U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs CMV - News Update

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Omar Forde. Omar served during the war in Afghanistan. [From VAntage Point]

We honor his service.

Granville Coggs, who was one of the nation’s first black military pilots during World War II, has died at the age of 93. Coggs served in the U.S. Army Air Corps and was a member of the Tuskegee Airmen from 1943 to 1946. [From Stars and Stripes]

The Navajo Nation has announced that World War II-era Navajo Code Talker Fleming Begaye Sr. has died. Begaye was among hundreds of Navajos who served in the Marine Corps, using a code based on their native language to outsmart the Japanese. [From Stars and Stripes]

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran Fernando Padilla-Ramirez. Fernando served during Operation Iraqi Freedom. [From VAntage Point]

We honor his service.

Join VA’s Office of Connected Care and the Army Wife Network on Wednesday, May 22 at 12 p.m. ET for a Facebook Live event featuring VA Mental Health Apps and TeleMental Offering. Dr. David Carroll, Executive Director VA Mental Health Operations; Dr. Christina Armstrong, Clinical Psychologist, Connected Health Implementation Strategies and Crystal Niehoff, President, the Amry Wife Network, will answer audience questions on these technologies and discuss how these technologies are helping to deliver care when and where it is needed. [From VAntage Point]

Food and culture from Asia and the Pacific Islands was on display this week at the home of U.S. Forces Japan in western Tokyo. Yokota’s military community and guests packed a high school gymnasium Monday to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month. [From Stars and Stripes]