Veterans helping veterans — peer programs, volunteer organizations, recovery communities, and the connections that make life after service work.
Whether you call it gift planning, estate planning, legacy planning or any other term, please know that DAV has resources available to help you create a plan that protects your family and loved ones,...
Whether for your next mission, your family’s future or life after service, you already already know the value of planning ahead. Your personal “ my Social Security ” account helps you do just that.
DAV applauds the Department of Veterans Affairs for launching a new trial evaluating MDMA-assisted therapy for veterans living with PTSD and alcohol use disorder.
The vote to turn the Major Richard Star Act into law is long overdue. Fortunately, a “ discharge petition ” can finally get this done.
Melissa Allen chooses games that allow her to talk to viewers while she streams. While deployed in Afghanistan, DAV life member Melissa Allen used her free time to set up a shared network for her...
ERLANGER, Ky. –DAV (Disabled American Veterans) announced today its renewed partnership with SPYPOINT, a leading innovator in trail camera technology.
DAV membership strengthens and propels our organization, with members and volunteers powering our advocacy and the myriad services we provide for ill and injured veterans.
There’s a wonderful tradition that happens every year at the DAV and Auxiliary National Convention—the Parade of Donations.
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ERLANGER, Ky.—DAV (Disabled American Veterans) and Americans for Ibogaine today announced a partnership aimed at advancing education, awareness, research and advocacy surrounding emerging psychedelic.
As a DAV leader, you know that keeping the promise to veterans involves a lot of vigilance on many levels. Our strength depends on organized, accountable leadership throughout our ranks.
To know me is to know the passion I have for volunteering and serving veterans. When I see a veteran helped—whether it’s with their VA benefits or because someone has lent a helping hand—it reminds...
A light but disruptive snow fell over Washington, D.C., on a Sunday evening in February, dusting monuments and muting the usual hum of the nation’s capital.
Community collaboration connects Veterans to housing and care Homeless Veterans found support, stability and renewed hope during a recent surge event in Lake Park, where staff from the West Palm...
Carol Whitmore biggest priorities as the VFW National Commander are advocating for veterans, fighting claims sharks, repatriating the remains of POW/MIA, and highlighting the service of women.
For many veterans, the first step in seeking benefits is also the hardest. It means asking for help after years of carrying the weight alone.
Your feedback makes a difference and helps improve services for homeless Veterans Ending Veteran homelessness is a massive undertaking, one that involves understanding people, their stories and the...
Richard Adams in his Class A uniform after returning from Afghanistan. He later confronted injuries that reshaped his life.
Army veteran Robbie Gaupp and Navy veteran Kelly Smith When Kelly Smith played football in 2015 for the first time since her injury, the experience was transformative.
ERLANGER, Ky. – DAV (Disabled American Veterans) announced today that it has renewed its partnership with Delta Dental, the nation’s leading provider of dental benefits.
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ERLANGER, Ky. – DAV (Disabled American Veterans) has received a $100,000 donation from Veteran Debt Assistance to support the organization’s mission of empowering America’s veterans to lead...
The sharing of non-VA information does not constitute an endorsement of products or services by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Army veteran CeCe Mazyck (left) speaking with one of the Thank You Booth participants. The importance of thanking a veteran for their service is something DAV does not take lightly.
Veterans who play sports and exercise regularly report higher self-esteem, lower depression and anxiety levels, and reduced stress.
