PBS – There are an estimated 1.8 million female veterans in the United States right now. Roughly 25,000 of them live in San Diego County. Women leaving the service have unique needs, and the Department of Veterans Affairs is...
VA SCOPES OUT MEDICAL NEEDS OF FEMALE VETERANS From USA TODAY Alyce Knaflich says she has been mistaken for someone’s wife when she walks in the front door of the Charles George VA Medical Center. Instead of visiting a sick...
SENATOR RELEASES VA REPORT ON FEMALE VETS HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY/AP) – A new study says female military members returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are more likely to be diagnosed with mental-health conditions than their male counterparts. But men are more...
WOMEN’S SCARS OF WAR By Jessica Yadegaran, Contra Costa Times When retired Army Staff Sgt. June Moss returned from Iraq, she had to explain to her children why she couldn’t hug them. Any embrace longer than two seconds made...
