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October is Agent Orange Awareness Month

October 25, 2022 Ruth MacDougall Agent Orange, Benefits, Health, Legislation, Newsletter, Physical Health

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The VA Makes House Calls

October 24, 2022 neil lichtman Benefits, Health, Newsletter, Physical Health, Veterans

  Written by Neil Lichtman – 100% Disabled Vietnam Combat Veteran & Founding Director of Know A Vet?  I’m old enough to remember when doctors would come to the house with their little black bags when you called them. That was before HMO’s and insurance companies got involved and before clinics. …...

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August Is National Immunization Awareness Month

August 23, 2022 Shalou Health, Newsletter, Veterans

Written by Shalou Alberto. Updated August 2022 by Know A Vet? August is National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM).  We all need shots (vaccines) to help protect us from serious diseases. This protection is called immunization. Immunization works by helping to teach the immune system how to fight off a future…...

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Cold Exposure as Combat Injury

July 24, 2022 Ruth MacDougall Cold Injury, Health, Newsletter, Physical Health, Seniors

Image Credit: Media Drum World Researched & written by Know A Vet? July 27, 2022, marks the 69th anniversary of the Korean War Armistice Day. This war was fought from June 25, 1950, to July 27, 1953. Active fighting stopped in 1953 but Congress extended the war period to January…...

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Mission, Purpose & Therapy from Farming

July 24, 2022 Ruth MacDougall Care Farming, Health, Mental Health, Newsletter, Physical Health, PTSD, Veterans

Researched by C. Orlowski & R. MacDougall. Written by R. MacDougall. Do you know that Veterans make good farmers? And that farming can be good for Veterans? Why Veterans make good farmers Arcadia Farm says “years of service have honed their [Veterans] ability to lead; to work independently or as…...

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Sexual Violence, What Is It And How To Protect Yourself

June 1, 2021 Natalie Schroeder Domestic Violence, Employment, Health, Mental Health, Newsletter, Physical Health

The feel of his dry papery hands on the back of my neck sends cold chills down my back. I want to scream and run out his office but the hours that I have spent working keeps me in the chair. This opportunity for this promotion is with in my grasp.   When he called me…...

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How Mobile Technologies Can Help Our Veterans- Apps and Programs

February 28, 2021 Alistair Cavan Health, Mental Health, Newsletter, Physical Health

As I look out my window across the fields, I see the lone road winding its way down the hill and past my house off into the evaporating distance. No cars pass and haven’t passed for a good hour and the gloom of evening is beginning to descend. This has…...

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Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating Among Veterans

February 28, 2021 Natalie Schroeder Anxiety, Health, Mental Health, Newsletter

The blinking digital numbers on the scales seem to be taking forever. I can’t believe I agreed to have dinner with my friends last night.  Now I have to get up an hour earlier so I can get in extra time working out before work.   The next morning after my workout at the gym, I…...

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When Family Life Gets Turned Upside Down

December 9, 2020 Andrea Bowling Emergency Preparedness, Employment, Finances, Health, Newsletter, Physical Health

Researched and Written by Andrea Bowling What is a family emergency? Your family emergency will be as unique as your family and what you consider an emergency may not be considered an emergency by someone else.  Cake has an article showing the large range of family emergencies click here.  Someday you will receive a call or notification that will make you…...

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It’s Not My Body: Understanding Sex and Gender Issues in the Military

December 9, 2020 Natalie Schroeder Health, LGBTQ, Mental Health, Newsletter, Physical Health

Written By Natalie Schroeder and Andrea BowlingResearched By Natalie Schroeder The box in the closet is calling my name. I know my roommates will not be back for a few hours, so I go to my closet and pull down the shoe box with worn edges. I open the lid and see the simple black flats with…...

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