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Organizations supporting veterans, troops making changes in response to coronavirus

By Michelle Stoddart and Benjamin Siu – ABC News | April 16, 2020

As Americans at home change their lifestyles in the wake of the novel coronavirus, organizations that support veterans and deployed troops are making changes too.

“There’s a lot of the things that are challenging for our military service members and their families,” said Alan Reyes, chief operating officer of the USO. “They’re having to deal with this same stressor that we are, on top of already pretty stressful lives where they’re far from home or from family, friends and so their disconnection is even more.”

 

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