AWW - America's Wounded Warriors

03/27/2019

With the efficiency of a military unit, about 150 volunteers fixed up Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary in Southeast.

03/27/2019

Did the GI Bill change your life? If you have a story about how you used your GI Bill or how your GI Bill got you where you are today (and that includes home loans since that was a part of the original law), we'd like to celebrate it (and you!) for our 75th anniversary. Find out how to share your story by clicking on the link below.

Share your GI Bill 75th Anniversary videos.

03/27/2019

Department of Veterans Affairs selected Accenture Federal Services, LLC to assist with the benefit payment changes required by the Post-9/11 GI Bill.

03/27/2019

The VA San Diego Healthcare System now has a Mamava Lactation Suite available for use for our new Veteran mothers and family members of Veterans. Veterans can access the suite by downloading the Mamava mobile app to unlock the suite for pumping or breastfeeding. The suite was purchased with assistance from Voluntary Service and our local Veteran Service Organizations. VA San Diego is proud to offer a private place to support new Moms!

03/26/2019

VA San Diego Healthcare System aims to be a safe environment for all. Veterans who may have experienced harassment are encouraged to call 1-855-829-6636. If you witness harassment, confront the harasser directly, say it’s inappropriate or disrespectful, and report the incident to VA Police.

Lawmakers are concerned about sexual harassment at Veterans Affairs hospitals. NBC 7's Mark Mullen has more.

03/26/2019

VA San Diego Healthcare System is now offering a 5-week Managing Diabetes Distress and Self-Care Class for Veterans which includes cognitive behavioral therapy.

A San Diego Healthcare System is now offering a 5-week Managing Diabetes Distress and Self-Care Class for Veterans which includes cognitive behavioral therapy.

03/26/2019

“Veterans might be eligible for things they had no idea they were eligible for, no matter what age,” says Kim, an Army National Guard Veteran. She urges Veterans to take advantage of their VA benefits.

Share Kim’s story of VA support for female Veterans. Spread the word about these resources to encourage more Veterans to apply. Learn more at http://explore.va.gov

03/25/2019

Better late than never

SHREWSBURY, Mass. — It was a special case of better late than never for Paul P. Snow, who received his high school diploma from St.

03/25/2019

New Mexico Veterans had fun in the snow recently as they attended this year’s winter program with New Mexico VA Health Care System and the New Mexico Adaptive Sports Program.

New Mexico Veterans had fun in the snow recently as they attended this year’s winter program with New Mexico VA Health Care System and the New Mexico Adaptive Sports Program. About 15 Veterans came out to the Ski Santa Fe mountain to learn from the many volunteer Adaptive Sports ski instructors. S...

03/22/2019

The newest FDA-approved medication to treat severe depression, a nasal spray based on the anesthetic (and misused hallucinogenic party drug) ketamine, will soon be available to veterans treated within the Department of Veterans Affairs.

The newest FDA-approved medication to treat severe depression will soon be available to veterans treated within the VA.

03/22/2019

If you want to have a big funeral and a fancy tombstone in a nice cemetery, it will cost a lot. That's OK. You're a veteran; the Department of Veterans Affairs will pay. Right?

If you think living is expensive, try dying.

03/22/2019

Soft skills are exactly what the words imply; they are the skills troops needed to learn outside of the technical skills related to their MOS. The military invests a great deal of time in teaching soft skills in tandem with hard skills. Here are three of the most sought-after soft skills that veterans possess and employers want.

Veterans are highly trained and skilled but many underemphasis their soft skills on their resumes and during interviews. Here are three soft skills vets have and employers desperately want.