National Park Service

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

Corporal Ed Bearss fought during Operation Cartwheel at New Britain during WWII. He later became a well-known military historian of the Civil War.

During National Park Week, today's #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Chris Loudenslager, who is now a National Park Service superintendent.

Veterans and Gold Star Families will be granted free access to national parks, wildlife refuges and other Federal lands managed by the Department of the Interior starting on Veterans Day this year and every day onward.

On the National Park Service birthday, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Air Force Veteran Donald S. Adam, who volunteers at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

In celebration of National Park Week April 18-26, Army Veteran and National Park Service Ranger Erin Rust is today’s #VeteranOfTheDay.

Today's #VeteranOfTheDay is Air Force Veteran Matt Carroll, who served 25 years in the Air Force and now works as a National Park Service superintendent.

When the transition to civilian life left an Air Force Veteran in a “dark place,” he turned to VA and nature for help. “There is so much healing that goes on when you are alone surrounded by nature.”