Support Group for Women Veterans
New support group for women veterans impacted by domestic violence A 9-session virtual support group (sponsored by VA Puget Sound) is forming, with a tentative start date of [...]
Letter from the Directors
Holiday Greetings: At Outreach And Resource Services (OARS) for Women Veterans, when we think about our brothers and sisters serving in the Armed Forces of the United States, especially [...]
Self-Defense and Personal Safety
It is, once again, October. The touch of the autumn air is chilly and damp, a relief after this summer's heat. Leaves turn brilliant reds, yellows and orange, drift [...]
Self-Defense and Personal Safety
Hello Julia, Happy July! Fireworks and barbeque? Maybe. We live in unusual times, where we are confronted with competing visions of freedom and independence. Freedom and independence are two [...]
A Message from Julia
Dear OARS Women Veterans, Guest, Supporters, and our Family: As we approach this Memorial Day, it might be hard for some of us military mighty to “enjoy” [...]
USMC Appoints First Female Force Sgt. Maj. In Its History
We women in military are so TRAILBLAZERS in 2023. Congratulations to Marine Sgt. Major Kitashima. For the first time in its 247-year history, it has appointed a [...]
These are the First Sisters to Attain the Rank of General
Maj. Gen. Maria Barrett, left, and Brig. Gen. Paula Lodi, right, are believed to be the first sisters in the Army who both attained the rank of general. (Left [...]
Choose Mary Grace Photography
Mary Grace Long is a professional photographer of people. "No matter whom I have the privilege to witness, age, color, gender, sexual orientation, whatever, I am interested in a deeper [...]
Announcing the Signing of the Blue Water Navy Vietname Veteran’s Act
After years of fighting to correct an injustice for disabled Vietnam veterans, DAV takes great pride in announcing that the president has signed in to law H.R. 299-the Blue Water [...]
Remembering 9/11
Dear OARS Community: Today is a day we not only honor our own hard works serving our country in the name of freedom, but also honor those we have lost [...]
