Photo Gallery: National Nonprofit Organization Provides Transitional Home To Medically Discharged Veterans

Arlington TX

02 May, 2022

7:00 PM

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By Cristian ArguetaSoto, Fort Worth Report May 2, 2022 Riley Oakes served in the United States Marines four years before he was medically discharged for a rare skin disease in February. Oakes and his family were left scrambling with only seven days to pack, find a home to live in and move from San Diego to Texas. "COVID-19 kind of had the medical so backed up. One day, the flood gates opened up and all these cases started pouring out," Oakes said. "I was called and told that I needed to be packing my house up as we spoke." Oakes, his wife, Kourtney Oakes, and their 2-year-old son Austin Oakes received a "transitional home" in Crowley in mid-February and will live rent-free thanks to Operation Homefront, a San Antonio-founded non-profit organization that helps medically discharged veterans and their families readjust to civilian life. To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.