Vets Experience

Togetherweserved.com (TWS), an online community with a membership of over 2.3 million U.S. Veterans, has been preserving the military service stories of its Veterans for over 20 years. TWS is seen as an important archive of living military history.

VA and the Veterans Day National Committee (VDNC) encourages cities, towns and non-profit groups to apply to hold VA-recognized regional Veterans Day observances. Here's how to apply.

Staff from VA were on hand to support Veterans and their families throughout the 3-day SVA "NatCon" event.

You may already be familiar with the commissary benefit, but did you know that Your Commissary works with its industry partners and community groups to support the military community in other ways, too? One example is our partnership with the Fisher House Foundation in support of the Scholarships for Military Children program, which recently began accepting applications for academic year 2024-2025!

In 2023, a record number of post-9/11 Veterans found meaningful employment with mentor’s assistance for free from American Corporate Partners (ACP), a national nonprofit organization. The average starting salary was $93,000. ACP will help Veterans find a new position, get promoted and grow their civilian network.

In the depths of winter, a warm front of hope swept through Delaware and Southern New Jersey, not with the changing climate but through the dedicated efforts of all who supported VA’s Veterans Experience Action Center, or VEAC. From Dec. 12-14, a virtual VEAC event became a nexus of support, serving 228 Veterans with dedication and respect.

Since its launch 20 years ago, Togetherweserved.com (TWS), the leading online community of U.S. Veterans, has provided its 2.3 million members the special opportunity to not only reconnect with the people they served with, but to also preserve a detailed record of their military service, including unlimited photographs. This is so their families and future generations will know what they did serving our country.

Owning a business through franchising is a perfect hybrid between working for an organization and starting your own business from scratch. Here are six reasons why you may want to see if you have what it takes to be your own boss.

Every week, VA sends a newsletter that is jam-packed with resources like free concert tickets, farming assistance, workout programs, national park passes and Veteran discounts on hundreds of services. VA makes no endorsements of the privately offered resources, but we share them to generate awareness of all that’s available to the Veteran community. Here are the Top 10 most popular Veteran resources from 2023:

Southeast Conservation Corps has two opportunities for recent-era Veterans in our Veterans Fire Corps positions. Regain the sense of purpose and pride you felt in the military by helping to protect our public lands, ecosystems, and at-risk communities. 

Veterans have applied for benefits at record rates over the past year. As a result of your applications, VA has been able to deliver more earned benefits to more Veterans than ever before, including $150 billion during 2023 alone.

Veterans get the job done, and companies know that. Now more than ever, top companies like Boeing and Deloitte want to fill their ranks with Veterans because they value their discipline, commitment and pressure-tested skill sets.