THE MISSION IS THE MESSAGE:  A rundown of the highlights from the 2026 National Leadership & Education Conference in Jacksonville by Senior Writer Marc Leepson, focusing on the many discussions and debates that took place over the shape and form that Vietnam Veterans of America will take as the organization moves into the future.

KNOW A VSO: Contributing writer Paul Rogers profiles Michigan VVA VSO Katrina Gramer, a post-9/11 U.S. Navy veteran who works full time out of her office and visiting veterans with limited mobility in their homes, helping them with virtually everything from wading through the VA bureaucracy to file benefits claims to providing advice on finding new homes after relocating to her part of the country.