Category: VA

November 17, 2022: Gladys Blount Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Gladys Blount, a member of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion that delivered lost mail during World War II. World War II Army Veteran Gladys Blount grew up in East Orange, New Jersey, working as a beautician. However, due to a combination of restlessness and…

In this episode of the PTSD Bytes podcast, Dr. Pearl McGee-Vincent discusses PTSD and tobacco use with Dr. Ellen Herbst. Tobacco products and nicotine dependence Tobacco products include cigarettes and cigars, as well as chewing tobacco (dip). Nicotine is a highly addictive substance in tobacco. Electronic cigarettes, otherwise known as e-cigarettes or vapes, do not…

VA, in collaboration with the Oklahoma State Department of Veterans Affairs’ Women Veterans Program and Muscogee Nation of Oklahoma, hosted an in-person Tribal Women Veterans Summit in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Nov. 3. The goals of the summit are to educate tribal women who served in the military about VA benefits and services they have earned…

Post-9/11 Veterans looking to find a new team have a special opportunity through the Southeast Conservation Corps Veterans Fire Corps (SECC) and its Veteran Fire Corps Program. SECC is an AmeriCorps-affiliated nonprofit group that engages post-9/11 Veterans by partnering with the U.S. Forest Service Southeast Region, which includes 13 states and Puerto Rico. SECC started…

Did you know one in three VA employees is a Veteran? While you don’t have to be a Veteran to work at VA, the experience provided by our Veterans who continue to serve at VA is invaluable. But why do Veterans choose to work at VA? What about our mission is so appealing to those…

In recognition of Nurse Practitioner Week, VA would like to recognize the World War II Veteran and internationally renowned nursing leader who transformed the nursing profession by co-founding the nurse practitioner profession, Dr. Loretta C. Ford. Ford served her country as a nurse in the Army Air Forces, working at several stateside military bases before…

VA offers a wide range of mental health services with a goal to support recovery and enable Veterans who experience mental health problems to live meaningful lives in their communities and achieve their full potential. Shields & Stripes is one of a series of non-profit organizations that sports the same goal, with a focus on improving…

VA employs 7,167 of the 325,000 licensed nurse practitioners across the nation. They diagnose, treat and manage acute, chronic and episodic complaints, with a focus on health promotion and disease prevention to positively impact Veteran patient outcomes. VA nurse practitioners work in a variety of settings, including inpatient care, Community-Based Outpatient Clinics and emergency rooms.…

The Robley Rex VA’s Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Center for Veterans living with severe mental illness recently celebrated its first graduates in the program. After more than a year in the program, Nigel Tucker, Tracey Taylor and Christopher Pompa celebrated the end of a demanding mental health recovery curriculum designed to provide Veterans like them…

It’s not every day you meet someone who has lived a century. Meet Arthur “Curly” Talmage. Surrounded by family, friends, and staff of Weatherford, Texas’ Sante Fe Health and Rehabilitation Center, Talmage recently celebrated his 100th birthday with smiles and stories. “I never dreamed I’d still be around this long, but I’m glad I made it,”…

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran William Muhm, who served as a chaplain in Iraq and is currently the auxiliary bishop of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services. William “Bill” Muhm was born in June 1957 in Billings, Montana, to James and Anne Muhm. He was raised in Denver, Colorado, and attended Colorado State University,…

For me, Veterans Day is about identity. I used to think I didn’t have one… and then I found out that I did… in spades. I was 17 when I shipped off to boot camp in June 1994, turning 18 shortly after graduating in August. I didn’t know what I had to offer but I…