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September/October 2002 VAnguard prevision September/October 2002 Hispanic Heritage 9-11 Remembered Korean War Vets Honored Disabled Veteran Entrepreneurs Month, 2002 5 VAnguard Table of Contents Features Hispanic Heritage Month......................................................6 6 honoring hispanic employees and veterans 9-11 One-Year Anniversary..................................................18 reflection and remembrance Departments Management Matters......................................................................................3 Outlook................................................................................................................4 19 Introducing........................................................................................................17 e-Learning.........................................................................................................17 Around Headquarters...................................................................................26 Medical Advances...........................................................................................29 Have You Heard..............................................................................................30 Honors and Awards.......................................................................................31 Heroes...............................................................................................................32 26 VAnguard On the cover VA’s Employee Magazine September/October 2002 This statue of David Farragut is located in Vol. XLVIII, No. 7 downtown Washington, D.C. Farragut, a Span- Printed on 50% recycled paper ish American, was the most famous Hispanic participant in the Civil War. He’s best known Editor: Lisa Respess for the remark, made during battle, “Damn Assistant Editor: Matt Bristol the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!” Photo Editor: Robert Turtil Published by the Office of Public Affairs (80D) Department of Veterans Affairs 810 Vermont Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20420 Our new look (202) 273-5746 In this issue, we introduce a new design. VAnguard had the same “look” for nearly E-mail: [email protected] 10 years, and it was time for a facelift. We will publish the new VAnguard six www.va.gov/pubaff/vanguard/index.htm times a year with more pages than before and in color. We hope you’ll find the redesigned magazine better organized, easier to read and more visually appeal- ing. Look for more refinements in upcoming issues. 2 September/October 2002 VAnguard management matters VA Ready to Fulfill Our Role in National Emergencies Anthony J. Principi Secretary of Veterans Affairs On the first anniversary of VA employees responded. to necessary supplies. VA em- protocols to assist emergency the attacks on America, I met September 11 taught us a ployees managed emergency responders at all levels to with members of the Na- valuable lesson about the im- pharmaceutical caches for the meet the medical challenges tional Medal of Honor Soci- portance of being prepared Olympics in Salt Lake City, posed by biological and ety, recipients of the nation’s for medical emergency. the Super Bowl in New Or- chemical weapon attacks. highest military award for In the year since the at- leans, and the President’s Today, we are much bet- heroism. I thought about tacks, I’ve made certain our State of the Union Address. ter prepared to resist aggres- their valor on the battlefield Department is fully prepared Nearby VA medical center sion than we were on Sept. and how their actions reflect to fulfill our role as a partner personnel were also alerted to 11, 2001. I have made emer- the true character of the in the Federal Response Plan. remain on emergency stand- gency preparedness a man- American spirit. Our mission of providing by status during each event. agement priority. And we are I also couldn’t help backup medical services to Fortunately, our help wasn’t working with the President thinking of the firefighters, the Department of Defense needed. and Congress to ensure our police officers and emergency and public health authorities We also must ensure care for America’s 25 million medical technicians who gave in cases of national emergen- that we are capable of pro- veterans while providing their lives in the line of duty cies is vital to national secu- viding quality care and ben- emergency medical support exactly one year before. Their rity. As we pursue the War efits to veterans and depen- for the Department of De- courage and commitment on Terrorism, we must be dents in times of national fense and the nation. were as heroic as any man or woman in uniform has ever shown, and there is a real Our mission of providing backup medical services to parallel between their actions the Department of Defense and public health authori- and those of our Medal of Honor recipients. ties in cases of national emergencies is vital to VA employees, too, national security. showed heroic commitment and dedication on Sept. 11, prepared to fulfill the respon- emergency. We are already Ultimately, the responsi- 2001. On that day, VA em- sibilities we are given to serve stockpiling enough pharma- bility to support our nation ployees in New York searched America in this crisis. ceuticals to provide care for during future emergencies for those who needed care An Emergency Pre- our veterans should our sup- rests with you and your fel- and pulled them from cha- paredness Working Group ply lines be disrupted. low employees. I am confi- otic, surging crowds to safety. came up with recommenda- We are preparing our dent that, should we be It didn’t matter if they were tions to improve our ability doctors and nurses to meet tested in the future, VA— veterans or not. They were to respond to national disas- the new challenges heralded and America—will be in hurt and they needed our ters or terrorist events. Gen. by Sept. 11 by using VA’s good hands. help. Mick Kicklighter, Assistant video network and Web re- Later, VA regional office Secretary for Policy and Plan- sources to train them to deal employees assisted veterans ning, set up a command and with chemical exposures and Are You Watching? and their families at Pier 94 control center for the De- biological casualties. Several Don’t miss your weekly in New York and near the partment. He and his staff of our hospitals have rede- helping of “VA News,” Pentagon. And for months have worked closely with the signed their emergency treat- news for and about VA thereafter, VA experts in Office of Homeland Security ment areas and installed bio- employees delivered each post-traumatic stress disorder to draft a comprehensive na- hazard decontamination week in a digestible 10- reached out to veterans and tional strategy to respond to showers to prepare for worst- minute video shown daily members of the public grap- future terrorist attacks. case scenarios. at 4 a.m., noon, 4 p.m. pling with psychological Today, VA is managing Congress is considering and 10 p.m. (Eastern trauma. and strategically deploying legislation that will create Time) over the VA Our nation may have national pharmaceutical emergency preparedness cen- Knowledge Network sat- been caught off guard by ter- caches to provide emergency ters within VA to develop ellite link to your facility. ror, but I’m proud of the way responders immediate access training programs, plans and September/October 2002 3 outlook VAnguard Honor Our Hispanic Employees and Veterans Jacob Lozada, Ph.D. Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Administration I am delighted to introduce families, their friends, hard lines was disproportionately panics, are adapting to this special issue of VAnguard work, and country. They are high for their population. As American culture faster than honoring our Hispanic em- highly patriotic and proud of in previous wars, many His- earlier generations. By the ployees and veterans during their cultural roots and up- panics chose to serve in com- end of high school, the chil- Hispanic Heritage Month. bringing. Hispanics share tra- bat units such as the Marines dren of immigrants are gen- This year’s celebration and its ditional values and are deeply and paratroopers. They dis- erally more fluent in English theme—Hispanic Americans: religious. Respect toward el- tinguished themselves than in their parents’ lan- Strength in Unity, Faith, and ders and parents are corner- through courage and bravery. guage. The level of Spanish Diversity—are particularly stones of the Hispanic cul- It is worthy of note that proficiency among second- significant, as the results of ture. 39 Hispanic Americans have generation immigrants indi- Census 2000 indicate that When it comes to serv- been recipients of the Medal cates their children will most Hispanics have become the ing in the United States of Honor, the highest recog- likely speak English only. largest minority group in the Armed Forces, Hispanics nition for acts of individual Hispanics will continue United States. have always risen to the occa- gallantry and heroism by to contribute to our nation In Census 2000, 281.4 sion. In 1898, the United members of the nation’s and its economy, culture, se- million residents of the States declared war on Spain. armed forces. Only seven are curity, and values. I hope United States and its territo- Hispanics were among those currently living. you’ll join me in recognizing ries were counted, and 35 who served with the Rough As of September 2000, the multiple contributions million (or 12.5 percent) of Riders under Lt. Col. Hispanics made up 8.2 per- that Hispanics have made
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