Free Workshops in Trench Art by Allison Smith Arts & Skills Service is hosting a series of workshops on the theme of Trench Art. Trench Art is art made by soldiers and civilians with the creation and materials linked to armed conflict or its effects. Allison Smith, a SF Bay Area artist and educator, is [...]
On Monday, KQED highlighted a study by researchers at the University of California San Francisco and the San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC) which concluded that women soldiers suffer post-traumatic stress as much as their male counterparts. The number of female soldiers in the military has doubled in the past ten years and women are [...]
WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs announced today a change in regulations regarding payments for emergency care provided to eligible Veterans in non-VA facilities. “This provision helps ensure eligible Veterans continue to get the emergency care they need when VA facilities are not available,” said Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki. The new [...]
Women war veterans who became pregnant after serving in Iraq or Afghanistan were twice as likely as other female vets to experience mental health problems, according to a study published this week in the “Journal of Women’s Health.” The study, “Pregnancy and Mental Health Among Women Veterans Returning from Iraq and Afghanistan,” aimed to determine [...]
Written by: Laura Ungar The Courier-Journal The U.S. military is no longer a men’s club — almost 15 percent of today’s active-duty troops are women. They drive Humvees, fix airplanes and often find themselves in combat situations, shoulder to shoulder with their male comrades-in-arms. But when it comes to military and veterans’ medical care, women [...]
