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17 Feb, 30 tweets, 16 min read
Please don't politicize my thread of Veteran resources. It's meant for all Vets regardless of political views. We've been fighting this fight for a long time.

Please RT the thread and save the graphics. I will continue to post it until we do what is right. 

IGY6  ~Ren
2/ We take care of our own.

Approximately 22 Veteran suicides a day. It's time to change the stigma. Please reach out for help.

💥Veteran Crisis Line💥
US 800-273-8255
Press 1
Text 838255 
UK 0800 138 1619
Canada 18334564566
3/ Vets seeking help Text
RISING to 741741
and you will be connected
immediately to a live
trained Crisis Counselor.
#IAVA
4/ IAVA’s Quick Reaction Force, a Rapid Response Referral Program, provides confidential 24/7 peer to peer support, comprehensive care management and resource connections.

To get connected to a Veteran Care Manager today, please call 855-91RAPID or visit QUICKREACTIONFORCE.org
5/ EOD Vets:

After the Long Walk is a suicide prevention hotline.

Call (888)412-0470
6/  Please don't politicize

EOD Techs & EOD Vets:

After the Long Walk has a Facebook page and group. Reach out and share with fellow EOD techs. m.facebook.com/groups/1728905…

EOD techs:

For background on the After the Long Walk hotline and how it was started.
medium.com/freethink/this…
7/ Rx Refills During the Pandemic:

The NEW Rx Refill Mobile App: You can request refills of your refillable VA-issued prescriptions, track VA prescription deliveries, view VA prescription history from your mobile device. myhealth.va.gov/mhv-portal-web…
8/ VA vet centers:
vetcenter.va.gov

Women Vets:
womenshealth.va.gov

Mental Health:
mentalhealth.va.gov

Homeless Vets:
va.gov/homeless

VA Home Page:
va.gov
9/
LGBT Vets:
va.gov/opa/marriage

Military Sexual Trauma:
mentalhealth.va.gov/mentalhealth/m…

Additional resources:
sprc.org
10/
Phone #'s

Health Care:
877-222-8387

VA Combat Call Center:
877-927-8387

Homeless Vets:
877-424-3838

Women Vets:
877-222-8387

Women Veterans Call Center:
855-829-6636

To find nearest VA:
800-827-1000
877-222-8387

Agent Orange Registry:
800-749-8387

VA IG:
800-488-8244
11/ Please don't politicize

EBenefits:

ebenefits.va.gov/ebenefits/home…

A Service of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense. Apply & manage your benefits.
Compensation, Health, and Education benefits!
12/ With myHealtheVet you can:

myhealth.va.gov/mhv-portal-web…

•Use the VA Blue Button to view, save download and/or print your VA health and DoD Military Service Information.

•Make appointments with your primary care physician or specialist

•Fill prescriptions

•and much more
13/ AccessVA is a convenient new service allowing Veterans to access their patient billing statements online.
Veterans are not billed for service-connected care.

To access the patient statement online, Veterans can go to AccessVA.

access.va.gov/accessva/?cspS…
14/ Make the Connection:

MakeTheConnection.net is an online resource designed to connect Veterans, their family members and friends, and other supporters with information, resources, and solutions to issues affecting their lives.
15/ Please don't politicize

VA Profile allows Veterans to update contact information on all VA systems blogs.va.gov/VAntage/82188/…
16/ VA Welcome Kit adds 10 new guides for Veterans and their families
blogs.va.gov/VAntage/82353/…

va.gov/welcome-kit/
17/ AMVETS HEAL Program:

The HEAL Mission

To ensure vets with medical needs receive the help they have earned to access the best quality healthcare, including mental health and specialized services

1-833-838-4325

amvets.org/vet-heal/
18/ AMVETS HEAL Program Cont.

All Veterans, Active Duty Service Members, Guard, Reserve Members, caregivers, and family members are eligible to use the AMVETS’ HEAL Helpline and HEAL Program services.
19/ State Veteran benefits:

Military benefits are always changing. Keep up with everything from pay to health care 
militarybenefits.info/state-veterans…
20/ Marcus Institute for Brain Health offers free treatment to Vets with 'Bad Paper' Discharges.

You do not need to be eligible for VA health care to qualify for this program, and there is no cost.

Please (303) 724-4TBI or visit
medschool.cuanschutz.edu/mibh

blogs.va.gov/VAntage/71963/…
21/ Please don't politicize

Please save and use all graphics in this thread. Especially the ACE cards. Print these graphics and hang in places where Vets have access to them. Carry the ACE cards in your wallet.

These questions can help you access your loved one or a fellow Vet.
22/ USA & USCG ACE Cards:
23/ USN & USMC ACE Cards:
24/ USAF & EOD ACE Cards:
25/ Veteran & spouse ACE Cards:
26/ What should veterans do if they think they have COVID19?

Veterans who think they have COVID19 should call their VAMC or MyVA311 (844-698-2311 & press #3). VA clinicians will evaluate symptoms & direct them to the appropriate providers for further evaluation & treatment.
27/ Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)

See here for the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Coronavirus information.

publichealth.va.gov/n-coronavirus/…
28/ Sign up to receive email updates from the Committee as it continues to learn more about how #COVID19 will impact veterans and what @DeptVetAffairs is doing in response.

veterans.house.gov
29/ COVID-19 vaccines: Stay informed and help us prepare

Sign up available to help the VA understand your interest in getting a vaccine. They’ll send updates on how they’re providing vaccines across the country—and when you can get the vaccine. va.gov/health-care/co…
30/ Please don't politicize my thread of Veteran resources. Its meant for all veterans regardless of political views.

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Baseball Legend Jackie Robinson Was a Soldier During World War II
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2/ In 1942 during World War II, Robinson was drafted and assigned to a segregated Army cavalry unit in Fort Riley, Kansas. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in January 1943.
3/ Robinson was then assigned to Fort Hood, Texas, where he joined the 761st "Black Panthers" tank battalion.

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Please RT, save the graphics, print them and carry them with you. IGY6

The purpose of ACE is to help service members, Veterans, their families & friends learn that they can take the necessary steps to get help. Image
2/ The acronym ACE (Ask, Care, Escort)or RACE for the Marine Corps (Recognize , Ask, Care, Escort) summarizes the steps to take an active & valuable role in suicide prevention.

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Approximately 22 Veteran suicides a day. It's time to change the stigma.

Share these numbers and show our veterans & troops we care and they're not alone.

Veteran Crisis Line
US 800-273-8255
Press 1
Text 838255
UK 0800 138 1619
Canada 18334564566 ImageImage
1-800-273-8255
Press 1
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3/ Military Crisis line cont.

Suicide prevention and mental health information by branch

Learn more about the resources and programs provided by our military using the links below.
veteranscrisisline.net/get-help/milit…
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Their Medal of Honors were delayed by bias and discrimination.
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Two African-Americans received the Medal of Honor for actions in World War I. Both were awarded decades after their deaths.

Cpl Freddie Stowers & Sgt Henry Johnson ImageImage
2/ Cpl Freddie Stowers
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Please don't politicize my thread of Veteran resources & benefits for each state, district & territory. It's meant for all Vets regardless of political view.

Resources & benefits are always changing.

There may be a benefit available to you/your family that you didn't know about Image
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