VA Begins Next Phase of Combat Vet Outreach

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has completed making calls to veterans potentially identified as being ill or injured from Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF-OIF) and is now targeting over 500,000 OEF-OIF veterans who have been discharged from active duty but have not contacted VA for health care.

"We promised to reach out to every OEF and OIF veteran to let them know we are here for them -- and we are making real progress in doing so," said Dr. James B. Peake, Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Read news release

The Heart of a Marine Foundation Donation
The Minneapolis VAMC recently received computer hardware and software valued at more than $30,000 to help patients suffering from aphasia, a speech disorder typically caused by a brain injury during a traumatic accident.
The donation was presented by The Heart of a Marine Foundation. It is a non-profit foundation established in the memory of LCPL Phillip E. Frank, who died in Iraq in 2004. His parents, Georgette and Roy Frank of Elk Grove Village, IL, established The Heart of a Marine Foundation in Phillip’s honor to help service members. Several VA staffers were on hand to receive the gifts.