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VA extends Agent Orange presumption to ‘Blue Water Navy’ Veterans

Posted on Monday, July 8, 2019 4:00 pmJuly 8, 2019 Posted in Benefits, Health, Top Stories by VAntage Point Contributor 20k views

VA is preparing to process Agent Orange exposure claims for “Blue Water Navy” Veterans who served …

Iraq War Veteran with TBI poses with VA speech Pathologist after graduating college.

13 Years after Surviving IED, Oklahoma Veteran earns college degree

Posted on Monday, July 8, 2019 2:00 pmJuly 8, 2019 Posted in Mental Health, VA Medical Centers by VAntage Point Contributor 1k views

Natalie Hartgrave-Ransier (left), a VA Speech Pathologist at the Ernest Childers VA Outpatient Clinic in …

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Emma Morrill Fogg French – Civil War Nurse

Posted on Monday, July 8, 2019 1:09 pmJuly 8, 2019 Posted in Memorial Affairs, Uncategorized by VAntage Point Contributor 1k views

In section 42 of Beaufort National Cemetery is a modest private marker for Emma Morrill Fogg French. In …

Doctor turned soldier, Richard Pinsker, served in the NY National Guard.

#VeteranOfTheDay Army National Guard Veteran Richard Pinsker

Posted on Monday, July 8, 2019 11:30 amJuly 3, 2019 Posted in Veteran of the Day by Nicholas Rogers-Dillon 871 views

Today's #VeteranOfTheDay is Dr. Richard Pinsker, who, after 9/11, left his director position at Jamaica …

2019 VA/DoD Suicide Prevention Conference will be held in August in Nashville.

VA, DoD announce 2019 Suicide Prevention Conference

Posted on Monday, July 8, 2019 9:00 amJuly 3, 2019 Posted in Mental Health, Top Stories by VAntage Point Contributor 17k views

This August 26–29, nearly 2,000 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and U.S. Department of Defense …