 The VA Medical Center in Washington, D.C. takes care of veterans from all walks of life. On this cold January weekend, it's focusing on a select group of heroes, those who are homeless and at risk. Like them blues, man, always dead. Marshall McNeil served five years in the Marine Corps. He was homeless for a time some years ago, but to this day at 63, he's still considered at risk. Rather as many times, it's not people who are necessarily homeless. It's people who are under-employed and, you know, one paycheck away from being homeless. I'm amazing for an old man. How about you, young man? Today, the Vietnam Vet is here for the Medical Center's 2015 Winter Haven stand-down. The home of the yellow stops are mandatory stops, and the rest of them are optional. It's a full day of free services aimed at leading homeless and at-risk veterans to independence and improved health. So if you follow this all the way down, that'll take you to red green. You get medical screenings, blood pressure, diabetes, HIV, oil screenings. You can get a haircut. You can get boots that are donated by our friends. You can get coats. You can get shelter. And you can find out what you're eligible for. What about the mental health services y'all got? The stand-down is part of the VA's effort to end veteran homelessness by the end of the year. A large task considering there are almost 50,000 homeless veterans nationwide. Oh, this line is too long. The VA can't take care of homelessness alone. Here in the District of Columbia since 2011, we have decreased homeless veterans on the street by almost 60 percent. But that's not enough. Enter DAV's Charitable Service Trust, which recently awarded the D.C. Medical Center a $60,000 grant to support veterans like Marshall. We can get them checked now? $60,000 just doesn't go for today. It will help spread the word, spread the mission, give people comfort items throughout the year. You ain't stuck me here. I did suck. Oh, man. But make no mistake, Winner Haven plays a major role in assisting these veterans. Quite impressive, right? You know, I'm finding that I can get almost anything. This is a fight that we have to be engaged in every single day, every single minute, every single hour to make sure that nobody, nobody doesn't have a place to live. Washington D.C. VA Medical Center is taking the fight to end veteran homelessness head on through events like Winner Haven and the support of DAV's Charitable Service Trust, which will continue its efforts to support veterans like Marshall and the rest of our nation's heroes, no matter their walk of life. Thank you. Have a good day.