VA, Fitbit team up

#Middlebury #Veterans Do you have a Fitbit activity tracker? If so, the Department of Veterans Affairs has a free program for you. The VA and Fitbit have hooked up to provide one year ... Continue Reading →

VA is rolling out the COVID vaccine

#Middlebury #Veterans As of this writing, the Department of Veterans Affairs has given more COVID vaccine shots than multiple U.S. states added together. The VA started with 37 vaccination ... Continue Reading →

Get the VA Welcome Kit

#Middlebury #Veterans It doesn’t matter if you’ve been out for years or are just now separating from the service, the Department of Veterans Affairs has a gift for you: ... Continue Reading →

The COVID vaccine is coming for vets

#Middlebury #Veterans The COVID vaccine is currently being distributed to 37 VA locations around the country. The logistics to move 300 million doses to where they need to be (Operation ... Continue Reading →

Has the VA called about Solid Start?

#Middlebury #Veterans Have you been separated from the service for less than a year? Did you receive your phone calls from the Department of Veterans Affairs? They will try to contact ... Continue Reading →

At ease: Sarge and the coffee shop vets

#Middlebury #Veterans There wasn’t a single veteran on the sidewalk outside the coffee shop. I was saddened by this, believing they couldn’t continue their morning meetings ... Continue Reading →

‘Unbanked’ veterans never use banks

#Middlebury #Veterans They call them “the unbanked,” people who don’t use banks for any reason. At this point there are 250,000 veterans without bank accounts. Without one, ... Continue Reading →

VA expands video health care access

#Middlebury #Veterans Afraid to go into a doctor’s office right now because of COVID? You’re not the only one. Or maybe the nearest facility is far away, or transportation ... Continue Reading →

OIG is vets’ watchdog

#Middlebury #Veterans You have to admire the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General (VAOIG). If there’s something illegal going on, they will find it. In one ... Continue Reading →

VA fails suicidal veteran

#Middlebury #Veterans With all the fanfare about the suicide prevention programs created to help veterans who are suffering, it would seem that all a veteran would need to do is present ... Continue Reading →