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Caption: Navy veterans Andy Camp, left, and Matt Semple stand in the San Diego Central Library IDEA Lab, where they worked to develop their water-saving razor. They've launched the product on Kickstarter, raising almost $70,000 from more than 1300 backers., Credit: Mike Damron / KPBS
Since 2022, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has been hosting entrepreneurship fairs at military bases to encourage troops to start businesses.

Bought by WHRV and Texas Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 18, 2024
  • Length: 03:28
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Shipyard workers look on as the Navy unveils the USS Massachusetts nuclear submarine during its christening May 6, 2023., Credit: Steve Walsh / American Homefront
Shipbuilders are pursuing a variety of measures to find more workers, including a marketing partnership with Major League Baseball

Bought by Texas Public Radio, KRPS, WRFA-LP, KUT, and KMXT


  • Added: Apr 17, 2024
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Lisa Koroma and her family moved to this Colorado Springs subdivision after her husband was transferred to Fort Carson. She said their rental home here costs more than the monthly housing allowance her husband receives from the Army., Credit: Lisa Koroma
A recent study found military families are spending more time and money to find places to live when they change duty stations.

Bought by WRFA-LP, Texas Public Radio, North Country Public Radio, and KUT


  • Added: Nov 17, 2022
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: New York Assistant Attorney General Deanna Nelson (right) assists a soldier after leading a presentation about identity theft at Fort Drum, New York in 2017., Credit: U.S. Army
AARP says military families and veterans are almost 40% more likely than civilians to become victims of scammers, and 80% of the attacks specifical...

Bought by Texas Public Radio, KWMU St. Louis, WRFA-LP, KPBS, KTEP and more


  • Added: Oct 10, 2022
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Real estate agent Leslie Alford said the housing market near Ft. Riley, Kansas has been "crazy" this year,” with “a whole lot less houses for sale, a whole lot more competition for them, and higher prices.”, Credit: Courtesy Leslie Alford
Troops and veterans sometimes are hurt by misconceptions about VA mortgages, or they encounter sellers who don't want their home to go through a VA...

Bought by WRFA-LP, Texas Public Radio, KRPS, and KUT


  • Added: Oct 19, 2021
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Inside the Urban Shield trade show, Credit: Sandhya Dirks
For the past eight years, one weekend in late summer brings first responders from across the country and around the world -- firemen, medics, SWAT ...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Dec 28, 2014
  • Length: 09:07
  • Purchases: 1