Category: VA

The G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center hosted a spring hiring fair April 22 to aid in VA’s mission to hire 52,000 new employees during fiscal year 2023. Nearly 300 applicants participated in the event, which is dedicated to filling positions ranging from registered nurses for long-term care to medical technologists, medical support assistants and technologists. The…

One of VHA Innovators Network’s (iNET) signature programs is the Greenhouse Initiative, an opportunity for the health care innovation community to collaborate with iNET sites across the nation at the earliest stages of innovation. This allows them to receive input from Veterans and employees to impact solutions aimed to improve Veteran care. The Greenhouse Initiative…

It takes healthy and resilient VA employees to consistently deliver world class wellness care for Veteran patients. Chief wellbeing officer for the Orlando VA, Dr. Myriam Garzon, serves as a clinician advocate who provides organizational strategy to improve clinician well-being and assists in mitigating burnout. Garzon has worked for VA for over a decade and…

Army Veteran Charles Long served in the Army from 1943 to 1951, receiving a Bronze Star for Valor as a combat infantryman in World War II and earning a Purple Heart and a posthumous Medal of Honor in the Korean War. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, in December 1923, Long grew up in nearby Independence,…

You may not be on the front lines, but military spouses like you are fighting your own battles at home every day. It’s that spirit of dedication, resilience and adaptability that we recognize today on Military Spouse Appreciation Day, and what makes military spouses like you so valuable to employers. Finding a new job is…

Marine Corps Veteran James Logwood is a Red Coat Ambassador at Overton Brooks VA and its Volunteer of the Year for 2023.  Confidence and experience resonate across his face and in his eyes. He wears clean crisp clothes, a sharp hat and a bright red vest adorned with service pins. At a glance, you can tell…

Clarence Wade McClusky was born in June 1902 in Buffalo, New York, to C.W. and Marie McClusky. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1926, then served for around a year on USS Pennsylvania and subsequently on USS Williamson. He completed flight training at Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida, before becoming a naval…

How does VA assess hurricane assets capabilities? VA’s VISN 16, hosted by Overton Brooks VA, held its annual hurricane and deployable assets capabilities at the Bossier City Public Safety Training Complex in Bossier City, Louisiana. The weeklong exercise, April 30 through May 5, brought VA assets from across the south central United States into one…

Ryan Job was born in Washington state in March 1981. He was raised in Issaquah, Washington, and attended Issaquah High School. After graduation, he enrolled in the University of Washington, where he studied for three years before joining the Navy in 2002. He began boot camp in December of that year in Great Lakes, Illinois,…

One key aspect of mental health care is mental health research. At VA’s Million Veteran Program (MVP), we’re studying how genes, lifestyle, military experiences and exposures interact to affect health, including mental health. This Mental Health Awareness Month, we’re sharing some of our important research findings that were made possible by the 950,000+ Veterans in…

Get ready for a speedier application process at VA! We recently coordinated an agreement with the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) that will allow us to proceed with the next steps of the hiring process within three days of posting a job announcement, rather than the previous 15 days. That means swifter processing times…

National Military Appreciation Month is a time to honor the service and sacrifice of active-duty service members and Veterans. The United States is home to 1.3 million active-duty service members and nearly 18.6 million Veterans. In addition to providing health care and other benefits to Veterans, VA also offers life insurance to Veterans, service members…