Retired U.S. Navy Captain Chad Roe, former commanding officer of Navy Medicine and Readiness Training Command Great Lakes, held his retirement ceremony after the Change of Command ceremony, June 12. NMRTCGL delivers care to active-duty military personnel, recruits, civilians, and veterans and their families in pursuit of the medical readiness. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Heather Ferrugi)
Fisher House Foundation and the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center (Lovell FHCC) celebrated construction progress on a new Fisher House in North Chicago, Illinois during a “Topping Off Ceremony.”
The three veterans traveled very different roads but shared a destination last year that led to permanent housing. Because of the unfailing efforts of the social workers in the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center Homeless Veterans Program, the three are counted in the 117 “permanent housing placements” the program made in 2022. It was more than 200 percent over the target the team set as part of the VA secretary’s 38,000...
