Stories
Every so often, we all need some encouragement – a pat on the back, a warm smile, a trusted, healthy source of comfort or inspiration we can turn to during life’s trying moments. For U.S. Air Force Veteran Andre Long, 49, he found that and more in VA health care.
There is no price to put on a life of service and sacrifice, particularly for one’s country.
Democracy, voting, elections, and diplomacy have defined our nation’s core ideals and foundation. However, there’s a good chance you didn’t expect to hear them used when discussing everyday resident Veterans in a VA Community Living Center (CLC).
For those diagnosed with diabetes, managing weight, physical fitness, and daily diet can be an overwhelming task.
How often do you consider what it takes to make the human body move? From simply driving to work, to taking a shower, or going for an evening stroll, most of us don’t think twice about our daily movements and what it takes to complete those actions.
Salisbury VA Health Care System is proud to recognize the hard work, dedication, and excellence of its supervisor, clinical, and non-clinical employees of the year for fiscal year 2024.
Service members transitioning from an active status are often relieved to grab their newly signed DD-214, jump in their cars, and exit their installation’s main gate for what may be the last time.
In summer 2024, the Salisbury VA surgery service opened its new hybrid interventional operating room (OR) suite, which supports providers with new operating equipment to take Veteran care to the next level and provide the most comprehensive surgical continuum of care at VA.
As the son of a former U.S. Airman, one could say that service is in U.S. Air Force Veteran Martin Harper’s DNA. The North Carolina Certified Peer Support Specialist has always been community-minded.
In June 1969, as 19-year-old U.S. Army soldier Theo Muhammad lay recovering in a U.S. military hospital bed in Japan from second and third-degree burns, he never imagined the additional and invisible struggles he would face once his physical injuries began to heal.
