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Read about what's happening in our VA Eastern Colorado health care community.

  • At 11 a.m. on Sept. 22, Operation Baby Shower kicked off in the parking lot of PFC Floyd K. Lindstrom VA Clinic in Colorado Springs. This ninth annual drive-through event recognizes and supports Veterans by providing gifts and resources for new and expectant mothers.

    Veteran at drive-through baby shower

  • In an effort to expand the treatment toolbox of their physical therapists, Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center held a three-day dry needling clinic, Aug. 24-26.

    VA Physical Therapists Expand Skills in Dry Needling Clinic

  • VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System (ECHCS) celebrated the official opening of Space Center VA Clinic on Sept. 13 in Colorado Springs. This year’s projects moved routine health and wellness services closer to where Veterans live.

    Space Center VA Clinic

  • During a fishing trip three years ago, Army Veteran David Krall, of Colorado Springs, noticed his balance slipping. As a forward observer in Vietnam from 1970 to 1971, the long-term impact of chemical exposures was not often considered.

    Veteran getting screened for toxic exposures

  • The VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System (ECHCS) hosted its 2023 VetFest at the Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center and celebrated the center’s five-year anniversary in Aurora, Colo., on July 21.

    Director talking at podium

  • California native Susan Ashby graduated high school with a plan. She enlisted in the U.S. Air Force, an uncommon career path for a woman in 1976. From tech school in San Antonio, to Lowry Air Force Base in Denver, to an overseas extended tour in Germany, Ashby worked as an administrative assistant before establishing herself in education.

    Pictured: Susan Ashby

  • Army Veteran David Pettigrew is a new man after losing 110 lbs and finding adaptive sports through VA recreational therapy.

    A man guides a man on a sit-ski

  • “When the ground assault started, the horizon lit up—that’s how close we were,” said Army Veteran Ramon Navarro of Castle Rock about serving in Gulf War operations to free Kuwait from occupying Iraqi forces.

    Army Veteran Ramon Navarro

  • An interest in art started early for Marine Corps Veteran Jerry Rael, who presented his award-winning work April 15 during the National Veterans Creative Arts Festival in St. Louis, Missouri.

    Marine Corps Veteran Jerry Rael shows painting

  • Colorado VA facility dog brings love and comfort to disabled Veterans at home or on slopes of the Winter Sports Clinic.

    Colorado VA facility dog brings love and comfort to disabled Veterans at home or on slopes of the Winter Sports Clinic.