Veterans

A staffer for the Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System has alleged retaliation after he spoke out about the deteriorating conditions of a building on the south Seattle campus that housed specialty clinics and office space. Douglas Galuszka, chief of logistics, was issued two suspensions totaling three weeks of unpaid leave this year. He said VA administrators punished him for calling attention to leadership failures at the hospital and talking with press. According to Galuszka, the two suspensions he served mark the only discipline he has received in his seven years working for the VA. Prior to the suspensions, Galuszka said, he was not counseled by a supervisor or required to go through training.

by Lauren Gallup& Lizz Giordano The Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System shut the doors to its South Clinic, less than three weeks after staff…

A loud whoosh brought Cortez Hopkins out of his office. Two ceiling tiles had crashed down where moments before a staffer had sat packing up records. Water trickled down as Hopkins snapped pictures of the damage. Hopkins and others were working overtime in the logistics office of the Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System campus in South Seattle as nearly an inch of rain dumped on the region that Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023.

(Runtime 1:01) A $78 billion bipartisan tax package unveiled by Congressional negotiators this week includes a provision that its backers hope will spur…

Every time Hayden Powell sits down to apply for a job, she has to relive an experience she went through over two decades ago, when she was discharged from the military because of her sexual orientation.

Edward-Asher Parodi was born without much hair. So when it started growing in, he fell in love with it. It grew, and it grew and now the 4-year-old is…

(Runtime 4:36)Sometimes, when everything feels right, something can make your world crumble. Something like a draft letter, sending your dad to war.…

(Runtime 1:29)Hospice services can help people have a more comfortable end of life, and alleviate stress for their loved ones. But for many veterans, it…

It wasn't just civilians who turned to peace in protest of the Vietnam war. Active-duty military personnel and veterans led a resistance from within and outside of the armed forces. The Dissent and Resistance Within the Military exhibit tells some of their stories.

Ralph "AK" Angkiangco enlisted in the Navy in April 2008 one year after graduating high school. He was an 18-year-old kid uncertain about what he wanted…