April 10, 2019

VA releases mental health and suicide prevention toolkit for former Guard and Reserve members

Improving care and support for former Guard and Reserve members who were never federally activated is a critical part of VA’s suicide prevention efforts. According to […]
April 2, 2019

Creating pathways to healing: VA supports Military Sexual Trauma survivors

Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) is an annual observance in April to raise public awareness about sexual assault. VA’s SAAM campaign focuses on sexual assault and […]
March 26, 2019

VA will drop the fight against Navy vets affected by Agent Orange

VA Secretary Robert Wilkie told members of the Senate Armed Services Committee on March 26, 2019, that he will recommend the Justice …
March 19, 2019

The loss of brothers to Veteran suicide inspires VA employee to raise awareness through film

Carolyn Colley, an associate counsel at VA’s Board of Veterans’ Appeals, recently produced the short film With or Without Me to raise awareness of Veteran suicide […]
March 11, 2019

VA strengthens care and benefits for Veterans with $220 billion budget

President Donald J. Trump is proposing a total of $220.2 billion in his fiscal year (FY) 2020 budget for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), […]
March 7, 2019

VEText enhances access and improves experience for Veterans

Vietnam-era Veteran James Preston (pictured above) uses his mobile phone much like any other person.  He reads his email, surfs the net, streams video, even plays […]
March 6, 2019

President Trump signs the executive order to empower Veterans and end Veteran suicide

President Trump recently signed the Executive Order on a National Roadmap to Empower Veterans and End Veteran Suicide, or PREVENTS. Watch the video. “Our mission is […]
March 5, 2019

2019 National Vietnam War Veterans Day

On behalf of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Veterans we are deeply honored to serve, I want to say thank you to our country’s […]
March 1, 2019

Purple Heart recipients added to VA priority claim process

VA Secretary Robert Wilkie was six-years-old when his father came home after being gravely wounded during the invasion of Cambodia. His father spent years recovering from […]