Department Of Veterans Affairs

Photo date unknown. On July 21, 1930 President Herbert Hoover signed the bill that established the Department of Veterans Affairs. This picture was taken of President Herbert Hoover at a White House garden part More

Patrick Miller, 628th Medical Group Deily Dental Clinic chief of preventative dentistry, dental hygienist, has been in the dental field for 34 years. He completed 20 of those years while serving in the U.S. mil More

Marines with Marine Corps Barracks (8th & I) carry the casket of Marine Corps Cpl. Anthony G. Guerriero, at Arlington National Cemetery, near Washington, D.C., Nov. 14, 2017. Guerriero, 22, of Boston, and acco More

Marines from Marine Corps Barracks 8th & I escort the remains of Marine Corps Pfc. Harold V. Thomas, 21, of Columbus, Ohio, during Thomas’ funeral, May 7, 2017. Thomas, who was accounted for on Nov. 7, 2016. More

Navy Fireman 3rd Class John H. Lindsley, 22, born in the Philippines and raised in Waukegan, Illinois, accounted for on Dec. 18, 2015, was buried Oct. 25, 2016, in Arlington National Cemetery, near Washington, More

Soldiers with the 3rd Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), escort the remains of Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Robert E. Moessner, 24, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, during his funeral April 5, 2017, in Arlington National More

Machinist's Mate 1st Class Earl R. Melton, 24, of Lakewood, New Jersey, was laid to rest June 28, 2017, in Arlington National Cemetery, near Washington, D.C. On Dec. 7, 1941, Melton was assigned to the USS Okla More

Coast Guard veteran and amputee Steven Bruggeman, 46, catches a wave at the 2008 National Veterans Summer Sports Clinic. Bruggeman is from Lennox, S.D.

Retired Capt. James A. Lovell, a NASA astronaut, center, cuts the ribbon to officially open the Capt. James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center in Chicago as several members of Congress look on. The center is More

Retired Capt. James A. Lovell, left, a NASA astronaut, speaks to more than 750 guests at the official opening of the Capt. James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center in Chicago. The center is the nation's first More

A color guard stands ready during opening remarks at the grand reopening of Naval Consolidated Brig Miramar, now Joint Regional Correctional Facility Southwest, at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Feb. 4. After More

Larry Strohecker works as a general supply specialist at DLA Distribution through the Non-Paid Work Experience program.

Sgt. Heather Rodriguez guides her platoon sergeant, Sgt. 1st Class Roger West, to the array of food her Le Cordon Bleu culinary class prepared for their final exam as Sgt. 1st Class Jacqueline Schultz begins sa More

Col. Lenore Enzel, retired, right, associate director of Nurse and Patient Care Service at the El Paso, Texas, Department of Veterans Affairs, talks with nurses in the surgical unit in the El Paso VA building J More

Chief Master Sgt. Christopher C. Guy, the personnel area functional manager assigned to the Air National Guard Readiness Center, Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, will serve on a three-member team that will make re More

Feds Feeds Families food contributions from Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling are being off-loaded by one of the many veterans being assisted by the Access Housing Inc. food bank and Deborah Toyer, right, an employe More

Lance Cpl. Michael Davis, a team member with Personnel Retrieval and Processing Company (-), 4th Marine Logistics Group, speaks to Rhonda Bair, an outreach coordinator with the Department of Veterans Affairs at More

150709-N-GI544-019 PEARL HARBOR (July 9, 2015) Rear Adm. John Fuller, commander of U.S. Navy Region Hawaii, Naval Surface Group, Middle Pacific, gives remarks during a “Hiring our Heroes” transition summit at J More

Veterans display medals earned during the 35th National Veterans Wheelchair Games recognition at the San Juan VA Medical Center July 23.

VA Caribbean Healthcare System Director DeWayne Hamlin speaks to the public during a press conference held on Aug. 5 at the San Juan VA Medical Center.

