Steven Tucker

This morning on The Rhode Show, we welcomed Erik Wallin, Executive Director of Operation Stand Down Rhode Island, and NIROPE, Ron and Pete Cardi, of Cardi’s Furniture and Mattresses.

It is one of the most moving memorials you will ever experience: Operation Stand Down's Boots on the Ground for Heroes.

On Monday morning, U.S. Rep. Seth Magaziner hosted his second annual veterans appreciation breakfast and awards ceremony at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Warwick.

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — For more than 30 years, Operation Stand Down Rhode Island has been helping local veterans in need.

This morning on The Rhode Home, we welcomed NIROPE, Ron & Pete Cardi, along with Dee DeQuattro from Operation Stand Down Rhode Island as she discussed their tireless work for Veterans and the upcoming Boots on the Ground event taking place Memorial Day Weekend at Fort Adams in Newport.

Warwick Beacon - OSDRI hosts event providing over 200 veterans with what they need to get by

(WJAR) — The Boots on the Ground Memorial returns this Memorial Day Weekend to Newport.

NEWPORT, R.I. (WPRI) — At Fort Adams State Park, volunteers are carefully lining up more than thousands of combat boots in a large grid.

NEWPORT, R.I. (WJAR) — Volunteers continued setting up the Boots on the Ground for Heroes Memorial display in Fort Adams State Park on Wednesday.

Johnston, RI – Some local veterans have battled serious health issues – such as cancer or respiratory conditions – for years. Even though they strongly believed their illness was service-connected, it wasn’t covered by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) until recently, thanks to the landmark Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act (P.L. 117-168).