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VA and several national level organizations are hosting 2021 Veterans Day virtual events due to the current COVID-19 pandemic.

Vietnam Veteran credits the staff at Odessa VA outpatient clinic who support his health care needs.

The Secretary will attend the White House Veterans Day Breakfast […]

Veterans Day 2021 will be extra special for 12 military members, who will celebrate it as U.S. citizens for the first time following a ceremony Nov. 9 at U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services headquarters in Maryland. The service members were from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps, hailing from 10 different countries.

Lung cancer affects almost 8,000 Veterans every year. VA and NASA come together to encourage Veterans to get screened.

Operation Gratitude thanks them for their service because they were called—or they volunteered—to be part of something bigger than themselves.

We’ve curated an assortment of events for Veterans and their families. Each week, we post relevant and timely events for the Veteran community.

March is Women’s History Month, a time to celebrate and […]

This week’s Honoring Veterans Spotlight honors the service of Air Force Veteran Gavino Cavazos, who served from 1949 to 1973 during both the Korean and Vietnam Wars.

National Hire a Veteran Day is a great time to recognize and support Veterans with their employment needs.

This weekend marks the fifth annual Hire a Veteran Day, […]

Why do we need Women Veterans Day? Women Veterans Day, also referred to as Women Veterans Recognition Day and Women Veterans Appreciation Day, is the anniversary of the day the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act (pub.L. 80–625, 62 Stat. 356) was signed into law by President Harry S. Truman on June 12, 1948. Prior to then, only women nurses could serve in the regular and reserve forces during peacetime.