Fort Hamilton will host their annual Military Retiree Appreciation Day virtually on October 23, 8am-1pm. It’s an opportunity to provide the retiree population with up-to-date information regarding wellness, benefits, rights, and privileges.

View the watch party of recorded presentations from leadership and providers via USAG Fort Hamilton's Facebook and Youtube.

RSVP here for the online event.

Contact the Retirement Services Office for additional information: 718-630-4552.

Retirees may enjoy specials at the Commissary & Exchange on October 24, 2020.

Fort Hamilton will host their annual Military Retiree Appreciation Day virtually on October 22, 8am-1pm. It’s an opportunity to provide the retiree population with up-to-date information regarding wellness, benefits, rights, and privileges.

View the watch party of recorded presentations from leadership and providers via USAG Fort Hamilton's Facebook and Youtube.

RSVP here for the online event.

Contact the Retirement Services Office for additional information: 718-630-4552.

Retirees may enjoy specials at the Commissary & Exchange on October 24, 2020.

Join this webinar on Zoom on September 30, 9:30-11am, for an interactive session designed to assist you to better serve women who have served, and continue to serve, in the U.S. Armed Forces. This event combines brief presentations from subject matter experts from the New York Legal Assistance Group and the VA New York Harbor Women Veterans Program and four women veterans who will share their experiences and suggestions to better serve their community.

Learn about:

• The unique challenges of military women in a male-dominated culture,
• How misconceptions and gender bias inhibit women's transition to civilian life,
• How you might recognize their service and begin developing a trusting relationship,
• What you might do to better deliver the services they need and deserve.

Presenters include:

Samantha Kubek, NY Legal Assistance Group, Coordinating Attorney, Veterans Initiative, LegalHealth Division

Jennifer Friedberg, VA New York Harbor Healthcare System, Women Veteran Program Manager

Women Veteran Panelists

Andrea Molina, Marine Corps Veteran, Director of Veteran Services/Vet2Vet

Lindsay Church, U.S. Navy Veteran, Executive Director, Minority Vets

Melissa Bryant, U.S. Army Veteran, former National Legislative Director - American Legion

Elizabeth Rossi, Marine Corps Veteran, President, Chapter NY-6 of The Women Marines Association

Register here.

The NJ War Related Illness & Injury Study Center presents Agent Orange: What You Need to Know, a webinar on September 24, 1:30-3pm (EST). Michelle Robertson, MD, MPH, will present topics: Agent Orange exposure determination; Presumption of exposure and current health conditions
related to Agent Orange exposure; Update for Blue Water Navy Veterans.

Call or email to register.

The Virtual Vets Chat and Chew Program is designed for veterans, active military & families to come together and learn about food, how it can make you feel, cook it, share the meal together and make some new friends at the same time. The program consists of six 2-hour sessions, one time per week for 6 weeks, beginning September 30, 6-8pm (EST). Participants create and share healthy, simple and inexpensive meals under the guidance of a professional chef and nutrition consultant. They will give you $20 to buy the ingredients of each meal.

To reserve a space, contact Anne Burns (201-592-1130, info@vetschatandchew.com).

vetschatandchew.com

www.facebook.com/vetschatandchew

Veterans enrolled in VA care may be able to request Acupuncture Therapy from Golden Acupuncturist Clinic.

The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum offers an online presentation called Your Brain on the Military on September 25, 12-1pm (EST). The Intrepid Museum and New-York Presbyterian Military Family Wellness Center welcome current and former military service members and their family and friends for a virtual town hall discussing veteran mental health concerns around COVID-19 and service-related issues. Learn about how social changes, grief, and economic loss are affecting our veteran community and about resources and treatments available at the Military Family Wellness Center.

Free with advance registration. Click here to register. This program will be conducted over Zoom, with opportunities to ask questions.

Speakers and topics will include:

• Matthew Ryba, Director of Community Outreach at MFWC; USMC veteran OIF/OEF
  • Introductions and NY Veteran Update on COVID-19
• Dr. Doron Amsalem, research psychiatrist at New York State Psychiatric Institute & Military Family Wellness Center clinician
  • COVID-19 and Veterans: An Active Intervention
• Dr. John Markowitz, Research Psychiatrist at New York State Psychiatric Institute & Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
  • Military Family Wellness Center: How Therapies for PTSD Work

Community Health Action of Staten Island offers free services for Staten Islanders who have served in the armed forces.