• For Women Veterans, VA is the Right Place

    For Women Veterans, VA is the Right Place

    VA Chief Consultant for Women Veterans Health

    There are more than 1.8 million women Veterans in the United States. Did you know VA offers high quality women’s health care?

  • Celebrating Veterans Day: Reflecting on Women Veterans’ Service

    Celebrating Veterans Day: Reflecting on Women Veterans’ Service

    VA Chief Consultant for Women Veterans Health

    Tributes to women Veterans are more than a celebration of service; they’re a reminder that the bravest and strongest among us deserve our best efforts at serving them in return.

  • Memorial Honors the Service of Women Veterans Through the Years

    Memorial Honors the Service of Women Veterans Through the Years

    VA public affairs specialist; U.S. Army and Iraq Veteran

    When she first joined the military in the mid-1960s, Irene Trowell-Harris never imagined a national memorial to honor the hard-won service achievements of servicewomen like herself.

  • Why treat women Veterans?

    Why treat women Veterans?

    I spent some time recently trying to politely address a [...]

  • A Promise Kept

    A Promise Kept

    VA Chief Consultant for Women Veterans Health

    October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Read about how VA delivers women Veterans top-quality care for breast cancer prevention and treatment.

  • VA Goes Red to Educate Women Veteran on Risks of Heart Disease

    VA Goes Red to Educate Women Veteran on Risks of Heart Disease

    U.S. Air Force Veteran; Communications Specialist, Veterans Benefits Administration

    More than 8 million women in the United States have heart disease. So many in fact, that heart disease is the number one killer of women, killing nearly 500,000 every year.

  • Mercury Divas Make History at the 5th Summer Sports Clinic

    Mercury Divas Make History at the 5th Summer Sports Clinic

    U.S. Army Veteran; Public Affairs Specialist, Veterans Health Administration

    ‘We have arrived let’s begin!” Nine women Veterans of the first ever all female team know they are about to be a part of something very special at the 5th National Veterans Summer Sports Clinic.

  • My Summer in the Sand

    My Summer in the Sand

    U.S. Air Force Veteran

    For modern military Veterans, September 11 is a day to pull the events of our lives into perspective. For myself and others who watched the events on television with alarm and then waited anxiously for the phone to ring, it is a day to examine (or avoid) that gut-wrenching anxiety all over again.

  • Progress in Treatment of Women Veterans

    Progress in Treatment of Women Veterans

    The Veteran population doesn’t look anything like what it did [...]

  • Finding My Mission

    Finding My Mission

    U.S. Air Force Veteran; Fellow at the Mission Continues

    I got out of the Air Force after serving 26 months of active duty. I was stationed overseas, so I was not just transitioning to civilian life; I was transitioning back to the U.S.

  • Like Father, Like Daughter

    Like Father, Like Daughter

    Editor’s note: This is the fifth essay in a 12-part [...]

  • She Served Too: Women Veterans at the Golden Age Games

    She Served Too: Women Veterans at the Golden Age Games

    U.S Air Force Veteran; Public Affairs Officer at the Overton Brooks VAMC

    Seventy-nine women Veterans are attending the National Veterans Golden Age Games. They range in age from 55 to 86 years old and represent the Army, Marines, Navy and Air Force. They are unique, no two are exactly alike but they share a common bond, they served their country with honor and distinction.