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Each month, VA’s Center for Women Veterans profiles a different woman Veteran author as part of their Women Veteran Authors Book Corner. November’s author is Air Force Veteran Angelica “Angel” Pilato, who served from 1967 to 1972 on active duty and the Reserve from 1974-1991.

Air Force Veteran Irene Trowell-Harris is a woman Veteran author who wrote “Bridges: A Life Building and Crossing Them" about her life.

January's woman author is Navy and Air Force Veteran Julia Maki Pyrah, who served aboard P-3C Orions as an aviation systems warfare operator from 1997-2002.

After her son was killed in Bagdad, Cynthia Garcia made good on a promise to him that he would not be forgotten. Today, there are Adam’s Corners in Fisher Houses, born from a mother’s love for her son.

September 10, 2015 As VA was wrapping up its #VASummerOfService […]

Throughout our history, America has been protected by those who […]

Each of us has our story. On the morning of […]

Air Force Veteran, Mission Continues fellow

When my volatility finally erupted, I couldn't understand the fear and anger on peoples’ faces. I ran the streets for a very short while but the people out there made it clear I needed to go. Even though I felt dirty and low down in my heart, I still carried myself with the dignity and honor that the military provided me. Anyplace I went, except for Afghanistan and Iraq, I felt like a fish out of water.

U.S. Army Veteran

With a half empty bottle of cheap wine in one hand (my third of the evening) and a DVD remote in the other, I sat on the sofa—eyes glazed over—numb. Somewhere in that drunken fog the night before I promised myself I was done drinking and I intended to keep that promise.