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To make managing your benefits easier, you can access your VA information and documentation online.
VA health care
Regular checks with your primary care physician and visits to specialists (such as cardiologists, gynecologists, and mental health experts) are covered by VA health care. You can receive prescription drugs, medical devices, and prosthetics, as well as Veterans health care services like home health and geriatric (elder) care. Learn how to handle your earned health benefits and how to apply for them.
https://www.va.gov/health-care
VA housing assistance
Veterans, active military personnel, and their surviving spouses may be eligible for VA housing aid to refinance a loan or purchase a home. In addition, we provide services and perks to help you maintain, renovate, or develop a new home. Learn how to apply for and handle your earned Veterans housing aid funds.
https://www.va.gov/housing-assistance
https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/veterans-and-gold-star-families-free-access.htm
VA News News and Information from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Finding a new path With MOVE!
by Nikki Verbeck on November 21, 2025 at 3:30 pmVeteran Shaunelle Tharpe improved her health and reached a healthy weight with the help of the MOVE! Weight Management Program for Veterans team in Durham, NC.
- VA Research Wrap Up: New findings on prostheses, toxic exposure and serious mental illness
by Tristan Horrom on November 21, 2025 at 2:30 pmVA’s Office of Research and Development recently published three News Briefs highlighting research advances on osseointegrated prostheses, the effects of toxic exposure on mental health and a program to help Veterans with serious mental illness.
- Powered by AI, VA is improving Veteran care experience
by Nikki Verbeck on November 20, 2025 at 9:30 pmVA tests ambient AI scribe technology, an AI-powered tool that listens, records, and processes the conversation between health care providers and patients. Early results show improved efficiency, more accurate records, and a better overall care experience for both Veterans and VA providers.
- Caregiving connects us, community strengthens usby Nikki Verbeck on November 20, 2025 at 7:30 pm
Caregiving connects Juan and Meg to a strong community, showing how support and resilience shape the journey of caring for Veterans.
- The unbreakable link: Veteran peer support as a lifelineby Nikki Verbeck on November 20, 2025 at 3:30 pm
Peer support connects Veterans with Veterans who’ve been there—offering understanding, guidance, and hope through shared experience.
Military Times Military Times News Feed
- US-Philippine task force to reestablish South China Sea ‘deterrence’
by Military Times Staff on November 21, 2025 at 4:09 pmThe U.S. and the Philippines announce a joint task force to deter what Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth calls Beijing’s “coercion” in the South China Sea.
- Army tests out first robotically-operated dining facility
by Eve Sampson on November 21, 2025 at 3:02 pmAfter soldiers pick menu items using a touchscreen, the system automatically portions, cooks and distributes each meal.
- Coast Guard reverses course, calls swastikas and nooses ‘hate symbols’
by Konstantin Toropin, Lisa Mascaro, Susan Haigh on November 21, 2025 at 1:36 pmThe change came on the same day media outlets discovered that the Coast Guard had unveiled a policy calling the same symbols “potentially divisive.”
- Judge orders Trump administration to end Guard deployment in DC
by Gary Fields, The Associated Press, Lindsay Whitehurst, The Associated Press on November 21, 2025 at 1:19 amA federal judge is ordering the Trump administration to end its monthslong deployment of National Guard troops to help police the nation’s capital.
- Private housing companies let troops deck the halls early for holidays
by Cristina Stassis on November 21, 2025 at 1:01 amMilitary housing providers are now allowing troops and their families to decorate for the holiday season early.
