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A lifelong composer shares how creativity and therapy shape his experience Music is widely adored by those who listen, but for the composer, it reveals a world unto itself, a space where inward...
Like scores of other Americans, Gold Star wife Lisa Hallett will spend Sept. 11 thinking about and honoring those who perished in the terrorist attacks 25 years ago.
VA’s Office of Research and Development recently published three News Briefs highlighting new findings on alcohol use disorder, toxic exposure and sarcoidosis and access to rehabilitation care.
After a group of Navy SEALs walked into an ambush near Fallujah, Iraq, their medic was the first one to go down. When a Navy SEAL tried to pull him to safety, he too was wounded.
Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao told a gathering of officers and senior enlisted Marines in North Carolina that they need to do more as front-line leaders to address the rate of suicides.
The future can feel intimidating, especially when you’re facing the uncharted territory of the civilian job market. You might wish you knew exactly where your skills fit in, how to communicate your...
On April 4, 2003, in the middle of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, then-Maj. Gen. James Mattis entered the command post of Marine Corps Col.
On the morning of April 22, 2026, Blackhawk Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, began a 10-day collective training event at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany.
Explore VA’s virtual mental health resources Stop for a moment and think about all the things you do every day to take care of your physical health.
When Roger Hudson joined VA Police in November 2002, he was looking for a way back to the work he missed: serving people and protecting his community.
During a USO tour of Italy in 1944, actress Marlene Dietrich was not feeling well. Dietrich was battling pneumonia, but no matter how ill she felt, she desperately wanted to be around the soldiers.
U.S. Army photo by Trey Woodard " /> The life-affirming embrace of the wilderness has always filled me with wonder, its green arms making me feel more vital and connected with every plant, bug, and...
The Department of Veterans Affairs is nearly tripling the ceiling on its contract with Oracle to modernize the agency’s electronic health record system, yet lawmakers left a House Veterans’ Affairs...
In April 2013, an old iron casket was found dug up and pulled out of a desecrated gravesite, its contents spilled all over the Old Church Cemetery near Waynesboro, Ga.
The Army has awarded a $464.8 million contract for a laser weapon designed to destroy the type of drones that Iran has launched against U.S.
In the parlance of military training, two Marine officers faced a key “Go-No Go” test last weekend in their long-shot hopes of playing NFL football. Both got their “Gos.” Marine 2nd Lt.
Streamlined workflows at Dayton VA medical center enhance nursing efficiency Just after VA’s Federal Electronic Health Record (EHR) went live at the Dayton VA Medical Center , Emily Allan, chief of...
Crisp footsteps, metal soles tapping across granite. Precise rifle maneuvers as one sentinel relieves another of their solemn duty.
For military families, a deployment is measured in more than months. It’s birthdays, holidays, school milestones, family vacations, and ordinary weeknights spent waiting for someone to come home.
Veterans speak directly about how they found effective treatments and overcame setbacks How do you start your path to recovery from addiction, trauma, depression, anxiety or other mental health...
When VA recently shared news that there are 49 soldiers of the Revolutionary War interred or memorialized in VA national cemeteries , Hardy Bryan—a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, who...
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While the final week of August marked the return of college football, none of the military service academy football teams played last weekend. That is about to change.
The Northport VA Medical Center in Northport, New York. " /> The Department of Veterans Affairs opened an Inspector General probe in February in response to a War Horse investigation alleging that...