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Veteran Chris Barcomb describes how TelePulmonology improves his quality of life Chris Barcomb, a Navy Veteran who served from 1991 to 2012, knows the value of having a care team that listens and understands. That’s why he uses VA TelePulmonology for his lung health care needs. Through VA Video Connect—VA’s secure videoconferencing app—TelePulmonology, which is…

Veteran Chris Barcomb describes how TelePulmonology improves his quality of life Chris Barcomb, a Navy Veteran who served from 1991 to 2012, knows the value of having a care team that listens and understands. That’s why he uses VA TelePulmonology for his lung health care needs. Through VA Video Connect—VA’s secure videoconferencing app—TelePulmonology, which is…

Ki Ho Kang, a retired Air Force Veteran, built his career on solving the Air Force’s most complex engineering acquisition and sustainment challenges for aircraft systems. He carried that experience with him to the Small Business Administration and applied it as he transitioned into entrepreneurship. Start with a mission Kang’s 11-year active duty and 10-year…

With almost a quarter of all Veterans in the United States residing in rural communities, ensuring they receive quality health care close to home is more important than ever. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) actively works to meet these Veterans in their own communities and promote opportunities for them to live happy and healthy lives. Let’s…

Helping Veterans move into a new home is only the first step for VA When you think of “exiting homelessness,” what comes to mind? To many, the process is reduced to a single, defining moment: a key exchanged, a door unlocked and a place to finally call home. But as anyone who has ever moved…

Has winter been a real headache for you? Now that we are springing ahead, you may also want to find a new routine for managing stress and headaches. This simple routine can help you care for yourself, and it’s right at your fingertips! This 8.5-minute video with Licensed Acupuncturist Steph Gregory from the VA Portland…

Staying healthy and connected with virtual care Linda Hutchinson’s dedication to service began in the Navy in 1984 and continues today as an advocate and president of the Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) Southeastern Chapter. After sustaining a spinal cord injury related to service, Hutchinson, who now uses a wheelchair, found both health support and…

Discover the power of nutrition for your Whole Health March’s National Nutrition Month offers us a chance to rethink old habits and begin with new, healthy changes that focus on our Whole Health. This year’s theme is “Discover the Power of Nutrition,” which helps us learn and discover how food and beverage choices can help…

“Every time I got off that table, I was weaker and weaker, but there was always another set of hands right there” Walter Lohden enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1965. He served until 1972, spending three years in Vietnam, along the Demilitarized Zone near Dong Ha, Khe Sanh, Con Thien and Camp Carroll. “I…

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is urgently hiring vocational rehabilitation specialists and counselors to help Veterans build fulfilling, independent lives after injury, illness, or service-related transitions. Combine your clinical expertise, career counseling experience, and compassionate advocacy to support Veterans as they navigate employment, education, and long-term recovery goals. For those drawn to mission-driven work,…

100 years, one incredible journey Employees and fellow Veterans came together at the Birmingham VA Clinic to celebrate a special milestone: the 100th birthday of World War II Navy Veteran Therold Roberts. Grit and determination Roberts didn’t ask for a big celebration, but he said that if anything was done, he wanted it to be…

“TelePain led me from silently struggling to shared healing.” For years after leaving the service, Marine Corps Veteran William Anthony Zullo’s body had become a ledger of old battles—more than 20 surgeries, chronic pain in almost every joint and migraines so fierce they could drop him where he stood. On damp, gray mornings in his…