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

  • (VANCOUVER Wash.) What began as a collaboration between the VA Portland Health Care Center’s Recreational Therapy and Chaplain Service has now blossomed into a new flagpole in the CLC courtyard.

    Attendees at Flagpole dedication ceremony looking on as US Flag is raised on the new pole for the first time.

  • PORTLAND, Ore.—A program in place at Willamette National Cemetery ensures that all those who militarily served their country in uniform will receive a burial with full military honors.

    The front entrance to Willamette National Cemetery, in Portland, Oregon.

  • Amputee Veterans are taking back their physical independence thanks to advances in amputation reconstruction surgery available in the VA Portland Health Care System.

    Male Veteran uses a walker while female Physical Therapist assists him.

  • VANCOUVER, Wash.--Most gardeners know working outside with your hands is rewarding work.

    Colorful image includes covered seated area, trees and flowering plants with an inviting walk way

  • What started as a haunting question by Navy Admiral Carlisle Trost’s wife in the 1970s, turned into an idea that would eventually serve over a half-million families, and endures as lasting legacy to care and support of the nation’s uniformed service members.

    Angled shot of VA Portland Fisher House exterior, taken in the afternoon sun.

  • In 2018, when Chris Siegfried met his Army buddy’s wife at a Memorial Day bar-b-que, little did he know she would one day save his life.

    Group-Jaime Brian Erin and Chris