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Any Veteran or current military member is familiar with their particular service flag, and knows each has a lot of history, tradition, protocol and precedent behind them and how they're displayed together.
A new study from a database of millions of veterans nationwide reveals a possible connection between hearing loss and Parkinson’s disease.
Portland VA Police are "virtual" trendsetters, using highly advanced training technology to provide the utmost safety and care for Veterans and VA Portland Health Care System staff.
(PORTLAND, Oregon)—In August 1990, U.S. Congress designated the third Friday of September as National POW/MIA Recognition Day and ordered prominent display of the POW/MIA flag on this day and several other national observances.
(Portland, Oregon). St. Paul, Minnesota native Charles Auch recently received word that his poetry entry in the National Veterans Creative Arts Festival won first place. The piece, entitled Memories of Death, was a way for Auch to visualize what death means and all the emotions it entails, he said.
(VANCOUVER Wash.) What began as a collaboration between the VA Portland Health Care Center’s Recreational Therapy and Chaplain Service has now blossomed into a new flagpole in the CLC courtyard.
PORTLAND, Ore.—A program in place at Willamette National Cemetery ensures that all those who militarily served their country in uniform will receive a burial with full military honors.
Amputee Veterans are taking back their physical independence thanks to advances in amputation reconstruction surgery available in the VA Portland Health Care System.
VANCOUVER, Wash.--Most gardeners know working outside with your hands is rewarding work.
