Hershel "Woody" Williams VA Medical Center

11/18/2025

11/18/2025

Air Force wins!

Why is the Air Force flag now flying at the medical center?

The week of Veterans Day has become Spirit Week at the Hershel “Woody” Williams VA Medical Center. The effort is to celebrate our Veterans’ service to our country all week and to demonstrate pride in the medical center’s important mission. As part of the Spirit Week activities, the medical center conducted a branch of service competition with the staff. The competition ran each day and included doing push-ups (2 mins) and forearm planks on Monday, a 2-mile run on Wednesday, and a Hill 5K 3-person relay on Thursday. In addition, staff were able to submit total steps for each day which also counted for points. Each person participating did their effort on behalf of their chosen branch of service. Points were assigned for each element. The medical center director committed to flying the flag of the winning service for the remainder of the month of November. The competition’s earned points are listed below. Congratulations to all that participated and especially to the winning service - the United States Air Force!

We want to take this opportunity to thank every Veteran for your commitment to and service to our country. The entire medical center team hopes each of you had a wonderful Veterans Day!

11/18/2025

11/17/2025

Diabetes affects nearly 25% of Veterans. Nutrition plays a key role in the prevention and management of diabetes. Your VA dietitian can help with healthy eating ideas for blood sugar control.

Apply for and manage the VA benefits and services you’ve earned as a Veteran, Servicemember, or family member—like health care, disability, education, and more.

11/14/2025

Lower Your Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes:
https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/professional-info/pdfs/toolkits/Traffic-Light_PrintLetter_8.5x11_EN_508.pdf

11/14/2025

Watch this video to learn more about Prediabetes:
https://www.veteranshealthlibrary.va.gov/Resources/VideoLibrary/?e=0 :207,wn01636_en

11/14/2025

November is National Diabetes Awareness Month- Do You have Prediabetes?

According to the CDC, “About 98 million Americans have prediabetes, but more than 8 in 10 adults don't know they have it. If you have prediabetes, losing weight by eating healthy and being more active can cut your risk of getting type 2 diabetes in half.”

Learn more about your risk of Prediabetes- Take the Risk Test:
https://www.cdc.gov/prediabetes/risktest/index.html

11/14/2025

11/12/2025

Diet modification is essential for diabetes, but that doesn’t mean you need to give up delicious food! Learn more healthy eating and cooking tips for diabetes from your VA dietitian and Healthy Teaching Kitchen classes!
https://www.nutrition.va.gov/Healthy_Teaching_Kitchen.asp

11/11/2025

Today, we honor those who answered the call. We celebrate your service by ensuring every Veteran has a place to turn, a team to trust, and a future to build.