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

  • 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.

  • VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System (ECHCS) opened a facility space April 7 that more than doubled the size of a VA clinic, the first of several area projects making way this year for additional VA services in Colorado Springs.

    Army Veteran Edwin Beck, 98, cuts a ribbon during a ceremony at Union Boulevard VA Clinic in Colorado Springs.

  • “All of a sudden I had a World War II Veteran come to the mental health desk and ask, ‘Can you tell me how I can get a quilt?’,” said Scott Beaver, a medical support assistant in VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System (ECHCS).

    WWII Veterans receive quilt

  • VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System (ECHCS) teamed up with numerous organizations Sept. 23 to offer gifts and support to women Veterans who are pregnant or have given birth in the past year.

    Veteran gets baby shower gifts

  • “Something magical happened here,” said Lisa Coble, leaving stables Aug. 17 in northern El Paso County. She had spent four mornings over the summer at a 41-acre ranch on Black Forest Road, where ponderosa pines yield to the high plains.

    Army Veteran Daniel Luther discusses equine-assisted therapy

  • VA staff are always looking for better ways to care for our Veterans and evaluating the use of the latest technology and trends is a necessary part of this effort.

    Graphic image explaining detail about new Pathfinder website.

  • Veterans got a surprise visit July 4 at Rocky Mountain Regional (RMR) VA Medical Center in Aurora. Jared Bednar, Colorado Avalanche head coach, and Erik Johnson, defenseman, decided to visit and bring the Stanley Cup with them.

    VA ECHCS nurses with Avalanche and Stanley Cup

  • A fourth tour in Afghanistan would change his life forever. The unthinkable happened fast for 25-year-old Marine Corps Veteran Ryan Garza. In 2011, an IED blast rocked the seven-ton truck he was riding in badly injuring his leg.

    Veteran and amputee Ryan Garza snowboarding at Winter Sports Clinic

  • They were pioneers during a time their country needed them most, yet they were also America’s best kept secret until recently. The Women Air Force Service Pilots of World War II paved the way for women in the military today. 100 year old WASP Veteran Nell Bright is the epitome of Upholding Valor.

    Nell Bright

  • Throughout the VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, everyone worked tirelessly to care for our Veteran population as the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in the United States.

    A Veteran receives a vaccine from a health care worker