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Staying healthy and connected during the COVID-19 outbreak
Concerned Veterans for America Foundation is committed to helping veterans live healthy and prosperous lives. Right now, the greatest threat to that health and wellbeing is the COVID-19 outbreak making its way through communities around the world. We urge all veterans...
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For those on deployments, Thanksgiving is just another day
By John Byrnes We’ve all seen the pictures of troops deployed during the holidays – makeshift centerpieces, an attempt at Thanksgiving dinner and, if the soldiers are lucky, a football game. Top brass may come in to give a speech and sometimes a president will travel...
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Veterans Helping Other Veterans Overcome Trauma
The mental and physical impact of war has gone by many names – soldier's heart, shell shock, battle fatigue and combat stress reaction, to name a few. Today, we know all these diagnoses as post-traumatic stress disorder. PTSD manifests itself in many ways, from an...
read moreNew VA Community Care Programs are in Effect. How Does that Effect You?
New programs under last year’s VA MISSION Act have gone into effect as of this week. Under the VA MISSION Act, more veterans will have access to community care when the VA can’t serve them in a timely manner. This new program will better empower veterans to make their...
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