Retired U.S. Army Gen. Eric Shinseki, 34th U.S. Army chief of staff, speaks during the Quarterly Moral Leadership Luncheon held at Memorial Chapel Oct. 1 on the Fort Myer portion of Joint Base Myer-Henderson Ha More

The Department of Veterans Affairs recently developed a series of free, confidential online tools designed to help service members, veterans and family members deal with the stresses that can come with life in More

Former NFL running back and 1982 Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker, right, chats with Col. Michael Grismer, 436th Airlift Wing commander, left, Oct. 13, 2015, on Dover Air Force Base, Del. Walker came to me More

Service members and their families were able to get a head start on preparing for their future during the Army Education Center’s military career and education expo, held Nov. 18 at the community center on the More

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Robert E. Livingston, Jr., Adjutant General for South Carolina, and Leanne Weldin, director of the Columbia, S.C. VA Regional Office, confer before a 50th Vietnam War Commemoration Ceremony More

The Dallas-Fort Worth VA National Cemetery Expansion project is underway. When the $10.6 million project is complete it will provide for five additional years of burials.

U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. John Swart, the North Carolina National Guard senior enlisted leader, gives some opening remarks during the inaugural final formation retirement seminar at the 139th Regional Trainin More

Chief Petty Officer (retired) Frank A. Scheildt, commander of Chapter 46 Hinesville Disabled American Veterans, speaks during the 75th Pearl Harbor Remembrance Ceremony’s December 3, 2016 in Hinesville, Ga. The More

Lt. Col. Lisa Souders, a graduate of the Warrior Training Advancement Course, and active duty military police officer, celebrates her achievement on June 15, 2017. WARTAC is a 14-week program designed to help t More

BASETRACK Live is a two-person show that tells the story of Marine Cpl. AJ Czubai’s 2010 deployment with the 1st Battalion, 8th Marines to Afghanistan’s Helmand Province. The story centers around Czubai and his More

Airmen with the United States Air Forces Honor Guard escort the remains of Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Donald J. Hall, during Hall's funeral at Arlington National Cemetery, March 26. On Feb. 6, 1967, Hall was a More

Members of the Gold Star Wives applaud the music performed by the Patriot Angles during the Memorial Day program at Willamette National Cemetery in Portland, Oregon, May 28, 2018. (National Guard photo by John More

Melinda Manyx, Department of Defense Transition to Veterans Program Office, speaks to a room of participants from more than 25 veteran and military service organizations who attended a two-day TAP overview in W More

The Missing Man Table is explained to attendees of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s 2018 Veteran’s Day ceremony, hosted by the Honorable Dr. Ben Carson, secretary of HUD, on Nov. 8, in Was More

Officials from USACE, VA Office of Construction & Facilities Management, and the VA Long Beach Healthcare System prepare for groundbreaking. Two U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commanders helped break ground on ne More

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill. (Feb. 5, 2019) Hospitalman Jacob Ehekircher, right, applies trauma makeup to Electronics Technician Seaman Apprentice Michael Morgan prior to an active shooter drill as part of Exercise Cita More

Sitting on roughly 200 acres of pristine Oregon real estate, Douglas Fir towering over historic buildings built before, during and after WWII, the Roseburg VA Health Care System campus resides in the heart of R More

The Roseburg VA Medical Center is planning to host a free Veterans Stand Down at its Roseburg campus, Sept. 25, 2019. The opening ceremony for the Stand Down begins at 8:30 a.m. and free Veteran services will More

U.S. Army Digital Military Historian Dr. Erik Villard briefs Veterans on Fort Myer history during the Trail to Zero ride on Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall Sept. 7, 2019. The Trail to Zero ride came to Northern More

Dave Thompson and Traci Palmer, both with the Roseburg VA Health Care System, stand for a photo at the Roseburg, Oregon campus, Sept. 10, 2019. Thompson, originally from Corvallis, is a Vietnam Marine sniper. H More

