Category: VA

On Nov. 5, VA Deputy Secretary Donald Remy spoke the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Naturalization Ceremony at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Here is that speech. [Acknowledging Elizabeth MacMillan, director Smithsonian National Museum of American History]: Thank you for enabling us to come together at this magnificent venue, and for your management…

Physician and musician Dr. Mary Rorro blends music into her psychiatric practice with Veterans at the New Jersey VA. Her therapeutic music program, “A Few Good Notes,” provides therapeutic effects in Veterans’ journeys toward healing. As part of the program, Veteran volunteers teach Veterans guitar lessons. Rorro plays with them on viola both in the clinic and community,…

In a special town hall event on Wednesday, Nov. 9 at the Washington D.C. VA Medical Center, VA Secretary Denis McDonough addressed the top requested concerns from Veterans and their families, caregivers and survivors. The one-hour town hall was streamed live on YouTube. A recording can be viewed online in case you missed it. You…

On Veterans Day 2022, the National Park Service will unveil a lifetime pass providing free entrance to national parks for Veterans and their families. The Interagency Military Lifetime Pass waives entrance fees for the National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and standard amenity recreation fees for the Bureau of Land Management,…

While there are a number of salaried jobs at VA, there are also numerous opportunities for hourly employment. These full-time and part-time careers offer many of the same great benefits and can be a great way to get your start in VA, serving and supporting Veterans. While you take advantage of the competitive salaries, great…

Do you remember roller skating, school dances, physical education classes? For many of us, moving our bodies was a daily thing when we were young. Not all of us were athletes, but we still had opportunities to get the blood flowing with movement. Maybe it has been many years since you have done any sort…

Your commissary benefit just got even better, thanks to additional funding the DoD is providing as part of its “Taking Care of Service Members and Families” initiative. DoD recognizes that military members and families make significant sacrifices in support of our nation, and it is committed to doing right by them, including designing this program…

November 6, 2022: Walter “Wally” Schirra Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Walter “Wally” Schirra Jr., who served as a Navy pilot during World War II and the Korean War before becoming a NASA astronaut. Walter “Wally” M. Schirra Jr. was born in New Jersey in 1923. He graduated from high school in 1940 and enrolled…

Cindy Miller never had the chance to meet her grandfather, but she was able to honor him at Fort Gibson National Cemetery 77 years after he was lost at sea. One month shy of his 36th birthday, Joseph West enlisted in the Navy on March 29, 1944. He was married with four small children at home…

November 5, 2022: Leon Day Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Leon Day, who served during World War II and took part in the Invasion of Normandy. Leon Day was born in October 1916 in Alexandria, Virginia, and moved to Baltimore, Maryland, with his family when he was only six months old. As a young child,…

The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) has named Marika Widmann of South Texas VA as 2022 Pathway Nurse of the Year in the category of direct care. Every year, the ANCC selects two nurses from Pathway to Excellence designated organizations around the world as a “Pathway Nurse of the Year,” one for leadership and one…

Are you a nursing night owl? Do you bring your best between dusk and dawn? Right now, the VA Maine Healthcare System needs registered nurses in a number of positions to fill out their night shift team, which makes this a perfect opportunity to make the move to a VA career. Opportunities to explore Our…