Repair Assistance Lifts Weight Off Purple Heart Recipient When Purple Heart recipient Victoria Montenegro’s stove quit working just before Thanksgiving 2022, she didn’t anticipate an avalanche of home repairs that would follow and add to her stress as a stay-home mom and Army veteran. Victoria, a former Army medic, was on deployment in Iraq when … Continued
New Beams and Foundation Repair Give Veteran Hope Brian Stevenson Sr. spent 20 years serving his country. After high school, and unsure of his future, Brian entered the Navy. He served 6½ years before discharging to join the Coast Guard, where he served for more than 13 years until retiring in 2019. During his time … Continued
Army Veteran Grateful to Operation Homefront After Unplanned Medical Retirement When Army Master Sgt. Cedric Brown noticed swelling in his leg after a game of pickup basketball at the base gym, he thought he had pulled a muscle. As it turned out, he had two blood clots in his leg that would soon end his … Continued
Through Operation Homefront Programs, Marine Veteran Working Toward American Dream As Master Sgt. Class Lupe Mendoza prepared for retirement after 20 years in the Marine Corps – the last 10 of them served overseas – he and his wife, Dajana, looked forward settling in Texas and raising their baby boy, Alexander. However, finding a place … Continued
Transitional Home ‘Means the World’ to Navy Veteran and Family After 14 moves with the military and two since retiring from the service, Navy veteran James Bowen and his wife, Karen, are hopeful that move No. 17 will be into their forever home. The Bowens and their three children settled in Zachary, Louisiana, after James … Continued
Army Veteran Looks to Her Children’s Future with Forever Home With baby daughter Rylee due to arrive in weeks, if not days, Army veteran Cheryl Davis did what many expectant moms do: She nested. Only her version of getting her home ready for the baby involved moving into a new house. The mom and her … Continued
Navy Veteran is Ready to Make Memories in Her Forever Home Sixteen years have passed since L. Nicole Henderson noted in her journal that she wanted to be a homeowner by age 35. It was a bold aspiration for a teen who had bounced from state to state and from relatives’ homes to homeless shelters … Continued
When Navy Petty Officer First Class Garfield Johnson and his wife, Tia, saw a home listed in Zephyrhills, Florida, through Operation Homefront’s Permanent Homes for Veterans program, they were filled with hope. The house, donated by Meritage Homes, would put the couple and their two young children on a path to stability. “This potential gift … Continued
Transitional Home Gives Army Veteran Hope in His Hometown After living all over the world and spending far too much time apart from his children, Army veteran Kenneth Coates was ready to settle down. Operation Homefront’s Transitional Homes for Veterans (THV) program and the generosity of Wells Fargo gave him that chance. The newly retired … Continued
Lessons Endure for Operation Homefront Villages Graduate Garfield Johnson well remembers the five-star accommodations at Operation Homefront’s Transitional Housing (Villages) in San Diego, but his enduring takeaways are the lessons in money management that will last a lifetime. The former Navy petty officer first class served 11 years in the Navy Seabees as an aircraft … Continued
