VA patient escort Ryan Davis performed emergency CPR on an unresponsive resident. Davis lost his wife earlier to COVID and felt her looking down.
A distressed young girl was sitting outside the VA hospital. Three nurses went to her aid and discovered she had been missing for months.
When Marine Veteran James Evans arrived at the Birmingham VA Dental Clinic to have a crown installed, he expected it to take weeks. To his surprise, the crown’s design and fitting were done the same day.
At the age of 12, Nicole LaMont was diagnosed with a life-threatening disease that took away her hearing. Today, she is a VA scientist. “You can do anything you want, just a little bit differently.”
Army Veteran Kristie Townsend is competing for the first time at the National Veterans Wheelchair Games, which has been shown her a whole new world of opportunity.
Elementary students participated in the third annual Wrapping for America's Warriors. They wrapped donated gifts for every inpatient at the Birmingham VA Medical Center and several transition homes.
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Veterans Day National Ceremony is held on Nov. 11 at Arlington National Cemetery. A color guard honors America’s war dead in a ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
A great story about how VA, a Purple Heart organization…and the internet…helped the relative of a WWII Army Veteran find a home for his Purple Heart in a library’s special collection.
Each week, we receive job announcements from employers and employment websites—including RallyPoint, VetJobs and HireMilitary—looking to hire Veterans. This post contains links to job listings for the week of April 22, 2024. Each week, we’ll continue to post relevant and timely listings as we receive them, and for the locations listed.
VA’s nurse residency program helps newly licensed nurses get ready to address the unique health care needs of Veterans.
Purple Heart Veteran David Causey received Birmingham VA’s first “artificial larynx.” It substitutes sound/vibration in the absence of a voice box. “I am so happy VA allowed me to get this.”