U.S.VETS-Long Beach
From Left to Right: Mike Murray-Chairman of the Long Beach Advisory Council, Mayor of Long Beach, Bob Foster, Eloy Oakley LBCC Superintendent, Steve Peck-U.S.VETS President & CEO, Greg McCormack-Site Director U.S.VETS-Long Beach, and U.S. Army Col. David Sutherland
U.S. VETS - Long Beach, established in 2001, is the largest of the eleven U.S. VETS sites. It is located at the Villages at Cabrillo, 26 acres of former Cabrillo/Savannah Naval housing site. U.S.VETS – Long Beach is the only U.S.VETS Site that offers the Women Veterans & Children program. The Long Beach site serves 550 veterans daily.
Long Beach News
U.S.VETS-Long Beach and U.S.VETS-Inglewood are hosting an Employer Appreciation Breakfast for employers that have committed to hiring veterans on April 25th, 2012. If interested in finding out more information, contact [...]
Spending a few years in the military can make a person accustomed to a highly structured lifestyle in which others make decisions, while food, clothing and shelter are provided by the organization. Stepping out of that situation and back into the far less disciplined life of a civilian is a stressful undertaking for many veterans, and it can sometimes cause them to make foolish choices. A program called Outside the Wire is aimed at helping veterans struggling with the transition to civilian life.
Homeless male veterans are often plagued by a sense of hopelessness and a feeling that the country they defended has now abandoned them. One organization that aims to change that scenario is the U.S. Veterans Initiative (U.S. Vets), which currently manages 11 veterans-assistance centers throughout the United States.
According to the most recent U.S. Veterans Administration (V.A.) statistics, on any given night in 2009, more than 75,000 U.S. veterans were homeless. In that same year, more than 136,000 veterans experienced homelessness at least temporarily.
Military veterans dealing with joblessness, hunger, substance abuse and even homelessness have a place to which they can turn in Long Beach.
Military veterans dealing with joblessness, hunger, substance abuse and even homelessness have a place to which they can turn in Long Beach.
U.S. VETS – Long Beach has initiated start of planning for the Second Annual WomenVeterans Stand Down and Resource Fair, set for July 20, 2012 to be held in Los [...]
U.S.VETS-Long Beach will be holding a free recruitment event for veterans. This is a great opportunity to meet employers, find jobs, and learn what companies are looking for in new [...]
Residents from the Social Independent Living Skills Program (SILS) program at U.S.VETS-Long Beach volunteered their time to decorate the National History Museum Float for the Rose Parade.
Wednesday, 10/12/11 from 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
U.S.VETS – Long Beach / Tri-State Staffing
Social Hall – 2001 River Ave. Long Beach, CA 90810
Positions Available:
Warehouse [...]
The 4th Annual “Honoring Those Who Serve” Luncheon will take place on November 4, 2011 at the Long Beach Hilton Hotel Ballroom and will feature keynote speaker and WWII POW Louis Zamperini.
U.S.VETS and Best Jobs Magazine hosted nine employers and resource service providers during the job fair. This event was opened to the public and we had about 250 job seekers [...]
U.S. VETS-Long Beach will be hosting several Positive Recruitment events at the Social Hall at 2001 River Ave. Long Beach, CA 90810. All veterans are welcome to find [...]
Check back for more details as the event date approaches.
A local business, along with co-collaborators, pulls off a surprise Memorial Day barbecue to honor 50 veterans.
By Mira Reverente | May 31, 2011
Agoura Hills [...]
On May 20, 2011 at the Veterans Memorial Building in Culver City U.S.VETS hosted a luncheon for 150 female veterans and their guests.
The luncheon featured several panel speakers including [...]
On Saturday, April 30, 12 volunteers with the Long Beach chapter of the national nonprofit Rebuilding Together arrived at U.S. VETS – Long Beach [...]
Long Beach, CA – A memorial fundraiser is being hosted for Sergeant Israel Garcia, who was killed in the battle of Wanat in Afghanistan in 2008. To acknowledge his sacrifice and accomplishments a musical event called, “Beats for a Bench,” will raise money for the building and installment of a memorial bench at his High School, Long Beach Polytechnic.
Paulina Hicks has always done things systematically. She went to college for civil engineering, enlisted in the military out of veritable love of her country and always kept a cinched-tight savings account. Now, as a former military officer, she can’t quite understand how her life escaped her fixed grip, forcing her to assume a new title: homeless veteran.
In honor of Women Military History Week the Employment Development Department – LA/West South Bay Workforce Services – Region B is hosting a Women Veterans Symposium on Wednesday, March 23, 2011 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. U.S.VETS will be participating and hosting lunch.
