Minority Veterans

Vietnam Veteran David Chee is among the many Native American Veterans and service members who have dedicated their lives to military service. Chee proudly served with the Army's 82nd Airborne, parachuting into the jungles of Vietnam. Chee now owns a home he purchased on Navajo tribal lands with the help of the VA Native American Direct Loan. 

VA is committed to providing safe, accessible care that meets the unique challenges faced by black mothers.

Army Veteran and VA employee Umar Awan writes about his experiences at war in Iraq and fasting during Ramadan.

For the first time in nearly three years (due to the global COVID-19 pandemic), the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans (ACMV) was able to meet in person.

Over the past month, the Center for Minority Veterans hosted a five-part webinar series commemorating the contribution of Hispanic/Latino Veterans

VA Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs reflects on the repeal of DADT, 12 years later, and offers two important messages to bring home to VA ALL who served.

VA supports black Veterans who may be at-risk or in the midst of a cancer journey... reducing barriers to VA’s best-in-class cancer care.

In this bilingual episode of the PTSD Bytes podcast, hosts discuss Spanish-language resources for people with PTSD and their loved ones.

Each year on April 24, VA joins thousands of Armenian Americans and Armenians throughout the world in remembering those who perished during the 1915 Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey. April 24 is Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day.

Eligible Veterans seeking copayment exemption must submit official tribal documentation to begin receiving this new benefit.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran George N. Leighton, who served in the Army and as a Senior Judge in Illinois.

On Nov. 5, VA Deputy Secretary Donald Remy spoke the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Naturalization Ceremony at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Here is that speech.