Remembering Our Honored Dead: A Memorial Day Round Up
The last Monday in May is Memorial Day. Originally known in some parts of the country as Decoration Day, this day provides an opportunity to
May 18, 2017
8:00 am
Category: News
justice
Army Vet gets second chance through Veterans treatment court
Three years after a tour in Iraq, an Army Veteran was settling back into civilian life in Texas when he witnessed a terrible accident at
May 18, 2017
7:44 am
healthcare
VA testing mobile app to allow Veterans to schedule their own health care appointments
VA recently implemented a mobile Veterans appointment request application at 99 sites across the country to further modernize its systems and give Veterans more scheduling
May 17, 2017
11:16 am
Corvallis High School students plant flowers at veterans memorial
Corvallis High School student Jasmine Henry planted petunias, marigolds and geraniums Wednesday at the Benton County Veterans Memorial, honoring her grandfather, who served in the Vietnam
May 17, 2017
11:05 am
healthcare
#ExploreVA Facebook live event to discuss VA life insurance choices
On May 25, join VA and Got Your 6 for a Facebook Live event discussing VA life insurance. It can often be difficult or expensive
May 17, 2017
10:31 am
mental health
VA announces new strategic partnerships to advance solutions for TBI and PTSD
Designed to promote forward-thinking dialogue and innovative collaboration among private industry as well as national professional sports organizations around the issue of brain health, the VA
May 17, 2017
10:21 am
Veterans honored with keepsake quilt
ONTARIO — Established Sept. 12, 2001, Operations Quilts/America’s Mothers has given more than 6,500 quilts to active duty, honorably discharged and retired members of all
May 17, 2017
10:17 am
employment
Amazon Wants You: Retail giant turns to military vets as it looks for management talent
Rick Nielsen, a former U.S. Navy captain, was just a few years ago at the helm of the USS Kearsarge, an amphibious assault ship designed
May 17, 2017
9:17 am
Coos Bay 2017 Memorial Day Parade Cancelled
A local veterans’ group has usually organized and hosted the Memorial Day Parade that is held each year in downtown Coos Bay. However, due to
May 17, 2017
7:36 am
Veterans to be focus of state’s Memorial Day festivities
Tyler Francke with the Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs came by to remind Oregonians that the printed version of the Oregon Veterans News Magazine has a
May 16, 2017
11:32 pm
family
Women Veterans: Help for Postpartum Depression
The birth of a baby is a life-changing event that can trigger all kinds of emotions from happiness and joy to jitters and fear. It
May 16, 2017
7:00 am
Recognizing the Service of Asian Pacific American Veterans
The following is a guest blog post by Andrew Huber, Liaison Specialist for the Veterans History Project (VHP). Throughout the month of May, we celebrate
May 16, 2017
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