Learn about the history of VA's medical centers, where 9 million Veterans from across the nation receive their health care.
VA will begin COVID-19 vaccinations this week at 128 additional sites using the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines.
VA is accepting applications from Veterans interested in participating in the 2021 National Veterans Summer Sports Clinic (NVSSC) at Home.
Roy Wilkins was a football and basketball star at his North Carolina high school and competed in the same two sports at Clemson University, a big-time Division I program in South Carolina. Playing defensive back, he contributed to Clemson’s 1981 football team that finished 12-0 and won the national championship. Then, in an instant, Wilkins lost his athletic superiority – or so he thought. Serving as a command sergeant major in the Army's special forces. Wilkins was riding in an armored vehicle that went over a roadside bomb in Afghanistan in November 2004.
November marks National Veteran and Military Families Month, highlighted by Veterans Day on Saturday, November 11. This list of Veterans Day and Veterans Month events is organized by state and will continue to be updated as we learn of more events.
NOHAP is a VA-led effort to reduce NV-HAP across the country in both VA and private sector hospitals, improving patient safety, saving lives and money.
Operation Song empowers Veterans to tell their stories through songwriting.
Hiring Our Heroes awarded Veteran Ernest Knight with a 2021 Toyota 4Runner as the winner of the Committed to America’s Heroes sweepstakes, a contest that he entered through a link he saw in VA's VetResources newsletter last year.
Some of our nation's greatest treasures aren't places, they are people. Leo LaCasse currently resides at the Salem, Virginia VA Community Living Center and will turn 99 this 4th of July. Leo is a decorated war hero who served in the Army Air Corps, flying 35 missions over occupied countries, and has survived three crash landings and received over 13 medals, including the Legion of Honor Medal, France's highest honor.
VA provides guidance when Veterans should go to an urgent care center instead of an emergency department for health care needs.
The federal government has designated the last Monday of May as Memorial Day. On this day and the days leading up to it, citizens from across the country will gather at cemeteries and memorials to honor and remember the service members who gave the last full measure of devotion.
VETSports connects Veterans to sport teams and groups in their local community.