This week’s Honoring Veterans Spotlight honors the service of Army Veteran Maria Inez Ortiz, who served in Iraq.

Army Veteran Christina Wagner turned her life around thanks to the Veterans Justice Outreach Program, which identifies justice-involved Veterans and facilitates their access to VA services as early as possible.

This week, VA’s Office of Research and Development published three News Briefs highlighting research findings on the effects of Gulf War exposures on heart disease risk, increasing non-VA prescriptions and a potential new leukemia treatment.