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Healing Invisible Wounds: Programs Help Rural Vets with PTSD and Depression

By 2008, nearly 20 percent of military service members nationwide had returned from Iraq and Afghanistan reporting symptoms of PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) or major depression, according to the report, Invisible Wounds of War. Yet, only slightly more than 50 percent have sought treatment.

Kognito Interactive: online training simulation

The Virginia Wounded Warrior Program Region I, in collaboration with the Virginia Department of Health, and Kognito Interactive, has launched the Family of Heroes program, an interactive online training simulation.

BIAV Conference; VWWP Participation

Brain Injury Association of Virginia (BIAV) Conference

The Green Zone: A Program to Support Military Students on Campus

With the advent of the new Post-9/11 GI Bill, many colleges and universities have seen significant growth in the numbers of veterans and other military students on their campuses.

ACME supports the Virginia Wounded Warrior Program

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"Supporting Veterans on Campus" Webinar

During this one hour Webinar, you will hear from three experts about their institution’s current and future veteran-facing initiatives and lessons learned. A Q&A will follow the panel discussion

Military Child Appreciation Month Field Day at Fort Lee

Military Child Appreciation Month Field Day; VWWP participation

A Re-Entry Roadmap for Veterans Incarcerated in Virginia

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the Virginia Department of Veterans Services, Virginia Wounded Warrior Program and the Virginia Department of Corrections have partnered to provide this guidebook to help veterans and their families achieve their goals for a successful re-entry to their community after incarceration.

The Roanoke Times: PTSD

PTSD story by Roanoke Times.

Mike Dailey's DVS Dragstar

On Saturday, October 8th at Summer Duck Raceway located in beautiful Summer Duck VA, Mike Dailey rolled out for the first time his dragster bearing theVirginia Department of Veterans Services (DVS) logo.

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Submit your wartime story - American Wartime Museum

8/2/2011

Wartime Oral History Project

The Wartime Oral History Project (WOHP) matches a staff of volunteers with war veterans to record their stories on film. The videos are provided to the veterans as well as retained at the American Wartime Museum and the Library of Congress. Select interviews are edited into concise videos and posted on our website as well as other media outlets such as Youtube.

Eligibility

Servicemen and servicewomen who participated in wartime operations* are eligible to participate in the project. In addition to military veterans, civilians who supported wartime operations or were significantly impacted by these operations are eligible (Examples: USO, DOD, Gold Star Mothers, 9/11 survivors, etc).

* Wartime operations are defined as wars, expeditions and campaigns listed as eligibility for VFW membership.

See a complete eligibility list here .

Download informational PDF here.

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