Helping Kids “just b kids” in 2018
Registration for Camp Corral through DAV’s Just B Kids Scholarship program is now available online. In partnership with DAV and Golden Corral, the program provides free, on...
Making surgery safer for women veterans
VA physicians and researchers work to ensure best practices for gender-specific health issues As the number of women veterans continues to grow, the Department of Veterans ...
Lost leg doesn’t stop Indiana veteran, skier from reaching new heights
Five months into a deployment to Vietnam, 21-year-old Bill Caywood lost his right leg below the knee to a booby-trap. If you would have told him then that nearly a […]
Back in the fast lane
First amputee to serve in Iraq continues to break barriers through adaptive sports In 1993, William “Bud” McLeroy was excelling in two very physical career fields—as a fire...
Life moves on
Nearly a half-century after losing both legs in an ambush in Vietnam, Army veteran stays active through adaptive sports In 1970, Army Pfc. Dave Nichols was just months into...
Bringing home the gold
Marine veteran Travis Dodson attends veterans winter sports clinic after winning sled-hockey gold in PyeongChang On Valentine’s Day 2007, Travis Dodson was deployed to Iraq...
Living the good life after TBI
Army veteran ignites passion for curling, downhill skiing at clinic “In Summer 2006 I had been in Iraq for more than a year, still had three months to go, and […]
Combat injured veteran, advocate to try rehabilitative skiing
Monday through Friday, Christopher Gray is usually at the Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System, supporting the men and women who served in the recreation center as a full...
When one door closes, many more open
Aurora, Colo. veteran heads to Aspen to push herself further through winter adaptive sports Marine Corps Veteran Jatáya Taylor understands the lows of depression in the aft...
Vision of service
Since the conclusion of World War II, Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital has been improving the quality of life for visually impaired veterans Having lost sight in his right eye ...