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  • Prosthetics and sensory aids teams across VA work to provide the highest standard of care for Veterans, regularly researching new ways to help them lead more active lifestyles.

    Two men in a hospital room, one helping the other walk with a prosthetic leg.

  • For U.S. Air Force Veteran Schivette Hill, making healthier lifestyle changes had always been an elusive goal.

    Woman in black dress stands smiling before large city skyline photo.

  • At 101 years old, U.S. Navy World War II Veteran Levern Owens still finds his mind wandering back to the vast expanse of the ocean, the islands of the South Pacific, and the time he spent feeding both fellow sailors and his local community.

    Sepia-toned photo of a sailor with a cap and striped collar.

  • Salisbury VA Health Care System is honored to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Charlotte & Kernersville Health Care Centers (HCC).

    Collage of two photos: hospital entrance with cars, and expansive green lawn.

  • Salisbury VA Health Care System is proud to recognize the hard work, sacrifice, dedication, and excellence of its supervisor, clinical, and non-clinical employees of the year for fiscal year 2025.

    Three female employees of the year, each with a flag behind them.

  • In life, challenges are not a matter of if, but when. The real question is: how will we rise to meet them? Many believe the making of an individual’s grit, as well as how they measure grace, is formed in those trying times.

    Edna J. Curry poses for a group photo with colleagues after receiving her award.

  • 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.

    U.S. Air Force Veteran Andre Long poses for a portrait with his VA care team at the Kernersville VA Health Care Center in Kernersville, NC.

  • There is no price to put on a life of service and sacrifice, particularly for one’s country.

    Chaplain Angela C. Peterkin, a chaplain educator with the Salisbury VA Health Care System, sings the national anthem.

  • 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).

    Veteran residents at the Carolina Pride Community Living Center pose for a photo.

  • For those diagnosed with diabetes, managing weight, physical fitness, and daily diet can be an overwhelming task.

    U.S. Army Veteran Gloria Gardner stands with Salisbury VA Medical Center, Charlotte Health Care Center (HCC) Endocrine clinic staff.