Stories

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

“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.

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.

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.

“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).

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.

“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.

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.

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.