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  • #VeteranOfTheDay Air Force Veteran Adrianna Vorderbruggen

    #VeteranOfTheDay Air Force Veteran Adrianna Vorderbruggen

    During Pride Month, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Air Force Veteran Adrianna Vorderbruggen, who was killed in action in Afghanistan.

  • Harvey Milk: Honor, courage and commitment

    Harvey Milk: Honor, courage and commitment

    Enshrined in the Navy Core Values Charter are honor, courage and commitment. Navy Veteran Harvey Milk upheld each of those values as he advanced gay rights.

  • Three Diffusion of Excellence practices impacting Veteran lives across the country

    Three Diffusion of Excellence practices impacting Veteran lives across the country

    By finding, supporting, spreading, and adapting practices at VA, Diffusion of Excellence is bringing the best care and practices to more and more Veterans.

  • Innovators of the Month: Dr. Tiffany Lange-Altman and Dr. Michelle Hilgeman

    Innovators of the Month: Dr. Tiffany Lange-Altman and Dr. Michelle Hilgeman

    During Pride Month the iNET InnoVAtor of the Month features two iNET investees who support the LGBTQ community with PRIDE in All Who Served.

  • Clifton Arnesen: Love against hate

    Clifton Arnesen: Love against hate

    Clifton Arnesen enlisted to escape his troubled childhood but was discharged due to his sexuality. Later he became an advocate for LGBT troops.

  • Preventing suicide among LGBT Veterans

    Preventing suicide among LGBT Veterans

    Today, it is estimated that one million of our nation’s Veterans identify as LGBT. Studies reveal LGBT Veterans accessing VA services were more likely to screen positive for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression and alcohol misuse than non-LGBT Veterans.

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Last updated May 12, 2025

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