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02/15/2021 04:00 PM EST

Live Whole Health #60: Vacation Visualization

The thoughts and images from your imagination can impact your physical body, your emotions and your mood. During guided imagery and visualization, you use your imagination to promote positive effects and relieve symptoms.

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02/15/2021 02:00 PM EST

VBA is improving its processes based on Veteran feedback.

Veterans filing disability claims have said they want choices and faster decisions. Due to improvements in the appeals system and processes, Veterans are now getting more options.

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02/15/2021 11:30 AM EST

Army Veteran Travis A. Bonvillain is today's Veteran of the day.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Travis A. Bonvillain, who served for six years, including two tours in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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02/15/2021 10:00 AM EST

Many cars in front of VA medical center

Kansas City VA Medical Center executive leadership teamed up with community partners for the annual Point-in-Time homeless count. Count is critical for funding resources homeless initiatives.

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02/15/2021 09:00 AM EST

VA Secretary Jesse Brown legacy

This February, while the nation celebrates Black History Month, VA’s Homeless Programs Office (HPO) recognizes that our history of accomplishments preventing and ending homelessness among Veterans is built on the work of trailblazing Black men and women serving this country during war and in peace time. Among these notable individuals is Jesse Brown, a decorated disabled Vietnam Veteran who in 1993 became the first African American Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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02/15/2021 08:00 AM EST

Jackson Henderson on BtB

What is the Rockwell AAM program? Henderson details the available course opportunities within the program and offers advice to transitioning service members on how they can find employment opportunities through the program, emphasizing the importance of trade schools and their value.

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02/14/2021 04:00 PM EST

Hands holding pen and writing

Army Veteran sent a letter to the St. Cloud VA hospital director. “This clinic is an excellent choice for VA’s Community Care Network of providers and if asked, I’ll refer them with good marks.”

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