Serving Our Veterans Exiting Homelessness

Joseph Palmer is the Executive Director for Military Outreach USA. He graduated from Southern Connecticut State University in 1974 with a degree in Political Science. He served in the United States Air Force from 1966-1972 as a Security Police K-9 handler with service in Okinawa, Vietnam and the Philippines. He has been active in developing programs for veterans and is an All American VFW Post Commander as well as having attained the prestigious honor of being an All American District Commander. In 2015, Joseph wrote a resolution addressing veteran suicide which was unanimously passed by the VFW at their National Convention . His most recent publication deals with the subject of Moral Injury: They Don’t Receive Purple Hearts. Joseph serves on the VA Voluntary Services Committee for Jesse Brown VA Medical Center as well as the Veterans Advisory Counsel to the Illinois Treasurer’s Office.