In observance of Suicide Prevention Month, Roseburg VA Health Care System is bringing awareness to its #BeThere campaign by encouraging community leaders, colleagues, and Veterans’ families and friends to help More

Flags surround a flag pole at the Roseburg VA Health Care System, Roseburg, Oregon, Sept. 11, 2019. Volunteers placed some 250 American Flags around the Roseburg campus, a reminder for Veterans, employees and v More

Veterans, POWs, VA employees and Veteran families render honors during the playing of the national anthem as part of the Roseburg VA Health Care System's National POW/MIA Recognition Day luncheon, Roseburg, Ore More

A rose adorns the Battlefield Cross memorial at the Roseburg VA Health Care System, Roseburg, Oregon, Sept. 23, 2019. (Official VA Photo by T. T. Parish/Released)

A Battlefield Cross stands silent guard in front of the Oregon Memorial Traveling Wall during the Roseburg VA Health Care System's annual Veteran Stand Down, Roseburg, Oregon, Sept. 25, 2019. The traveling memo More

View of Building Two, facing northwest, at the Roseburg VA Health Care System campus, Roseburg, Oregon, Sept. 26, 2019. (Official VA Photo by T. T. Parish/Released)

Certified Nursing Assistant Amber Anderson didn’t have to move far from home to find her life’s work – the Certified Nursing Assistant grew up in Tenmile, Oregon, a scenic 30-minute drive to the Roseburg VA Hea More

Views around the Roseburg VA Health Care System campus, Roseburg, Oregon, Oct. 11, 2019. The Roseburg campus consists of 200 acres and 32 buildings. RVAHCS offers primary care and hospital services in medicine, More

Joel Oliver power washes neatly lined headstones on a chilly morning at the Roseburg National Cemetery, Roseburg, Oregon, Oct. 11, 2019. Oliver, 22, a Roseburg native, is a groundskeeper at the cemetery. The ce More

"I have a great deal of respect for him, he's like my top role model." So says 14-year-old Issiah Rookstool, a freshman at Douglas High School and a Roseburg area native, speaking about his stepfather, Luke Shi More

A gaggle of geese greets the morning at the Roseburg National Cemetery, Roseburg, Oregon, Oct. 28, 2019. (Official VA Photo By T. T. Parish/Released)

The Roseburg VA Health Care System is planning to host an End of Life Symposium on February 13. During the event, Veterans and their families will learn how to navigate end-of-life planning from experts at the More

Happy Birthday, Marines. Semper Fidelis! (Official VA Photo Illustration by T. T. Parish/Released)

The Youngest Marine – Pvt. Zach Riesen, born June 27, 2001, waits to begin the Marine Corps Birthday cake cutting ceremony at the Roseburg VA Health Care System campus, Roseburg, Oregon, Nov. 8, 2019. During th More

Vice President of the United States Mike Pence speaks to veterans and military supporters during the Department of Veterans Affairs National Veterans Day Observance ceremony. The ceremony was held at the Arling More

Members of Charlie Company, 186th Infantry Regiment, Oregon National Guard, deployed to Djibouti, Africa during the middle of October. They paused recently to honor some employers here at home for their support More

Jessica Burnett, the interim Women Veterans Program Manager with the Roseburg VA Health Care System, is working to help women Veterans access services unique to females. Women Veterans make up 8 percent of the More

Robin Carmody, from Deadwood, South Dakota, knitted more than 20 scarves for disadvantaged Veterans in Southern Oregon. Beginning in April, Carmody made 24 scarves which will be distributed to Veterans at the R More

Old Glory greets a misty morning at the Roseburg National Cemetery, Roseburg, Oregon, December 6, 2019. (Official VA Photo by T. T. Parish/Released)

The Oregon Society of Health-System Pharmacists (OSHP) recently selected the Roseburg VA Health Care System pharmacy chief as a Fellow in their organization. Dan Neal, the Chief of Pharmacy here and native of L More

