“Advisory Committee on U.S. Outlying Areas and Freely Associated States” established by VA Secretary
On December 23, 2022, the P.L. 117-263 was Congressionally mandated for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish the "Advisory Committee on U.S. Outlying Areas and Freely Associated States." The Secretary of Veterans Affairs signed to establish the Committee on June 15, 2023.
Veterans living in Puerto Rico or surrounding islands have can gain employment opportunities and learn more about their benefits during a virtual Economic Development Initiative (EDI) event on Dec. 10 and 11.
Immersive technology is providing new hope to Veterans with treatment-resistant depression.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Modesto Cartagena de Jesús, who served with the 65th Infantry Regiment in World War II and the Korean War.
During Caribbean-American Heritage Month, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Ismael Medina, who once guarded a Nazi war criminal.
The Vet Center Mobile Health Clinic is headed to Puerto Rico. The mobile clinic staff will provide services to rural Veterans all over the island.
Learn how VA Immersive is using virtual reality and augmented reality to transform care delivery for Veterans by getting heads in headsets.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran Roberto Clemente, who served as an infantryman in the Marine Corps Reserve.
Veterans are getting help filing claims for benefits and services they’ve earned at a series of local events nationwide.
A collaboration between VA Immersive and Penumbra works to expand virtual reality and software to address critical Veteran needs.
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Foundation’s Wall of Faces is nearly complete but needs help from the public to track down the last 28 photos.
Dream Foundation is the only national dream-granting organization for terminally ill adults. The organization has served more than 34,000 final Dreams since its inception in 1994 and receives no state or federal funding, relying solely on private donations. Dream Foundation created Dreams for Veterans in 2014 to tailor the Dream experience to Veterans, service members and their families.