The Year of the Dragon begins on February 10, 2024. During this special event honoring the Lunar New Year, you will hear from special guests, VA representatives, and Center for Minority Veterans staff

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Center for Minority Veterans would like to invite you to our Virtual Black History Program, Thursday, February 1, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. (eastern). This program will educate and inform Veterans, service members, family members, caregivers, survivors, and advocates about valuable VA resources. Guest speakers include the honorable Denis McDonough, Secretary, James Albino, Director, Center for Minority Veterans, Colonel Michael Black (USAF Retired), Edward DuBose, Chairman, NAACP Veterans Committee, and Frank Wijngaarde, Veterans Benefits Administration.

In this video, get a firsthand look at the campus, future site of the museum, and learn how VA’s history connects to today. Hear from the whole VA History team as they discuss the story behind establishing VA’s first national museum. It is these men and women who have taken on the mission to craft the future site that will share VA’s story with the world.

In this episode of The BLUF, we look at how VR is playing a transformative role in mental health care, life insurance with VA Life, and a recap of VA benefits claims for 2023. VR Meditation news.va.gov/127697/transformative-role-virtual-reality-meditation/ Quality of Life Plus news.va.gov/121755/veterans-in-need-of-custom-specialized-devices/ www.qlplus.org/ VA Life Life Insurance www.va.gov/life-insurance/ news.va.gov/127750/valife-celebrates-one-year/ Benefits Claims Update for 2023 news.va.gov/127378/2023-end-of-year-veteran-benefits-update/ A VA Rocky Mountain Network Production This show is made by Veterans for Veterans Executive Producer: Shawn Spitler Producer, Director, Editor: Matt Murray Host: Sarah Kallassy Technical Director: Adam Desaulniers Teleprompter: Elizabeth Olson Stories by: Dr. Anne Lord Bailey, Daniel Keenaghan, Josh Jacobs, Matt Murray