• Overload: Finding the VA Information You Need

    VA is the best source regarding Veteran benefits and aid. A helpful guide by a Veteran to useful VA resources.

  • Finding Solace in Companion Dogs

    Marion VA Medical Center's new pilot program focuses on a dog's companionship and therapeutic potential and the benefits they offer to Veterans.

  • A Note from a Caregiver

    A Veteran's wife shares the struggles of her family and how the Caregiver Program helped establish a support system for her.

  • VA Begins Implementation of Open Source EHR

    To advance health care services, VA has utilized telemedicine to extend their reach. The open source Electronic Health Record, VistA, is one tool.

  • Breaking Down Stigmas on PTSD Awareness Day

    PTSD can affect anyone exposed to a traumatic event. On PTSD Awareness Day it should be recognized that awareness and treatment of PTSD is crucial.

  • Here to Serve All Veterans

    A veteran shares her family's military history and her experiences as a LGBT service member.

  • Mobile App Helps Veterans with PTSD

    Clinical Psychologist for the National Center for PTSD

    Teams at VA’s National Center for PTSD and DoD’s National Center for Telehealth and Technology have collaborated to create a mobile phone application (app) to help Veterans and Service Members who have, or may have PTSD.

  • For Veterans, Every Face A Story

    Retired Air Force Staff Sergeant Stacy Pearsall created over 300 black and white portraits of Veterans spanning all generations. Every face a story.

  • Joining Forces With Military and Veteran Families

    Joining Forces is a community-based effort to lessen the burden on military families through programs focused on mental health, jobs, homelessness and more.

  • Training to Fight PTSD

    When PTSD is discussed, it often refers to treatment after the wounds have happened. The Marine Corps wants to tackle combat stress on the field of battle.

  • A Second Chance: Veterans Treatment Courts

    Veteran Treatment Courts continue to spread across the country, welcomed by communities for their efforts to help Veterans in need.

  • The Middle Ground

    Eleven Veterans, including a blind Veteran and three with missing legs, and ascended an 18,500-foot mountain in Nepal.