A Letter to A-G Veterans
A Letter to A-G Veterans Dear colleagues, As I reflect on A-G's incredible journey over nearly two decades, I want to take a moment to express my heartfelt gratitude to [...]
Belonging Again: Coping with PTSD After Military Service
Belonging Again: Coping with PTSD After Military Service When soldiers in World War I began reporting symptoms like dizziness, tremors, and amnesia with no sign of physical injury, doctors theorized their brains had [...]
A-G Associates Deploys the Center of Excellence
In 2023, A-G launched a new initiative aimed at improving the lives of military personnel, Veterans, and their families (MVF). The A-G Military, Veteran, and Family Center of Excellence (MVF-COE) is designed to [...]
Veterans, Firearms, and Reducing Suicide
The Problem: Servicemember and veteran suicide isn't an easy topic to talk about. Cultural stigma, emotional discomfort, personal experience, or having friends who died by suicide often make the subject difficult to discuss for [...]
Change Management: A Military Lifestyle Perspective
Towards the end of graduate school, my husband let me know that he really wanted to join the Army. He then asked me what I thought, and I replied ……. Neither of us realized [...]
Stay Away from the Big “But”
In my 44 years of living, I’ve observed one consistent thing about my interactions: successful people use successful language. I am not assuming that successful people are driven all the time, but that [...]
The Importance of Veterans’ Community Health
Background According to the Department of Defense, between 170,000 and 240,000 people join the military each year in the Active and Reserve components. According to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in 2018, [...]
Support the Family. Strengthen the Veteran.
“Providing quality care to America’s Veterans doesn’t end with the Veteran himself or herself. It extends to the family member or loved one who tends to the everyday needs of a disabled, chronically [...]
Memorial Day Veterans Project
Memorial Day represents a time when people can come together to remember those that lost their lives in service to their country. For many, the purpose of Memorial Day is abstract as they [...]
Providing Hope to Vulnerable Neighbors
Volunteers of America Chesapeake and Carolinas Establishes a New Behavioral Health Center in Maryland In 1896, Ballington and Maud Booth founded Volunteers of America with a pledge to “go wherever we are needed, [...]