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VA Adapting to meet women Veterans’ needs

Posted on Wednesday, December 9, 2020 3:00 pmDecember 9, 2020 Posted in Honoring Vets, Top Stories, Women Veterans by VAntage Point Contributor 977 views

Just 20 years ago, VA served a little more than 150,000 women Veterans. This was before 9/11, an event that …

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Texas Iraq War Veteran overcomes trauma

Posted on Friday, December 4, 2020 10:00 amNovember 30, 2020 Posted in Health, Women Veterans by VAntage Point Contributor 3k views

Benita Swinners suffers from PTSD and is a survivor of military sexual trauma. Today, she has come to point …

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Biloxi VA acknowledges contributions of women Veterans

Posted on Wednesday, August 26, 2020 2:00 pmAugust 24, 2020 Posted in Health, Top Stories, Women Veterans by VAntage Point Contributor 1k views

More than 90 Gulf Coast women Veterans who are also VA employees participated in a recent virtual photo …

"WE ARE NOT INVISIBLE": Two VA employees, Army Veteran Laura B. Vela and Marine Corps Veteran Lilia A. Garcia, helped raise awareness about Women Veterans concerns and challenges by participating in the "I Am Not Invisible" Project for Texas. (Photo illustration created by Luis H. Loza Gutierrez featuring black and white portraits by VA photographer Eugene Russell)

Texas VA employees help raise awareness for fellow Women Veterans

Posted on Monday, April 8, 2019 8:19 amApril 8, 2019 Posted in Honoring Vets, Women Veterans by Luis H. Loza Gutierrez 525 views

Laura B. Vela and Lilia A. Garcia were among the 30 Texan Women Veterans featured in the “I Am Not …