Category: VA

While we employ many Veterans just like you here at VA, we also have civilians in a number of roles, including in human resources. So, while there are plenty of folks who speak the same jargon as you, the person reading your resume may not understand the words, phrases and especially acronyms you use in…

For many people, moving the body can be difficult. For some, the demands of work and family might make it hard to find time to stretch during the day. For others, physical limitations—like being unable to stand for long periods of time or balance in certain stretches—might be a challenge. Luckily, chair yoga movements—like this…

This Marine Corps Veteran couldn’t have predicted the impact of all the choices he made as he left the Marine Corps in 1967, but there is one that stands out as a really great decision. Because of the combat related injuries received during his tour in Vietnam, Chuck Beebe didn’t miss a beat when deciding…

“Anger is not a perfect circle of stages you work through. It is a big ball of craziness,”  said Army Veteran and amputee Amanda Seward of her journey to healing and acceptance. Army Veteran Amanda Seward Seward enlisted in the Army in 2011, but after a decade of service and two deployments to Kuwait, it…

Veterans living in the Beaumont area are now eligible for free weekday transportation to and from the Michael E. DeBakey VA in Houston for medical appointments. VA’s new shuttle service, which began April 22, departs the Beaumont VA Outpatient Clinic at 3420 Plaza Circle, Monday through Friday at 7:30 a.m. The shuttle departs the Houston…

Marine Veteran Richard Duran makes his way to the Hobbs VA Community Based Outreach Clinic each morning, rain-or-shine, with a sense of duty guiding his steps. His simple but meaningful task, to grasp Old Glory, gently unfurl it and send it up the Hobbs clinic flagpole. Marine Veteran Richard Duran salutes the flag For Veterans…

This month’s Center for Women Veterans Book Corner author is Air Force Veteran Kate Anslinger, who served as a Command Post Controller from 1999-2003. She wrote “Saving Jason,” and is the author of the “McKenna Mystery Series” and “The Town Series.” “Saving Jason” is an emotionally moving look at PTSD and the intersection of three lives,…

Bob Barker was born in December 1923 in Darrington, Washington, and had deep-rooted connections to his Sioux Tribe heritage. His formative years were spent on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota, where he immersed himself in Sioux culture and traditions. Although Barker exhibited promising basketball talent in his youth, his life took a unique…

For you new graduates out there, this is an exciting time! You’re leaving behind your college classrooms and putting your hard-earned education to work. Your perfect job awaits you, so let’s get you ready to put your best foot forward when you meet those hiring managers. We expect that some of you (perhaps all of…

Long before construction begins on any part of VA medical centers, clinics or other facilities, VA’s Simulation Learning, Evaluation, Assessment and Research Network (SimLEARN)’s specialized Simulation-based Healthcare Design Testing (SbHDT) team gets to work. The team uses carefully constructed, highly realistic blueprints and full-scale models to spot flaws early in the design phase to avoid…

In January 1944, with WWII still raging, the newly constructed Newton D. Baker U.S. Army Hospital began receiving wounded service members. Located 90 miles from Washington D.C., the hospital was built in just 11 months and consisted of 100 buildings and 3,000 beds. Robert Leckie Later renamed the Martinsburg VA Medical Center, the campus now…

We often refer to things that sound great as being “Music to our Ears.” This saying became reality when an inpatient Veteran at Eastern Oklahoma VA was presented with a guitar by members of the Whole Health team, Highly Innovative Transformation Team (H.I.T.T.) and Guitar Heroes group. It all started when Aida Berrios, nursing assistant,…