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Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs: 2025 Year in Review & Vision for 2026

Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs: 2025 Year in Review & Vision for 2026

This week we kick off our annual series of Year-in-Review shows with the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs. In a full-hour conversation, the Commissioner, Brad Lindsey walks us through the major accomplishments of 2025 and lays out priorities for 2026, including:

  • Three new State Veterans Homes now open and serving residents in Preston, Montevideo, and Bemidji
  • Minnesota reaching functional zero on veteran homelessness in nine of ten continuums of care (only Ramsey County remains)
  • Community Health Navigators deployed to hospitals statewide as part of expanded suicide-prevention efforts
  • Launch of a new veteran food-insecurity program in partnership with Disabled American Veterans and the Minnesota Veterans Food Pantry
  • Continued aggressive hiring and in-house training for healthcare staff at all eight veterans homes. Click here to learn more
  • The official State Veterans Day ceremony now rotating to different regions of Minnesota each year
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ESGR and Support the Troops MN

This week, discover how the Minnesota Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) bridges the gap between military service and civilian workplaces, ensuring Guard and Reserve members keep their jobs while serving our nation. Then, meet the team at Support the Troops MN and learn how they deliver rapid, 24-hour financial aid to Minnesota military heroes and their families facing crisis—paying rent, fixing cars, and restoring hope when it’s needed most. Guests include:

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NOREX and Camp Gratitude

NOREX and Camp Gratitude

This week we meet with the Deputy Commander of Camp Ripley to discuss NOREX – Norwegian Reciprocal Troop Exchange, learn about Camp Gratitude and get an update from the MN Patriot Guard. Guests include:

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The Annual Chaplains Christmas Show

The Annual Chaplains Christmas Show

Chaplain (Captain) Hickory Smith recently baptized several soldiers in the Gulf of Aden during the battalion’s deployment to the Horn of Africa.

This week we host our Annual Chaplains Show with members of the Minnesota National Guard Chaplaincy. We discuss Covid, Deployments, Support for Military Families and talk with a Chaplain deployed to the Horn of Africa with the 2nd Battalion 135th Infantry Regiment. Guests include:

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