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

Veterans in a residential rehabilitation program find solace in painting rocks that illustrate their addiction success stories, transforming their treatment facility into a gallery of resilience.

Be Well Be Strong painted rock

On Sept. 13, 2023, Melvin Gatewood was named the recipient of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) National Peer Support Specialist Award.

Melvin Gatewood and others pose with certificate award.

If the past few years have taught Army Veteran Charles McReynolds anything, it’s to surround yourself with positive people and never give up.

Charles McReynolds

Calling all Veterans! This is your chance to join the best VA in the nation. We're hiring police officers, social workers, and more to work at the Nashville VA Medical Center and Clarksville VA Clinic.

Oct. 1 - 7 is designated as National Healthcare Foodservice Worker Week. Official recognition started in 1989 by Congress to honor the foodservice professionals who help patients stay well-nourished and healthy.

Food service workers

After a yearlong wait, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System (TVHS) leaders unveiled the new 1A inpatient unit Sept. 12 with engineering staff and Blue Cord Construction. The renovation process took roughly 15 months to complete.

hospital workers pose before cutting ribbon

Tennessee Valley Healthcare System Ambassador responds to a Veteran in crisis and wins National VHA HeRO Award.

Caleb Mancuyas, National VHA HeRO Award Winner

There is a sign proudly displayed outside the volunteer office of the Chattanooga VA Clinic that reads, “Volunteers are not paid, not because they are worthless, but because they are priceless.”

Tennessee Valley Healthcare System (TVHS) Bone Marrow Transplant team was recognized as being “one of the best in the country in all aspects of care for Veterans in need of transplant and cellular therapy.”

TVHS Bone Marrow Transplant team poses for a photo at the Nashville VA campus.

The Alvin C. York VA Medical Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee earned the ENERGY STAR Certification this summer with a score of 93 out of 100 saving the facility over $1 million in energy savings in 2023.

Two transparent glass awards that read Energy Star with light blue background behind the words.