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Evan Messiha - Veteran of the Day

#VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Evan Messiha

Posted on Monday, December 31, 2018 6:00 pmJanuary 3, 2019 Posted in Veteran of the Day by Slavic Yezersky 689 views

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Evan Messiha. He graduated from Naval Academy with a Bachelor of …

Steven Garcia - Veteran of the Day

#VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Steven Garcia

Posted on Sunday, December 30, 2018 6:00 pmDecember 27, 2018 Posted in Veteran of the Day by Slavic Yezersky 584 views

Steven enlisted in the Navy and attended basic training in Great Lakes, Illinois. He completed the Naval …

Maude G. Hambright - Veteran of the Day

#VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Maude G. Hambright

Posted on Saturday, December 29, 2018 6:00 pmDecember 27, 2018 Posted in Veteran of the Day by Savannah Labbe 544 views

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Maude G. Hambright. In 1990, Maude was placed on active duty and …

Photo collage of VA Texas Valley Coastal Bend Health Care System (VCB) employees and Veterans participating in the Recovery Holiday Tree Project at the VA Health Care Center at Harlingen, Texas, on December 11, 2018. (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs photos and photo collage by Luis H. Loza Gutierrez)

Texas VA employees create special tree to help Veterans facing mental health issues

Posted on Friday, December 28, 2018 5:30 pmJanuary 2, 2019 Posted in Caregivers, Health, Mental Health, Vets Experience, VSO / Partners, Women Veterans by Luis H. Loza Gutierrez 539 views

HARLINGEN, Texas —The second floor of the VA Health Care Center (HCC) here looks a bit more festive …

VA partners with The Independence Fund to help prevent Veteran suicide

Posted on Friday, December 28, 2018 2:45 pmDecember 28, 2018 Posted in Mental Health, VSO / Partners by OMR 495 views

The two organizations will work together on Operation Resiliency to encourage Veterans to take part in …

veteran in handcycle

Registration opens for 2019 National Veterans Wheelchair Games

Posted on Friday, December 28, 2018 1:14 pmDecember 28, 2018 Posted in Adaptive Sports, Top Stories, VSO / Partners by OMR 1k views

Presented by VA and Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA), the world’s largest sports event for Veterans …

Little Rock, Arkansas, becomes latest community to declare effective end to Veteran homelessness

Posted on Friday, December 28, 2018 10:05 amDecember 28, 2018 Posted in News Releases, Veterans Homelessness by OMR 543 views

VA and local resources form a band of care that provides a holistic support system for Veterans and their …

A woman and her son sitting on a sofa looking through a book.

Veteran’s family thanks VA’s Coaching Into Care

Posted on Friday, December 28, 2018 10:00 amDecember 26, 2018 Posted in Health by VAntage Point Contributor 716 views

Here is a VA program that helps to educate, support, and empower Veterans' families and friends who are …

Tammy Beeler, a registered Kinesiotherapist, assists Emmet Pryor at the Dallas VA Medical Center Spinal Cord Injury Center train for the National Veterans Wheelchair Games.

VA and the American Physical Therapy Association form partnership to support Veterans’ health

Posted on Friday, December 28, 2018 9:05 amDecember 28, 2018 Posted in News Releases by OMR 2k views

The partnership coordinates strengths of both organizations to benefit all Veterans and their families, …

A picture of Dr. Angelic Chaison

Dr. Angelic Chaison makes sure mental health is part of Veterans’ care plans

Posted on Friday, December 28, 2018 8:54 amDecember 28, 2018 Posted in ChooseVA, Employment, Mental Health, Top Stories, VA Careers by VA Careers 1k views

In her job as a clinical psychologist at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Dr. Angelic Chaison …

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