A Veterans Listening Session/Resource Fair is planned Wednesday, Feb. 26, 5:30-7 p.m. Oregon Veterans Home, 700 Veterans Drive, The Dalles.
Join VA Portland Health Care System, Portland Regional Benefits Office (VBA), Willamette National Cemetery Directors and Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs to discuss ideas and ask questions regarding VA and other services.
Marvin Elsberry, a Navy veteran, was touched to be among Vietnam veterans who received a commemorative lapel pin last week for his service. However, he said being given the award did not wipe away the memories of abuse heaped on troops when they returned home.
Veterans utilizing services through the Portland health care network are invited to meet top leaders and voice concerns at a listening session Thursday, June 14, in The Dalles. Dan Brophy, a local Marine veteran of Vietnam, has been distributing flyers and trying to get the word out to other veterans that this is a golden opportunity for them to let VA (Veterans Administration) officials know what is working for them and what is not.
To the editor: While the left keeps highlighting their outrage with Congressman Walden, Greg and the president have quietly achieved successful legislation with the House approving more than 300 bills in just the first six months of 2017.
To the editor: As a vet receiving VA (U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs) health care since 1984, I have always had positive experiences with the professionalism and health care I have received.
Veterans Day celebrates and honors the service, sacrifice, and enduring achievements of the nearly 22 million living Americans who served our nation in uniform — at home and abroad — during times of both war and peace.
To the editor: I returned from Iraq in 2005 damaged and between jobs. The Portland VA hospital was my first experience with the VA. I received superb medical and emotional care from people who cared. They treated me with respect. They counseled me when I was suicidal and traumatized. They gave me glasses when I needed that. They gave me medications and hospitalization when I needed them. They treated me better than my civilian medical people.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking to head off a growing furor over veterans’ health care, President Barack Obama declared Wednesday that allegations of misconduct at VA hospitals are “dishonorable” and will be not be tolerated by his administration.
Did you know the fastest growing segment of the veteran population is female? Women who are veterans are often unaware that they and their dependent children may be eligible for health care, compensation and benefits through the Department of Veterans Affairs.
