opportunities while still on active duty.

In Walker v. Texas Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles Board (Board) rejected the Texas Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans’ (Texas SCV) application for a specialty license plate featuring images of the Confederate Flag. The Supreme Court will decide whether this violates the First Amendment.

ICMA has materials on employment, accessing care, and housing and homelessness. Explore these resources, share them, and share ideas with how together we can do more to help those who serve our country.

ICMA recently hosted a webinar series to help state and local governments highlighting leading practices and lessons learned from veteran reintegration programs nationwide.

ICMA stands ready to help its members better serve the needs of returning veterans with resource information on employment, housing, and other assistance programs

Check out ICMA’s new webpage on Veterans’ Resources to learn more about veterans’ biggest hurdles and how local government managers are helping their local vets.