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A quiet story changes everything: a few missed appointments, a medication shift, and an AI alert that prompts a human call just in time. We open with Alex’s experience to show how technology, used with care, can help us reach veterans sooner, reduce red tape, and restore dignity in moments that matter most.

We dig into practical ways AI supports veterans across the system. From summarizing dense benefits documents to flagging missing information in real time, modern tools turn confusion into clarity and give people back precious hours. We also look at how clinicians benefit when algorithms surface early risk signals and compress long medical histories into usable insights, so the human work of care can lead. Suicide prevention takes center stage as we examine programs like Reach Vet, where machine learning highlights elevated risk months earlier and triggers proactive outreach that can save lives.

There’s a brighter story too: veterans are uniquely equipped for the AI era. Leadership, teamwork, ethical judgment, systems thinking, and calm under pressure translate directly into roles in AI operations, data analysis, cybersecurity, AI tool integration, human-machine teaming, and governance. We spotlight the AI Ready RVA Veterans Cohort, built on training, mentorship, and community, to turn curiosity into capability and capability into opportunity. The throughline is simple and urgent—keep our promise by using responsible AI to see what we’ve missed, reach those who feel unseen, and create pathways to purpose.

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