The Human Hug Project has visited more than 20 VA medical centers across the country on their mission to spread awareness of PTSD and some positive energy.
The Birmingham, Alabama VA Medical Center recently joined six other VA Hospitals around the country in performing kidney transplants.
What I didn’t know then, and what I am learning now, is that a lot of those things that were bothersome when I was 23 would become major problems years down the road.
To better understand how Veterans experience the process a group of six researchers spoke at length with 92 Veterans whose service spanned the periods from World War II, Korea and Vietnam, to the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
In addition to free tax preparation and assistance services like VITA, TCE and MyFreeTaxes, there are several other free options qualifying Veterans and military families can use.
Six individuals who have served the United States will be honored at President Obama's final State of the Union address tonight as guests of the White House.
To date, more than 400,000 Veteran volunteers have donated blood samples to the Million Veteran Program. Last week, VA Secretary Bob McDonald became number 441,196.
I can say without a doubt that for me it was the National Veterans Wheelchair Games and adaptive sports that gave that back to me, gave me that want, that drive again, to get back into life and to be back as part of something.
This past year, VA’s Facebook gained nearly 350,000 new followers […]
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VA began building its Twitter audience in September 2009 and our online followers have grown steadily to more than 265,000. This year alone the stories, photos and news we've shared via the @DeptVetAffairs Twitter account have made nearly one billion impressions.
VA honors a Veteran each and everyday on our social media channels. Most of the submissions come from families and friends seeking to have their Veteran recognized, so we hear firsthand how important it is to them.