• Providing innovative quality PTSD care

    The Battle Creek VA Mental Health Service sought new ways to provide access to treatment for Veterans with PTSD. Read about their PTSD virtual Intensive Outpatient Program. “VA at its best.”

  • Donny Daughenbaugh: Always A Marine

    Donny Daughenbaugh was conducting vehicle searches in Mahmoudiya, Iraq, when a physical altercation with a driver led to severe injuries to his jaw. After recovering and leaving the Marine Corps, Daughenbaugh became involved in the Coalition to Salute America’s Heroes. He now serves in the organization as a spokesperson and vice president of field operations.

  • Study: Fecal transplant therapy may reduce alcohol misuse

    This is the first human study to test fecal microbiota transplant to potentially reduce alcohol addiction, according to Bajaj. Prior animal studies have shown a linkage between the microbiota and alcohol intake.

  • Make every day count: A guide to wellness with VA

    Veterans Wellness Guide: downloadable tool to introduce Veterans to activities that improve their overall well-being. The guide takes a scientific approach to improving a person’s quality of life.

  • Study offers insight on how PTSD affects response to depression treatment

    Now, a new analysis based on a large VA study on depression showed that patients with or without PTSD had similar relative responses to medication changes.

  • Paul Kennedy: All Hell Broke Loose

    Signalman First Class Paul Kennedy was serving deck duty on the USS Sacramento in Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941. After the bombings, Kennedy served on the USS Poole and helped escort landing craft crossing the English Channel into Normandy on D-Day.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Melissa Margain

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Melissa Margain, who worked as a dental specialist during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

  • Veterans Yoga Project offers daily resources to support recovery and well-being

    Veterans Yoga Project partners with VA facilities, Veteran centers, service organizations, and universities throughout the U.S. to provide Mindful Resilience classes. In these sessions, tools are offered to complement other forms of treatment for PTS(D) and mental/emotional challenges.

  • Veteran rebuilt life with assistance from SSVF

    In 2018, Navy Veteran and Hawaii native Rodney Navarro was given an ultimatum: travel to Oregon to enter the White City Veterans Rehabilitation Center for substance abuse and post-traumatic stress disorder, or remain incarcerated at the Maui Community Correctional Center.

  • Tai chi helps heal deep military trauma

    George Koerner still remembers the charred bodies and the war dead. After suffering from years of post-traumatic stress, he found relief through tai chi.

  • Irwin Stovroff: Champion for POWs

    Irwin Stovroff served during World War II in the Army Air Forces and flew bombing missions in Europe. During his final mission, he was shot down in France and became a prisoner of war (POW). After thirteen months imprisoned in Stalag Luft I in northern Germany, Stovroff was released in April 1945 and returned to the United States. Following his retirement from a sales career in the 1990s, Stovroff began volunteering at his local VA Medical Center and helped form an organization dedicated to raising money to find service dogs for Veterans.

  • Sexual assault leads to downward spiral

    Brooke Milbocker was smiles on the outside while hiding from the aftermath of a sexual assault that sent her on a downward spiral. She found healing at VA.