Honoring Heroes On Veterans Day

Veterans Day-a day to honor and pay tribute to the almost 25 million veterans who have served and who continue to serve the United States.

“My message to every single veteran, to veterans all across this country, is that I am still not satisfied and [VA Secretary] Bob McDonald is still not satisfied, and we are going to keep investing in the facilities and the physicians and the staff to make sure that our veterans get they care that they need when you need it”, Obama said.

During a visit in which he performed the traditional wreath-laying at the cemetery’s Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Obama also gave advice to help American veterans. Currently, such schools can get 90 percent of their revenue from federal sources and advocates for the rule change say it will discourage the for-profit colleges from aggressively targeting veterans for recruitment.

The annual service is hosted by the New Hanover Veterans Circle.

Communities across the nation saluted our military veterans Wednesday.

A woman touches a memorial plaque after the Armistice Day service of remembrance with members of the armed forces and veterans at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, central England. More than 130 veterans and their families will be getting the keys to newly-refurbished vehicles this Veterans Day at one of the 60+ locations participating this year across the country. On his first Veterans Day as president, Obama made his way somberly through Arlington Cemetery’s Section 60, where the Iraq and Afghanistan war dead are buried.

Britain’s Prince Harry meets and chats with Canadian veterans at Canada House on Armistice Day in London. The day marks the anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I and has become a day to honor all current and former veterans. More than 7,000 Hmong now live in Wausau, a city of about 40,000.———TRANSGENDER HEALTH CAREThe Cleveland VA Medical Center is opening a clinic to serve transgender veterans.

Army Sgt. Jason Bates of Baltimore, Md., spends time visiting with one of the 13 friends he lost while serving between 2006 and 2007, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015, on Veterans Day in Section 60 in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) A sailor stands near wreaths during a ceremony at the World War II Memorial on Veteran’s Day in Washington, DC, November 11, 2015. “America’s Parade” will feature more than 20,000 participants, including marching bands, floats, veterans and military units. They fought surreptitiously for the Central Intelligence Agency in Laos and faced persecution.

Purple Hearts Reunited has returned medals and artifacts to more than 150 families and museums.