Veterans

Wreaths Across America ceremony honors fallen veterans

Wreaths Across America ceremony honors fallen veterans

Community members placed wreaths on veterans’ graves at Ivy Green Cemetery in Bremerton

 

Charity rucking event will donate winter clothing and toiletries to Kitsap Rescue Mission

Charity rucking event will donate winter clothing and toiletries to Kitsap Rescue Mission

Service Project is part of a nationwide veteran nonprofit organization

 

Kitsap County honors veterans with Monday ceremony

Kitsap County honors veterans with Monday ceremony

Program featured guest speakers and Veterans Day rituals

 

Our enduring thanks

Our enduring thanks

Kitsap cemeteries are hallowed ground on Veterans Day

Our enduring thanks
Veterans Day event set for Nov. 11 in Bremerton

Veterans Day event set for Nov. 11 in Bremerton

Event will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Kitsap Sun Pavilion

Veterans Day event set for Nov. 11 in Bremerton
Stand Down offers vital resources and services for veterans in need

Stand Down offers vital resources and services for veterans in need

Services included dental screenings, haircuts, hot food and clothes

Stand Down offers vital resources and services for veterans in need

Annual ‘Flags Across the Park’ honors veterans

The event will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 26, at Miller-Woodlawn, 5505 Kitsap Way, Bremerton.

The color guard from the Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bangor displays the colors while Niki Saulsberry sings the national anthem at the groundbreaking ceremony April 2. Michelle Beahm / Kitsap News Group

Construction underway for a new VA clinic in Silverdale

It’s been a long time coming, but the ceremonial groundbreaking has finally took place April 2.

The color guard from the Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bangor displays the colors while Niki Saulsberry sings the national anthem at the groundbreaking ceremony April 2. Michelle Beahm / Kitsap News Group
Kilmer visits Herald offices for Kitsap conversation | Video

Kilmer visits Herald offices for Kitsap conversation | Video

POULSBO — Derek Kilmer represents Washington’s 6th Congressional District, an area that covers Kitsap, Mason, Jefferson, Clallam and Grays Harbor counties. On April 2, U.S.… Continue reading

Kilmer visits Herald offices for Kitsap conversation | Video
Sean Delaire, founder and executive director of Left Right Straight, stands in the building that will soon be the new headquarters for the nonprofit organization, in the early days of renovation. Michelle Beahm | Kitsap News Group file photo

Nonprofit helps veterans through adventure, workshops and more

BREMERTON — Left Right Straight started out as a phrase used by the nonprofit’s founder, Sean Delaire, and his friends as they left for an… Continue reading

Sean Delaire, founder and executive director of Left Right Straight, stands in the building that will soon be the new headquarters for the nonprofit organization, in the early days of renovation. Michelle Beahm | Kitsap News Group file photo
Donna Gaskill with her dogs, Sailor and Oliver, at the Washington Veterans Home in Retsil. The residents held a contest and voted on Sailor’s name. Both dogs help residents and staff alike destress. Michelle Beahm / Kitsap News Group

Dog helps Retsil Veterans Home residents, staff

PORT ORCHARD — Hello, Sailor. Sailor is a dog who joins her human, Donna Gaskill, every day for work at the Washington Veterans Home in… Continue reading

Donna Gaskill with her dogs, Sailor and Oliver, at the Washington Veterans Home in Retsil. The residents held a contest and voted on Sailor’s name. Both dogs help residents and staff alike destress. Michelle Beahm / Kitsap News Group
Angel honored for her work serving veterans

Angel honored for her work serving veterans

OLYMPIA — State Sen. Jan Angel, R-Port Orchard, has been selected Legislator of the Year by the Governor’s Veterans Advisory Committee and Washington State Department… Continue reading

Angel honored for her work serving veterans
Military honors were given to Private Zachariah M. Stucker when his remains were brought to the Veterans Home Cemetery, through the Missing in America Project, which helps facilitate the location, identification and interment of fallen heroes whose remains are already in America. Stucker, a Civil War veteran, died in 1914 at the age of 69; his body was cremated in Seattle where it remained for 103 years before being returned to Kitsap County. Michelle Beahm / Kitsap News Group

Civil War veteran Zachariah Stucker returns home after 103 years | Slideshow

PORT ORCHARD — Thanks to the Missing in America Project, Civil War veteran Private Zachariah M. Stucker was returned home to Kitsap Sept. 28 to… Continue reading

Military honors were given to Private Zachariah M. Stucker when his remains were brought to the Veterans Home Cemetery, through the Missing in America Project, which helps facilitate the location, identification and interment of fallen heroes whose remains are already in America. Stucker, a Civil War veteran, died in 1914 at the age of 69; his body was cremated in Seattle where it remained for 103 years before being returned to Kitsap County. Michelle Beahm / Kitsap News Group
Sean Delaire, founder of Left Right Straight, works on the complete renovation of the nonprofit’s new headquarters. Michelle Beahm/Kitsap News Group

Left Right Straight renovating new headquarters

Offices will be ‘open and friendly’

Sean Delaire, founder of Left Right Straight, works on the complete renovation of the nonprofit’s new headquarters. Michelle Beahm/Kitsap News Group

Stand Down offering resources to vets and families

PORT ORCHARD — Stand Down, an event open in Kitsap County to veterans and their families, will take place Saturday, Sept. 30, at the Sheridan… Continue reading

T/Sgt. Daniel Fye watches painters at work on his family’s new mortgage-free, handicapped accessible home. On Aug. 26, community members are invited to come help landscape the property and lay turf. The key ceremony will be in late September. The home is being built by the nonprofit foundation, Homes for Our Troops. The home is being paid for with private cash donations and product donations from businesses like Sherwin-Williams. Terryl Asla/Kitsap News Group

Put your gardening gloves on and show your appreciation to a disabled veteran

SEABECK — Kitsap residents will have an opportunity on Aug. 26 to put on their gardening gloves and hats and show their appreciation to a… Continue reading

T/Sgt. Daniel Fye watches painters at work on his family’s new mortgage-free, handicapped accessible home. On Aug. 26, community members are invited to come help landscape the property and lay turf. The key ceremony will be in late September. The home is being built by the nonprofit foundation, Homes for Our Troops. The home is being paid for with private cash donations and product donations from businesses like Sherwin-Williams. Terryl Asla/Kitsap News Group

Angel’s veterans networking bill signed by governor

OLYMPIA — A bill introduced by Sen. Jan Angel, R- Port Orchard, to build a peer-to-peer network for veterans support services and to realign government… Continue reading

Building homes in which wounded warriors can rebuild their lives

Building homes in which wounded warriors can rebuild their lives

BREMERTON — Their forever home in Bremerton won’t be completed until October. But on April 22, Air Force Tech Sgt. Daniel Fye and his family… Continue reading

Building homes in which wounded warriors can rebuild their lives
Brass Ring Salon in PO raises $6,150 for VFW

Brass Ring Salon in PO raises $6,150 for VFW

By SARA MILLER Kitsap News Group A flurry of snips, cuts and clips April 9 helped raise more than $6,000 for the Port Orchard Veterans… Continue reading

Brass Ring Salon in PO raises $6,150 for VFW
‘WAServes’ works to improve quality of care, access to critical services for service members, veterans and their families

‘WAServes’ works to improve quality of care, access to critical services for service members, veterans and their families

SEATTLE — The Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University and the Schultz Family Foundation have launched WAServes, a network of veteran service… Continue reading

‘WAServes’ works to improve quality of care, access to critical services for service members, veterans and their families