Mar 4, 2017 | News
Military Outreach USA, a partner of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), recently launched a program to encourage communities to connect with local VA facilities and help VA provide support to homeless or recently homeless Veterans and their families. The...
Mar 3, 2017 | News
In 2009, Maj. Mary Jennings Hegar was shot down by the Taliban in Afghanistan while co-piloting an Air National Guard medevac helicopter. Though she was wounded in her rifle arm, Hegar managed to return fire while hanging onto a moving helicopter, which saved the...
Mar 2, 2017 | News
At only 17 years old, as a senior in high school, I joined the National Guard and spent my senior year performing monthly drills at my assigned guard unit. Two years later, my unit closed and relocated two hours away, so I joined the Air National Guard and attended...
Feb 28, 2017 | News
Are you a Veteran or Servicemember with a service-connected disability? VA’s Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E) program may be able to help you tackle barriers to employment. The VR&E program assists Veterans and Servicemembers who have an...
Feb 27, 2017 | News
Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin on Sunday proposed eliminating a controversial policy that limits veterans from receiving private-sector health care. Speaking to hundreds of people at the Disabled American Veterans annual conference in Arlington, Va., Shulkin...
Feb 27, 2017 | News
Statement Released by Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary: We welcome Mr. Scott Blackburn, to the role of Acting Deputy Secretary for the Department of Veterans Affairs, effective February 26, 2017. He is currently the Executive Director, MyVA Taskforce. Scott is...
