Veterans Intel Report (2026)

21/09/2026

Oklahoma veteran benefits may be better than a lot of veterans realize.

This week’s veteran benefits spotlight starts with one that really stands out: qualifying 100% disabled Oklahoma veterans can receive a sales tax exemption on up to $25,000 in eligible purchases each year.

That is on top of a full homestead property tax exemption for qualifying 100% permanently disabled veterans.

Oklahoma also excludes qualifying military retirement benefits from state income tax, offers significant hunting and fishing benefits for disabled veterans, and gives honorably discharged Oklahoma-resident veterans free admission to state-owned or state-operated parks and museums.

Those are not insignificant benefits.

But here’s what I want to hear from Oklahoma veterans:

Does Oklahoma deserve more credit as a veteran-friendly state?

And if you’ve actually used the sales tax exemption, property tax exemption, hunting and fishing benefits, state veterans services, or another Oklahoma benefit, what should other veterans know about how it works in real life?

Full Oklahoma Veterans Benefits guide:
https://www.veteransintelreport.com/state-benefits/oklahoma/

See something missing, outdated, or different from your experience? Drop it in the comments. Real-world veteran input helps keep these pages useful.

15/09/2026

🇺🇸 VETERAN-OWNED BUSINESS? GET LISTED FREE.

Veterans Intel Report is continuing to grow its national directory of veteran-owned businesses, veteran professionals, creatives, nonprofits, and veteran resources.

If you own a qualifying business or organization, you can now create and manage your own VIR listing.

Free listings are available.

👉 Get started here:
https://www.veteransintelreport.com/get-listed/

Don’t own a business? You can still help.
Know a veteran-owned business that should be included? Tag them below or share this post with them.

Every new listing makes the directory more useful for veterans looking to find and support veteran-owned businesses and organizations.

14/09/2026

Illinois veteran benefits are worth a closer look.

Veteran benefits update: Illinois recently updated its 2026 Benefits for Illinois Veterans Guide, which is a good reminder that state benefits can change, get clarified, or be easier to miss than people realize.

Illinois has some major benefits for veterans and families, especially when it comes to education and property tax relief.

Veteran benefits spotlight: The Illinois Veterans’ Grant can help eligible Illinois veterans cover tuition and mandatory fees at Illinois state-supported colleges, universities, and community colleges.

Illinois also has disabled veteran property tax relief, including a full property tax exemption on a primary residence for qualifying veterans with a service-connected disability rating of 70% or higher.

That is not a small benefit.

Illinois also offers county veteran service support, veterans homes, license plates, employment resources, burial benefits, camping and recreation benefits, and other state-level resources.

But here’s the real question:

Does Illinois get enough credit for its veteran benefits, or do the taxes, cost of living, and paperwork make it more complicated?

If you’re an Illinois veteran, family member, or you moved from Illinois to another state, I’d like to hear what actually works, what doesn’t, and what other veterans should know before they apply.

14/09/2026

🇺🇸 SALUTE & SUPPORT SUNDAY

This week’s spotlight came to me through the VIR community.

Chris Lord —a Veterans Intel Report follower and someone I also know personally—reached out and told me about Project Healing Waters — Denver. After looking into the program, it was an easy addition to the directory and an organization I wanted to share.

Project Healing Waters - Denver, CO Program uses fly fishing to support veterans and active-duty service members through activities including fly fishing, fly tying, casting, rod building, outdoor education, and time together on the water.

The program isn’t simply about taking veterans fishing for a day. It gives participants an opportunity to learn new skills, spend time outdoors, build camaraderie, and become part of a community.

Their national mission is:

“Healing America’s Veterans through the therapeutic art of fly fishing.”

The Denver program is based right here in Colorado and is part of Project Healing Waters’ nationwide network of local programs.

And this is one of the reasons I built the VIR Directory in the first place. There are outstanding veteran organizations doing meaningful work all over the country—and often the best way I discover them is when one of you tells me about them.

Thanks again for putting this one on my radar.

Project Healing Waters — Denver in the VIR Directory:
https://www.veteransintelreport.com/listing/project-healing-waters-denver/

Learn more about the Denver program:
https://projecthealingwaters.org/location/denver/

Know a veteran-owned business, nonprofit, or veteran resource that should be in the VIR Directory?
https://www.veteransintelreport.com/submit/

11/09/2026

Twenty-five years ago, September 11, 2001 changed our country forever.

