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05/26/2022 04:00 PM EDT

Leaders of VA's Behavioral Health Service at the Walla Walla VA are navigating the move to the new electronic health record (EHR) system with purpose and inspiration.

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05/26/2022 02:00 PM EDT

Army Veteran Warren Michio Tsuneishi served in the Military Intelligence Service as a translator during World War II, in Hawaii, the Philippines and Korea.

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05/26/2022 11:30 AM EDT

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran William Edward Hall. Hall served as an aviator in the Pacific Theatre of World War II.

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05/26/2022 10:00 AM EDT

VA encourages Veterans to consider their life goals and how tobacco use might stand in their way. Read how five Veterans stopped using tobacco.

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05/26/2022 09:01 AM EDT

This week’s America250 salute is Army Veteran James Okubo, who posthumously received a Medal of Honor for his actions during World War II.

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05/26/2022 08:00 AM EDT

The mission of the Errera Community Care Center is to help individuals struggling with homelessness to live successfully in their communities.

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05/25/2022 06:00 PM EDT

“Ms. Duong is the first Vietnamese person I have talked to since Vietnam in 1970. I could tell immediately that she sincerely cared about me.”

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05/25/2022 04:00 PM EDT

NHRVS is the brainchild of Dr. Pietrzak, director of the Translational Psychiatric Epidemiology Laboratory of the VA National Center for PTSD in West Haven, Connecticut. NHRVS―called “Nerves”―is a nationally representative survey administered to Veterans both inside and outside the VA health care system.

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