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8 Hour Music Fest in Buffalo, NY

Buffalo Blues music non-profit raises funds for Veterans

Posted on Thursday, August 1, 2019 4:08 pmAugust 1, 2019 Posted in Vets Experience by Tony Davis 1k views

Buffalo Blues non-profit raises money for Veterans and want to help other communities do the same.

Marine Veteran Steve Weintraub is today's Veteran Of The Day.

#VeteranOfTheDay Marine Veteran Steve Weintraub

Posted on Thursday, August 1, 2019 11:30 amJuly 31, 2019 Posted in Veteran of the Day by Tim Hudak 1k views

Today's #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Veteran Steve Weintraub, who served 32 years including deployments to …

Robert Lynn Cox served in the Army during the Vietnam War.

Robert Lynn Cox: Faces of service

Posted on Thursday, August 1, 2019 10:00 amJuly 26, 2019 Posted in Honoring Vets by Nathan Giacalone 631 views

Robert Lynn Cox was an Army draftee during the Vietnam War and fell in love with the military lifestyle, …

Marien's standing at attention

“Eat it or starve:” food causes stress for women Veterans

Posted on Thursday, August 1, 2019 10:00 amJuly 31, 2019 Posted in Health, Women Veterans by Mike Richman 6k views

A VA study found that some Women Veterans had developed unhealthy eating habits such as binging, eating …

IMAGE: Grand Hack graphic

VA partners with MIT to ‘hack’ medicine, improve veteran health care

Posted on Thursday, August 1, 2019 8:12 amAugust 1, 2019 Posted in Health, VA Innovations by Matthew Razak 864 views

The Veterans Health Administration is partnering with the MIT Hacking Medicine organization and Samsung for …

VA Medical Directors impact patient care for millions of Veterans.

Executives needed to lead Veteran care in 11 cities

Posted on Thursday, August 1, 2019 7:30 amJuly 31, 2019 Posted in ChooseVA, VA Careers by VA Careers 3k views

Veterans Affairs is looking for trailblazers who can inspire and lead change in Veterans’ care as …