VANCOUVER, Wash. — Seven of our nation’s veterans are about to get a new best friend, thanks to a local organization Northwest Battle Buddies. Before
Every May, VA recognizes Mental Health Awareness Month as an opportunity to raise public awareness and reduce the inaccurate and often damaging stereotypes associated with
Today VA announced that, as part of its recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month in May, it is promoting “Use Your Voice,” a national awareness
Each time a bugle plays Taps and a folded flag is presented to a grieving family, experts tell us that on average, 10 lives will
The Department of Housing and Urban Development estimated that nearly 40,000 veterans were homeless as of January 2016—making up about 10 percent of all people
The Veterans Crisis Line has been fixed, according to a recent press release by the Department of Veterans Affairs. By adding a call center in
Researchers from VA and the Department of Defense (DOD) recently released findings of a new study called Prospective Post-Traumatic Stress disorder Symptom Trajectories in Active
I received a Facebook message over the weekend from Marine friend that I hadn’t heard from in months. “Do you have time to talk today?”
It was supposed to be a routine resupply mission: a short drive across the Al Asad Air Base, 90 kilometers north of sweltering Baghdad, to
I enlisted in the Army in 2000 and served for five years as an Arabic linguist, including a year-long Operation Iraqi Freedom deployment with the
VA Secretary Dr. David J. Shulkin, while testifying in a House Veterans Affairs Committee hearing March 7, 2017, announced his intention to expand provisions for urgent
WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs will begin making mental health care services available to veterans with other-than-honorable discharges who urgently need it, VA
