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NCSL Legislative Video Resource Center

The NCSL Video Resource Center is a collection of recorded webinars accessible for on-demand learning.

Military and Veterans

State Military and Veterans Affairs: From Benefits to Land Use

States pay for and manage a variety of programs to serve military veterans, active-duty service members and military families. Learn about state benefits and services to veterans and the ways states help connect veterans to federal resources. Areas addressed include employment, mental health services, education, housing and veterans’ treatment courts. Learn about efforts to minimize land use conflicts and encroachment around bases and state military structures, including Adjutants General, state military commissions and the National Guard. Speakers are Jim Reed and Jennifer Schultz, NCSL.

The Impact of State and Federal Policies on Military Installation Resilience

Learn about the challenges military installations and the states in which they operate are facing due to changing environmental conditions. Speakers include Kristin Thomasgard, U.S. Department of Defense, Ann C. Phillips, rear admiral, U.S. Navy (ret.), special assistant to the Governor for Coastal Adaptation and Protection, Commonwealth of Virginia, and Benjamin J. McFarlane, Hampton Roads Planning District Commission.