Old Glory greets a misty morning at the Roseburg National Cemetery, Roseburg, Oregon, December 16, 2019. Roseburg VA Health Care System offers primary care and hospital services in medicine, surgery and mental More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – Members of the Fort Benning community shop an aisle of the post’s commissary Dec. 20. New categories of patrons are now allowed to use Department of Defense commissaries, exchanges and recre More

Health care in your home might be easier than you think – Veterans in rural Southern Oregon sometimes live hours from their nearest VA facility. Roseburg VA Health Care System has a solution: Telehealth. (Courtesy Photo)

The Office of Community Care at the Roseburg VA Health Care System will begin taking control of care coordination for enrolled Veterans beginning February 3. (Official VA Photo by T. T. Parish/Released)

Veterans and family gather to learn about benefits and resources available for people planning for the last few years of life during an End of Life Symposium inside the Roseburg VA Health Care System Auditorium More

Liza Simmons, Voluntary Services Assistant, and Traci Palmer, Voluntary Services Chief, both with the Roseburg VA Health Care System, walk with carts full of Valentine's Day-themed gifts during the National Sal More

The Roseburg VA Health Care System’s Crescent City, California Department of Housing and Urban Development-VA Supportive Housing Program (HUD-VASH) has been named the 2020 Program of the Year for its region. (O More

Luz Varbel pauses for a photo while speaking with her husband, Dean, as part of a new virtual visit program for resident's of the Roseburg VA Health Care System's Community Living Centers, Roseburg, Oregon, Apr More

Chaplain Patrice Robichaux is one of three Chaplains assigned to the Roseburg VA Health Care System. An Army and Operation Iraqi Freedom Veteran, Robichaux now serves in the Oregon National Guard. She and her f More

Members of the Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 805, located in Roseburg, Oregon, line the corner at the entrance of the Roseburg VA Health Care System campus in Roseburg, May 11, 2020. The Vietnam Veterans More

Keith Allen, director of the Roseburg VA Health Care System, speaks with Deeanna Bierman, Supply Chain Management chief, inside a facility warehouse in Roseburg, Oregon, May 12, 2020. Staff with SCM have been w More

Dan Poe, inventory manager with the Roseburg VA Health Care System’s Supply Chain Management team, is an Army Veteran originally from Eagle Rock, Missouri. He has been with the RVAHCS for 10 and a half years. S More

Members of the Roseburg VA Health Care System's Voluntary Services program gather to show their support for the front line providers here, Roseburg, Oregon, May 15, 2020. During normal operations, volunteers an More

Keith Allen, director of the Roseburg VA Health Care System, reads a letter of recognition in honor of Registered Nurse Ben Busey at the Roseburg VA Urgent Care, Roseburg, Oregon, May 18, 2020. Busey, the Urgen More

A wagon full of American flags sit ready for placement by members of the Green Commmunity Church youth group, in partnership with members of the Roseburg VA Health Care System and Roseburg National Cemetery, to More

Wayne Newport, assistant chief of the Roseburg VA Health Care System’s Environmental Management Service, is a retired Marine artilleryman originally from Umpqua, Oregon. RVAHCS, composed of five facilities cove More

Navy and Operation Iraqi Freedom Veteran Tracy Collier, a member of the Roseburg VA Health Care System’s Urgent Care Clinic, recently joined the VA as part of the Intermediate Care Technician program here in re More

“Endless, wonderful, priceless words have been shared with me. I have always found my Veterans to be gracious and thankful for the care they receive.” So says Mary Curtiss, advanced practice registered nurse wi More

A sheep’s-foot compactor sits at the site of the future VA clinic in Stockton, California, with a portion of the site that has been raised and leveled in the background, June 29, 2020. Contracted crews with the More

Army Veteran Evelyn Coble, the System Redesign Coordinator for the Roseburg VA Health Care System (RVAHCS), served in the Army supply chain for eight years. The Roseburg, Oregon native has been with the VA for More

Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Honorable Robert L. Wilkie (right) examines N95 masks with Dr. Stuart Roop, Lebanon VAMC Chief of Staff (left) and Richard Lambdin, Lebanon VAMC Sterile Processing Service Chi More

In the early morning hours of July 24, 2020, contracted workers with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, place concrete into forms to construct the footer of a Central Utility Plant at the sit More

Lebanon VAMC employees cut a ribbon during a ceremony to open the facility's new Pain Procedure Clinic Monday, August 31 in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. The new pain clinic is the location for consultation with a p More

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District Project Manager Suzanne Fiori gives an overview of the Stockton VA project to Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Milhorn, USACE deputy commanding general for military and interna More

Megan Trapp, center, received a Drive Thru Baby Shower sponsored by the Women Veterans Health Care team at the Roseburg VA Health Care Center on Nov. 3, 2020. Trapp, a former sailor, received several baby-relat More

Members of the USACE project delivery team for the Stockton VA medical complex pose for a photo with a steel beam that represents the last component of the framework for the Community Based Outpatient Clinic, t More

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is encouraging Veterans to take the first step to stop smoking as part of the annual Great American Smokeout, which begins tomorrow, to improve their physical and me More

Eugene W. Bullett is the first Lebanon VA Medical Center patient to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, at Lebanon VA Medical Center, Dec. 21. Bullett is a resident of the facility's Community Living Center (VA Nurs More

Two concrete trucks feed a pump truck during the placement of concrete on the second floor of the future Stockton VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic in Stockton, California January 21, 2021. The U.S. Army Cor More

Brig. Gen. Paul Owen, center, commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific Division, listens to a brief about the VA Stockton medical complex from USACE Sacramento District and VA employ More

Machinist's Mate 1st Class Earl R. Melton, 24, of Lakewood, New Jersey, was laid to rest June 28, 2017, in Arlington National Cemetery, near Washington, D.C. On Dec. 7, 1941, Melton was assigned to the USS Okla More

Soldiers with the 3rd Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), escort the remains of Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Robert E. Moessner, 24, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, during his funeral April 5, 2017, in Arlington National More

Marines from Marine Corps Barracks 8th & I escort the remains of Marine Corps Pfc. Harold V. Thomas, 21, of Columbus, Ohio, during Thomas’ funeral, May 7, 2017. Thomas, who was accounted for on Nov. 7, 2016. More

Marines with Marine Corps Barracks (8th & I) carry the casket of Marine Corps Cpl. Anthony G. Guerriero, at Arlington National Cemetery, near Washington, D.C., Nov. 14, 2017. Guerriero, 22, of Boston, and acco More

Navy Fireman 3rd Class John H. Lindsley, 22, born in the Philippines and raised in Waukegan, Illinois, accounted for on Dec. 18, 2015, was buried Oct. 25, 2016, in Arlington National Cemetery, near Washington, More

Army veteran Michael Larson receives a lesson in surfing from legendary instructor Montgomery "Buttons" Kaluhiokalani at the 2008 National Veterans Summer Sports Clinic.

Rear Adm. Donald Quinn, the commander of Navy Personnel Command, addresses guests at the ribbon cutting ceremony for the new facilities at Joint Regional Correctional Facility Southwest aboard Marine Corps Air More

Fort Hood Warrior Transition Brigade soldier Sgt. Ophelia Preston, who is gradually relearning how to walk following a 2010 stroke, credits much of her recovery to her mother who is Preston’s source of encourag More

Col. Lenore Enzel, retired, left, Associate Director of Nurse and Patient Care Service at the El Paso, Texas, Department of Veterans Affairs, talks with nurses at the primary care clinic at the El Paso VA June More

Sgt. William Turner (center), a team leader, and Staff Sgt. Sergio Rosas (right), company staff non-commissioned officer in charge of Personnel Retrieval and Processing Company (-), 4th Marine Logistics Group, More