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In Puerto Rico where electricity was knocked out by Hurricane Maria, the San Juan VA Medical Center — currently operating on generator power and staffed by 800 employees — is providing health care for 338 inpatients, with primary care and mental health services available for walk-in patients.

Registered Nurses Betzi Solla, Lucy Martin and Marguerita Pena-Agressott spent two weeks in Puerto Rico, volunteering through the Disaster Emergency Medical Personnel System (DEMPS) program.

Seeing 50% of physicians leave Puerto Rico, the Caribbean VA established VA-sponsored accredited graduate medical education residency programs.

If you’ve ever wondered about a VA career, learn about our culture from our team in Puerto Rico as we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month.

Today's #VeteranOfTheDay is Air Force Veteran Mihiel Gilormini-Pacheco, who flew a P-47 in WWII and later co-founded the Puerto Rico Air National Guard.

Today's #VeteranOfTheDay is Coast Guard Veteran Edgar York, who served in Puerto Rico in the 1940s.

VA Police are responsible for the protection of VA properties throughout the U.S., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Between Dec. 10-17, VA hosted more than 120 PACT Act Week of Action events across all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico to inform Veterans, their families and survivors about the PACT Act and to encourage them to apply for the health care and benefits they have earned.

In Puerto Rico, it is rare for a burial to be a lonely affair. Family ties run deep, and families of the deceased will gather from near and far for wakes and to accompany their loved one to their final resting place.

So it was on July 12 at Morovis National Cemetery, when the first two of what will be tens of thousands of future Veteran interments took place under the warm Puerto Rican sun.

This week's VA Photos of the Week highlights VA employee feature photos from around the country, including Vermont and New Hampshire, Puerto Rico, Alaska, Arkansas, Pennsylvania.

55 Veterans from eight states and Puerto Rico participated in the New England Winter Sports Clinic for Veterans with Disabilities this week in New Hampshire.

This week's VA Photos of the Week highlights VA employee feature photos from around the country, including Puerto Rico, Virginia, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Montana and Texas.