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Air Force Reserve Veteran Candace wanted to serve other Veterans. Now she works at a Vet Center, helping Veterans and their family members.

VA offers its employees a three-part, comprehensive retirement plan that includes a pension, among other desirable benefits.

Fermin Lopez, an Army Veteran and VA employee, discovered healing after struggling with PTSD. The metal craft of forging helped him find his way.

Carolyn Colley, an associate counsel at VA’s Board of Veterans’ Appeals, recently produced the short film to raise awareness of Veteran suicide and to illustrate its devastating impact on their loved ones.

Like a lot of Veterans, Jerry Marifke didn't talk much about war, neither did his son and grandson. Their mutual service was an unspoken bond of understanding that never required questions.

Katie Graham works with systems developers and mortgage services in central office’s Loan Guarantee Service to assist Veterans in the community.

Erin Byrum is particularly dedicated to aligning her skills to “help Veterans obtain, retain, and adapt housing,” especially those who are disabled or are experiencing difficult times.

Sheba Akridge is a Mississippi native, spouse to a Navy Veteran, and a current program analyst in the Veterans Benefits Administration.

As a service-connected disabled Veteran, VA employee Brian Venerick knows the programs he works on firsthand -- as a beneficiary.

Into her 51st year with VA, Carla Murchelano works on some of the most emotionally demanding cases seen by Veteran’s Service Representatives today: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Military Sexual Trauma cases.

In an award ceremony on Capitol Hill, the HillVets 100 Tribute Gala brought many members from the Veteran community, civilian community, public sector and private sector to honor the contributions that have been made to Veterans in 2016.

A VA employee shares her feelings about the different experiences that she and her Veteran coworkers have had, and the guilt she feels as a result.