WOMEN VETERANS

Mission Statement:

Serve as a focal point for Arizona Women Veterans to provide education, assistance and advocacy with federal and state veteran entitlements through the department’s woman veterans’ benefit counselors located across the state.
 

Arizona Women’s Veteran Benefits Coordinator
Lee Borgen
285 South Lake Havasu Avenue, Suite A
Lake Havasu, Arizona 86403
928-505-4616
lborgen@azdvs.gov

Central Region -
3333 North Central Avenue, Suite 1052
Phoenix, AZ 85012
Phone: (602) 627-3261

Southern Region -
Tucson Downtown
5232 East Pima Street, Suite B
Tucson, AZ 85712
Phone: (520) 207-4960

Western Region - Art Nottingham VBC III
Yuma Office
2811 South 4th Avenue, Suite D
Yuma, AZ 85364
Phone: (928) 726-2851

LINKS

Center for Women Veterans
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has a national Center for Women Veterans.
The mission of the Center for Women Veterans is to ensure that:
Women veterans have access to VA benefits and services on par with male veterans.
VA programs are responsive to gender-specific needs of women veterans.
Outreach is performed to improve women veterans' awareness of services, benefits, and eligibility criteria.
Women veterans are treated with dignity and respect. 
http://www1.va.gov/womenvet

Health Care
http://www.va.gov/healtheligibility/application

Women Veterans’ Health
http://www1.va.gov/wvhp

Military Sexual Trauma Program
http://www1.va.gov/wvhp/page.cfm?pg=20

Native American Women Veterans
http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/americanindian/women.html

History of Women Veterans
http://www1.va.gov/womenvet/docs/WomenVet_History.pdf

25 FAQs
http://www1.va.gov/wvhp/page.cfm?pg=25

Women in Military Service for America (WIMSA) Memorial
http://www.womensmemorial.org

National Service Organizations for Women
There are a number of national service organizations specifically for women veterans.

Women Marines Association
Open to women who served honorably or are serving in the U.S. Marine Corps.
http://www.womenmarines.org

Women’s Army Corps Veterans Association
Current, former or retired women members of the Army who have served honorably on active duty in the Army of the United States (AUS), Regular Army (RA), Army National Guard (ANG) and the United States Army Reserve (USAR) the Army Nurse Corps (ANC), the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), or the Women's Army Corps (WAC) in commissioned, warrant, non-commissioned or enlisted status for 90 days or more, after 14 May 1942.
http://www.armywomen.org

Navy Nurse Corps Association
Navy Nurse Corps Association is a non-profit, national organization dedicated to bringing Navy Nurses together. Membership is open to women who were or are currently serving as a Navy Nurse. Any Navy Nurse Corps Officer, whether Active Duty, Reserves, Retired, or Honorably Discharged, may join the NNCA.
http://www.nnca.org

WAVES National
WAVES National is a Sea Service women's organization for women who have served or are currently serving in one of the sea services; U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Coast Guard or Reserves.
http://www.womenofthewaves.com

Army Nurse Corps Association
Originally established in 1977 as the Retired Army Nurse Corps Association, ANCA is a voluntary organization of, by, and for United States Army Nurse Corps officers. Membership is open to members of the US Army Nurse Corps who are currently serving or formerly served on active duty or in active service in a reserve component, or have retired from active or reserve component service.
http://e-anca.org