Category Women Veterans
How CalVet Ensures that California Veterans are the Most Connected, Protected, and Respected Veterans in the Nation
Veterans Day is our annual national day of gratitude for those who have defended our country and our Constitution. But at CalVet, thanking veterans is a year-round, continuous honor, duty, and privilege. In fact, is it our vision that California’s veterans become the nation’s most connected, most protected, and most respected veterans, and this happens […]
CalVet to Honor Women Veterans with 2024 Trailblazer Awards
The California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet) will honor six amazing women veterans with Trailblazer Awards during a ceremony on October 8 in San Diego. It will mark the 11th ceremony since the inaugural event in 2013. This year’s class will bring the total number of honorees to 41, and four military branches — the […]
Yountville’s Chief Doctor Can Attest: Servicemembers’ Fighting Spirit Doesn’t End with Separation from the Armed Forces
Dr. Julie Fields will tell you that once a soldier, sailor, Marine, or airman—always a soldier, sailor, Marine, or airman. “Our veterans, like the active duty sailors and Marines I served, tend to be extremely resilient and sometimes downright stubborn,” said Fields.
Too Early to Deploy, Redding Home Vet Found Herself Swamped with Paperwork
As the Korean War raged in 1951, Lois Sweeney decided to become one of “The few. The proud. The Marines.” She enlisted and soon found herself at Parris Island, South Carolina — one of the 138,000 recruits who trained there throughout the war. “I was in the swamp,” the 92-year-old resident of the Veterans Home […]
Women Veterans: Elevate Your Voice
Your experiences matter, and your voice is invaluable. CalVet is on a mission to enhance the support and services we provide, and your insights will help us better serve women veterans. By completing this survey, you’ll make a lasting impact on the support services we offer all California women veterans, now and for future […]
CalVet Agents Cut Through Red Tape to Cut Home Loan Deal for Paradise Veteran
(This story first appeared as a Guest Perspective in the State Treasurer’s Office November newsletter.) By the spring of 2023, Navy veteran Sue Bone had given up hope on buying a new home. After her home in Paradise vanished in a wall of flames during the Camp Fire of 2018, she found herself up against […]
Home Is Where the Veteran Is for CalVet’s New West Los Angeles Administrator
As the new administrator, Stephanie Weaver’s goal for the Veterans Home of California-West Los Angeles really is quite simple. “I could end up as a resident here someday,” said Weaver, appointed to the post by Governor Gavin Newsom in September. “I want it to be the best Home in the system. I want for them […]
Helping Veterans Know Their Benefits Is Like A Family Affair for CalTAP Training Coordinator
Jennifer Rudquist recalls her arrival at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas on Thanksgiving Day 1996. Now the recruiting trainer with CalVet’s California Transition Assistance Program (CalTAP), she stepped off a bus that day, into basic training and her brave new world.
First Time Buyer in Awe with CalVet Home Loans Team to the Letter
Another satisfied veteran, another CalVet Home Loans success story. Frequently, CalVet Home Loan agents receive “thank-you” notes, flowers, or letters from veterans whom they’ve helped achieve the dream of homeownership. This one, from U.S. Navy veteran Stephanie Barker of Sacramento, to CalVet Property Agent Adam Cone and his team that includes home loans processor Jamie […]
WAC Vet Answered the Nation’s Call, Now Answers Veterans’ Questions at CalVet
One day during the early months of 2018, soon after she hired on as the office technician in CalVet’s Communications Division, U.S. Women’s Army Corps veteran Yulana Low handled a telephone call she will never forget. “The older brother of a young veteran couldn’t get over his brother’s death,” she said. “I believe he was […]
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