TOP PHOTO: A Veteran salutes the flag during the ribbon cutting ceremony for the new VA Outpatient Clinic in Mobile, Alabama on March 18. The new 65,000 square foot clinic is scheduled to open on March 25, and will feature Primary Care/Women’s Health, Behavioral Health, Audiology, Home-Based Primary Care, Neurology, Podiatry, Optometry, Orthopedics and Telehealth. READ MORE

(Photo courtesy of Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System medical media office)

TOP STORIES

CLICK TO LISTEN: Valroy Williams – New York Submariner to North Carolina Farmer

How does a Navy submariner from Queens become a farmer in North Carolina? That is exactly what episode 136 is about. After over 30 years of dedication between the Navy and Army, Valroy Williams opened Beyond Worth Farm in Red Springs, NC.

VANTAGE POINT

• South Texas VA designated as a Pathway to Excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center
• How VA is using feedback to improve Veterans Experience
• New Mobile, Alabama VA outpatient clinic set to open
• Veterans serving Veterans: VA researchers who served

VA NEWS RELEASES

• VA on path to cure 100,000 Veterans of hepatitis C
•  VA to make new nasal spray drug available for treatment-resistant depression
• On eve of joint conference in August, DOD and VA issue call for strategies to prevent suicide

IN THE NEWS

• Veterans talking veterans back from the brink: A new approach to policing and lives in crisis
• VA Budget Poised to Grow for 3rd Straight Year
• Guitars for Vets puts healing power of music in hands of heroes

SHARE THIS

A Surprise Visitor: Erin, a former social worker at the Milwaukee VA, deployed to Afghanistan to run a combat stress clinic under the 807th Medical Command. Her grandfather, Pete, a Korean War Veteran was at the Milwaukee VA Medical Center Vet’s Club when she surprised him with a visit, back from Afghanistan.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH AND SHARE

Are you a Veteran in crisis or concerned about one?

Connect with the Veterans Crisis Line to reach caring, qualified responders with the Department of Veterans Affairs. Many of them are Veterans themselves.