In the newest episode of Visions of BVA, the Association’s monthly podcast, program host Steve Baskis and guests Tina Lemus and Celiann Gonzalez reflect on a Team River Runner (TRR) experience near Grand Junction, Colorado, in mid-August. Paddling with Purpose: Blind Veterans and Team River Runner went live on September 1. Steve, Tina, and Celiann (TRR staff and a veteran herself) come together to share personal stories of overcoming fear, building trust, and rediscovering confidence

BVA Happenings readers who went first to the Ambassadog Scoop Series today (see below) are already aware that guide dog Hannah’s “Mom” is Jill Hinton Wolfe of Walker, Michigan. In addition to being a super mom to a dog with whom she shares the joys of the great outdoors, Jill is a talented, prolific, published writer with profound perspectives and insights into the adversities and possibilities of post-military life. Mission, Tribe & Grace: How Veterans

Another year of the National Disabled Veterans Golf Clinic is now history, having concluded on September 12 after providing 138 visually impaired participants and dozens more with varying disabilities an unforgettable week. “The Clinic is not just about golf but emphasizes the Whole Health concept,” said Michaun Harrison, whose 2025 participation was the seventh.  “We enjoy not only adaptive golf but bowling, water aerobics, corn hole, tai chi, cycling, rock climbing, yoga, challenge golf putting,

BVA acknowledges with solemnity National POW/MIA Recognition Day today, September 19. The special recognition was established in 1979 through a proclamation signed by President Jimmy Carter. Since then, each subsequent President of the United States has issued an annual proclamation commemorating the third Friday in September as National POW/MIA Recognition Day, honoring service members who are either in captivity or unaccounted for. In 1990, Congress designated the POW/MIA flag as “the symbol of our Nation’s