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  • VA offers live virtual training to service women

    VA offers live virtual training to service women

    VA’s Women’s Health Transition Training provides valuable information about how to enroll in VA benefits and VA women’s health care services…beyond general preventative care and wellness.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Donald L. Scott

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Donald L. Scott

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Donald “Don” L. Scott, who served over 31 years in the Army and retired as a brigadier general.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Gordon Earl Bentley

    #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Gordon Earl Bentley

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Gordon Earl Bentley, who served as an FM-2 Wildcat pilot during WWII and received a Distinguished Flying Cross.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Marine Veteran Alonza M. Russell

    #VeteranOfTheDay Marine Veteran Alonza M. Russell

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran Alonza M. Russell, who served in Saipan, the Soloman Islands and Okinawa during World War II.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Denton W. Crocker Sr. and Denton “Mogie” W. Crocker Jr.

    #VeteranOfTheDay Denton W. Crocker Sr. and Denton “Mogie” W. Crocker Jr.

    Although born decades apart and serving in two different wars, a father and son both showed patriotism and heroism in their quests to preserve freedom.

  • Remembering the Battle of Okinawa

    Remembering the Battle of Okinawa

    Despite the sunshine and blue skies, there was still a [...]

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