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If you’ve ever wondered about a VA career, learn about our culture from our team in Puerto Rico as we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Rafael Celestino Benitez. Benitez served as a submariner during World War II and the Cold War.

Agustín Ramos Calero is the most decorated Hispanic Veteran of World War II and was a member of the Borinqueneers.

In Puerto Rico, it is rare for a burial to be a lonely affair. Family ties run deep, and families of the deceased will gather from near and far for wakes and to accompany their loved one to their final resting place.

So it was on July 12 at Morovis National Cemetery, when the first two of what will be tens of thousands of future Veteran interments took place under the warm Puerto Rican sun.

Registered Nurses Betzi Solla, Lucy Martin and Marguerita Pena-Agressott spent two weeks in Puerto Rico, volunteering through the Disaster Emergency Medical Personnel System (DEMPS) program.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Carmen Gloria Pérez, who served as a finance specialist at several posts from 1991 to 1997.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army and Air National Guard Veteran Jesus Molina, who served in a tank company during the Korean War.

Eight months have passed since Hurricane Maria made landfall in […]

For weeks after hurricanes Irma and Maria struck the island of Puerto Rico, Dr. Sarai Ambert-Pompey struggled to reach two of her family members — an uncle who is a Veteran and an aunt who had been sick.

Jason Maddy attended Hargrave Military Academy in Virginia and served a total of 14 years on active duty and with the National Guard.

A month and a half after the devastation of Hurricane […]