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No Home Fit For Heroes
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Herold Noel - Noel, 25, was born and raised in Flatbush, Brooklyn. He enlisted in the army in September 2000. He witnessed serious battle carnage soon after he crossed into southern Iraq. He also watched friends lose life and limb as his unit was repeatedly ambushed by rebels near Falluja. He left Iraq in August 2003. When he returned home, Noel was a changed man and found it difficult to keep a steady job. He, his wife and three children slipped through an almost nonexistent safety net and quickly became homeless.
 Herold Noel looks at his car overheating. Noel's car is one of the few possesions he has left, and he has had to sleep in it on a number of occasions.
 Herold Noel stands outside the projects in Brooklyn that he lived in before joining the military.
 Herold Noel argues with a Vietnam veteran regarding whether or not he should move his family into a shelter outside of a meeting of veterans in Harlem run by Black Veterans for Social Justice.
 Herold Noel looks out the window in a hallway of the projects that he used to live in before joining the military. "My worst nightmare is not everything I saw in Iraq, its having to come back here- I joined the military to get out of the projects."
 Herold Noel stands on the roof of a project building in Coney Island.
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Nicole Goodwin was one of the first Iraq war veterans to end up homeless. Soon after her return to the United States, Nicole and her daughter found themselves homeless. After weeks of struggle with the Department of Homeless Services, spending her nights on buses and in shelters with her baby, Nicole found a place to live after being profiled by the New York Times and receiving approximately $17,000 in donations. She now lives in Harlem.
 Herold Noel argues with a Nicole Goodwin, an Iraq veteran who was formerly homeless, regarding whether or not he should move his family into a shelter outside of a meeting of veterans in Harlem run by Black Veterans for Social Justice.
 Niclole Goodwin stands outside her Harlem apartment where she lives with her daughter. Nicole was one of the first veterans from Iraq to end up homeless in the spring of 2003. After the New York Times ran a profile on her, she recieved appoximately $17,000 in donations and was able to find a place to live.
 Niclole Goodwin with her daughter Shyla in Harlem.
 Niclole Goodwin standing outside her Harlem apartment with her daughter Shyla.
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Borders has been homeless the majority of the time that she's been in the military, since she switched from active duty to reserves in 2000. Borders was in Iraq a total of 10.5 months. She has two children, Alaysha, aged 3 and Kayriece, aged 4. Alaysha was one when she left for Iraq, and stayed with her grandmother while she was away. When she returned, after trying to live in her grandmother’s two-bedroom apartment with 8 people, she moved into a shelter for two years. She quickly became homeless again after returning from Iraq.
 Wanda Borders standing on the street with her daughter Alaysha in the South Bronx. Borders is an Iraq war veteran who has been homeless the entire time she has been in the Army Reserves, since 2000.
 Wanda Borders stands on the roof of the project building in the South Bronx where she is staying with her Godmother. Borders is an Iraq war veteran who has been homeless the entire time she has been in the Army Reserves, since 2000.
 Wanda Borders in the hallway of project building in the South Bronx, where she is staying with her Godmother. Borders is an Iraq war veteran who has been homeless the entire time she has been in the Army Reserves, since 2000.
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