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  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Mykel F. Miller

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Mykel F. Miller

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Mykel F. Miller, who died from injuries received in Operation Enduring Freedom. We honor his service with the Carry the Load event.

  • Music therapy: Readjustment doesn’t have to be a solo

    Music therapy: Readjustment doesn’t have to be a solo

    Music therapy shows Veterans that readjustment doesn’t have to be a solo performance. Here’s two fellow combat Veterans jamming.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Air Force Veteran Mary Smith

    #VeteranOfTheDay Air Force Veteran Mary Smith

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Air Force Veteran Mary Smith, who served as a nurse practitioner at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Air Force Veteran Ashley Dent

    #VeteranOfTheDay Air Force Veteran Ashley Dent

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Air Force Veteran Ashley Dent, who served as an aviation resource manager from 2010 to 2019.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Jasmine Walker Motupalli

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Jasmine Walker Motupalli

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Jasmine Walker Motupalli, who served in Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Air Force Veteran Kemberlee Ann Scott

    #VeteranOfTheDay Air Force Veteran Kemberlee Ann Scott

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Air Force Veteran Kemberlee Ann Scott, who served in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran James Pierce

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran James Pierce

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran James Pierce, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan before joining the National Park Service.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Mary-Margaret “Maggie” Brandt

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Mary-Margaret “Maggie” Brandt

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Maggie Brandt, who served in the Army Reserve Medical Corps as a doctor for 21 years.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Michael Siegel

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Michael Siegel

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Michael Siegel, who served in Operation Joint Guard in Bosnia and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Joshua G. Will

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Joshua G. Will

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Joshua G. Will, who served in Afghanistan for 16 months during Operation Enduring Freedom.

  • Call center available for Veterans, Afghans in need of assistance due to Afghanistan withdrawal

    Call center available for Veterans, Afghans in need of assistance due to Afghanistan withdrawal

    The Independence Line is a call center available for Veterans and Afghans in need of assistance due to the Afghanistan withdrawal.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Rodger Pinto

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Rodger Pinto

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Rodger Pinto, who served as an 82nd Airborne infantry paratrooper in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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