COMMISSIONER'S MESSAGE

I would like to welcome you to the State of Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs website.  We are very honored and privileged to serve those who wore our nation’s cloth and bore arms to defend our country as well as the family members of these deserving individuals.      

We will always strive to provide quality service in a compassionate and professional manner.  We have an obligation to remind our fellow citizens and Alabamians that freedom is not free.  It came at a price paid with blood and sacrifice by American Veterans like you and me. We must never forget that many of our veterans made the ultimate sacrifice to ensure that America remains strong, democratic, and free.

The State of Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs sole cause is Alabama’s veterans.  It is our mission to help fulfill President Lincoln’s promise “to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow, and his orphan."  We must leave no American man or woman behind on the battlefield neither will we leave them behind or stranded when they return home seeking VA health care and their other hard earned veterans benefits.

I consider everyday to be Veterans Day.  The Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs is committed to representing all veterans and eligible family members' full time.  I urge all citizens to take the time to say thank you to our deserving veterans for their service and sacrifice to this great nation as well as future generations.  Regardless as to whether our veterans served in WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Cold War, Gulf War, Afghanistan, Iraqi Freedom, Global War on Terrorism or other period of war, they deserve our respect and gratitude.