Today we remember the 2,977 lives lost, the first responders who ran toward danger, the families who carried unimaginable loss, and the millions of Americans whose lives were changed by that morning.

For an entire generation of veterans, 9/11 also became part of the reason they raised their right hand, deployed overseas, or spent the next two decades serving a nation at war.

Twenty-five years later, we remember.

Never Forget.

11/09/2026

If your business, nonprofit, organization, or professional profile is already listed in the Veterans Intel Report Directory, you can now claim and manage your own listing.

Once your listing is claimed, you’ll be able to keep your information current, update contact details, improve your description, and manage your listing going forward.

To claim your listing:

Go to the VIR Directory
Search for your business or organization
Open your listing
Click Claim Listing

Start here:
https://www.veteransintelreport.com/directory/

If you’re already listed, I’d encourage you to claim your profile even if everything looks correct today. That way, you control the information going forward.

And if you know another veteran-owned business or veteran organization that may already be listed, feel free to tag them or share this post.

07/09/2026

Labor Day feels like the right day to officially launch a major upgrade to the Veterans Intel Report directory.

VIR has been building a directory designed to make the veteran community easier to find and navigate — whether you’re looking for a veteran-owned business, veteran professional, veteran creative, veteran nonprofit, or an organization or resource focused on serving veterans.

The directory upgrade now gives eligible businesses, individuals, nonprofits, and organizations the ability to submit their own listing, claim an existing listing, and keep their information updated.

For veteran-owned businesses, professionals, and creatives, the goal is to help more people discover and support their work.

For veterans and their families, the goal is just as important: make it easier to find nonprofits, support organizations, services, and resources when they need them.

That’s really what the VIR directory is about:

Making the veteran community easier to navigate — and making the people and organizations within it easier to find.

If you own a veteran-owned business, are a veteran professional or creative, run a veteran nonprofit, provide a veteran-focused resource, or know someone who should be included, check out the upgraded directory and send them our way.

🇺🇸 Veterans Intel Report Directory
👉 https://www.veteransintelreport.com/directory/

Submit a listing:
👉 https://www.veteransintelreport.com/submit-listing/

And if you know a veteran-owned business, veteran creative, nonprofit, professional, or resource that should be in VIR, tag them in the comments.

05/09/2026

A pretty big VIR directory upgrade is almost ready.
I’ve been working on making the Veterans Intel Report directory much more useful for veteran-owned businesses — including the ability for business owners to manage their own listings, add more information, and choose between free and upgraded Featured listings.
We’re in final testing now and, barring me breaking something spectacularly stupid at the last minute, it should be live very soon.
More details coming this weekend. 🇺🇸
Veteran business owners: this one is for you.

01/09/2026

Quick VIR update

If Veterans Intel Report has been a little quieter than normal lately, there’s a reason.

Most of my VIR time lately has been going into the directory. There are now more than 300 veteran-owned businesses, veteran professionals, nonprofits, and veteran resources listed, and I’ve been working on making the directory easier to manage and use.

Businesses and organizations will be able to create accounts, claim their existing listings, keep their own information updated, and have their listings verified. I’m also adding some additional options for those that want more visibility.

There are still a few things to finish and test, but I’m hoping to have the updated directory ready sometime next week.

More soon. 🇺🇸

26/08/2026

Did you serve at Camp Lejeune?

Veterans Intel Report just added a new base profile for Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune — one of the Corps’ best-known East Coast installations and a place generations of Marines and sailors have called home.

Lejeune’s story goes well beyond its size. It has been a major center for expeditionary and amphibious training since World War II, home to II MEF, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, and generations of Marines who trained at places like Camp Geiger, Camp Johnson, Courthouse Bay, Stone Bay, and Onslow Beach.

The profile also covers the history of the Montford Point Marines, Camp Lejeune’s amphibious mission, the Jacksonville military community, North Carolina veteran benefits, and official VA information for veterans and families affected by the historic water contamination.

Read the full Camp Lejeune profile here:
https://www.veteransintelreport.com/base-profiles/marine-corps/marine-corps-base-camp-lejeune/

If you served there, drop your unit, the years you were at Lejeune, and the memory that still sticks with you.

What do you remember most — the field, Onslow Beach, Jacksonville, your unit, or just the Carolina heat and humidity?

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