Stories

Independence Day 2024 June marks the halfway mark for the year and although we’ve done so much, we still have so much to do for the remainder of the year. As we continue to embrace the summer months before us, I am confident that we will continue to provide you safe compassionate, and quality care.

The Brew Café in the Daniel K Akaka VA Clinic VA Pacific Islands Health Care System (VAPIHCS) got its first canteen on May 15, 2024, when The Brew Café opened inside the Daniel K. Akaka VA Clinic at 91-1051 Franklin D. Roosevelt Avenue in Kapolei.

VAPIHCS Veterans, Happy Juneteenth “Juneteenth” comes from the combination of the words “June” and “Nineteenth.” This is because June 19, 1865, was the date that Major General Gordon Granger and the Union Army troops marched into Galveston, Texas, to enforce the emancipation proclamation

Roger Tansley qualified for one of the most elite fighting forces in the world when he had barely graduated High School.

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that is triggered by a traumatic event. PTSD symptoms, including nightmares and unwanted memories of the trauma, irritability and angry outbursts, and a need to constantly be on-guard, can last for years if left untreated.

June is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) awareness month. PTSD is a condition which can occur after someone experiences a traumatic event.

VAPIHCS Veterans, On June 6, 1944, troops from the Allied Nations joined the fight against tyranny and genocide as they landed on the beaches of Normandy, France.

The 13th Annual Festival of the Pacific -also known as “FestPac”- is being hosted this year by the State of Hawaii from June 6 to 16, 2024.

The VA Pacific Islands Health Care System (VAPIHCS) will attend the 13th Annual Festival of the Pacific, with a booth at the Hawaii Convention Center, 3rd Floor.

On Tuesday, June 4, 2024, VA Pacific Islands Health Care System (VAPIHCS) held two events related to the new Center for Pacific Islander Veterans Health (CPIVH), which has opened in the Airport Industrial Park Association (AIPA) Building at 3375 Koapaka Street, in Honolulu.