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  • NCA spreads memorial benefits awareness at Homes on Wheels Alliance’s 2024 Rubber Tramp Rendezvous

    NCA spreads memorial benefits awareness at Homes on Wheels Alliance’s 2024 Rubber Tramp Rendezvous

    Rubber Tramp Rendezvous is held annually in January, and it provides an opportunity for those who live a mobile lifestyle—in vehicles such as vans, RVs, and buses—to learn more about the benefits and support available to them.

  • No Veteran Is Forgotten: Burial, memorial and honor for unclaimed Veterans

    No Veteran Is Forgotten: Burial, memorial and honor for unclaimed Veterans

    Every eligible Veteran deserves a dignified burial and memorialization to commemorate their service.

  • Remembering fallen means honoring unfinished work: SecVA

    Remembering fallen means honoring unfinished work: SecVA

    Remembering the fallen means honoring the nation’s unfinished work, VA Secretary Denis McDonough said at Quantico National Cemetery in Virginia May 28.

  • #DesertStorm30: Veterans using VA services

    #DesertStorm30: Veterans using VA services

    During Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, over 695,000 service members deployed, while 2.2 million were in service during the war. As of 2019, there were nearly 5 million living Veterans, of whom 2.7 million served exclusively during the Pre-9/11 time period. Here's how the access VA.

  • VA national cemeteries adjusts operations in response to COVID-19

    VA national cemeteries adjusts operations in response to COVID-19

    All VA national cemeteries are open and will continue to provide interments for Veterans and eligible individuals. However, effective March 23 — as part of the agency’s response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) — committal services and the rendering of military funeral honors will discontinue until further notice.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Marine Corps Veteran Greg Wright

    #VeteranOfTheDay Marine Corps Veteran Greg Wright

    Today we honor Marine Corps Veteran Greg Wright in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for our country

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Erik Kristensen

    #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Erik Kristensen

    Today we honor Navy SEAL Veteran Erik Kristensen in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for our country.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Marine Corps Veteran Travis Manion

    #VeteranOfTheDay Marine Corps Veteran Travis Manion

    Today we honor Marine Corps Veteran Travis Manion in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for our country.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Jaimie Leonard

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Jaimie Leonard

    Today we honor Army Veteran Jaimie Leonard in remembrance of her service and sacrifice for our country.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Stephen Jackel

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Stephen Jackel

    Today we honor Army Veteran Stephen Jackel in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for our country.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran John A. Pelham

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran John A. Pelham

    Today we honor Army Veteran John Pelham in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for our country.

  • Fort Gibson National Cemetery final resting place for Oklahoma sailor killed at Pearl Harbor

    Fort Gibson National Cemetery final resting place for Oklahoma sailor killed at Pearl Harbor

    On Dec. 7, 1941, Seaman 1st Class Eugene Woodrow Wicker, only 20 years old, was serving aboard the USS Oklahoma in Pearl Harbor when the Japanese launched their infamous surprise attack.

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