• Lifesaving housing programs put Veteran on the path to a permanent home

    Jay Walker didn’t know his Army benefits would one day connect him with vital housing and health care.

  • Find your Veterans Day events, 2024

    November marks National Veteran and Military Families Month, highlighted by Veterans Day on Monday, Nov. 11. This list of Veterans Day and Veterans Month events is organized by state and will be continuously updated with more events throughout the month.

  • Two doctors… 2,000 miles apart

    Doctors at two VA medical centers, 2,000 miles apart, worked together with new technology to restore Veterans’ health.

  • “Six Triple Eight” women to receive Congressional Gold Medal

    On March 14, President Joe Biden signed the Six Triple Eight Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2021 into Public Law 117-97.  The legislation awards the Congressional Gold Medal to the 855 members of the Women’s Army Corps, who were assigned to the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion – the “Six Triple Eight” – during World War II.

  • Reba Whittle: POW who will not be forgotten

    During World War II, Reba Z. Whittle served in the United States Army Nurse Corps. After the aircraft she was aboard was shot down in September 1944, she became the first American female military prisoner of war in the European Theater.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran William Davis

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran William Davis, who served as a hospital corpsman for 25 years at multiple locations.

  • “A day which will live in infamy”

    Not many of the men and women who were there are still with us. It was 79 years ago. They were 20…or 18. Here are a few of the stories of the brave Veterans who experienced the attack on Pearl Harbor.

  • Paul Kennedy: All Hell Broke Loose

    Signalman First Class Paul Kennedy was serving deck duty on the USS Sacramento in Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941. After the bombings, Kennedy served on the USS Poole and helped escort landing craft crossing the English Channel into Normandy on D-Day.

  • Blind Chuck inspires as Summer Sports ambassador

    Army Vet Chuck Miller is the first blind Veteran certified by the American Sailing Association, and is an ambassador at this year's Summer Sports Clinic.

  • Physician career events this June

    Our search for top talent is heating up, as we’re [...]

  • Job One: Timely Access to Healthcare

    When I took the helm of VHA one year ago, [...]