The Vet Space

09/29/2026

Awesome!

A new $3.06 million Department of Defense-funded study will examine how menopause affects women veterans’ physical and mental health.

Researchers at Ohio State will follow 125 women veterans ages 45–55 over one year, measuring hormone changes alongside mood, cognition, sleep, pain, stress, inflammation, and changes in the gut and vaginal microbiomes.

The research is especially significant because prior studies suggest women veterans may experience menopause earlier than civilian women, potentially increasing the years they live with associated cardiovascular, cognitive, metabolic, sleep, and mental-health risks.

The goal: better understand the biology behind these changes and identify more effective ways to support women veterans through menopause.

09/27/2026

National Public Lands Day 🌿

What an incredible day of service, sisterhood, and connection!

A special thank you to The Vet Space volunteers and every woman veteran who came out and trusted us to be in community with you. Thank you for believing in our mission and loving and protecting our public lands alongside us.

We’re grateful to the National Park Service for partnering and serving with us, The Women Veterans Company, American Heritage Girls for the veteran goody bags, our Kappa Epsilon Psi Military sorority sisters, and all the organizations and community members who showed up.

For us, connection is prevention.

Access to outdoor spaces creates opportunities for women veterans to connect, breathe, heal, and belong. It’s also one of the reasons we’ve spent the last four years advocating for greater access to Georgia State Parks for veterans and military families. We hope you’ll continue the fight with us.

If your organization joined us, tag them below so we can properly thank them!

Next up: Becoming an Outdoors-Woman Weekend! 🥾🌲

09/27/2026

🌿 National Public Lands Day | Connection Is Prevention

What a beautiful way to celebrate National Public Lands Day!

For The Vet Space public lands are more than places to hike, explore, or enjoy a beautiful view. They are spaces where women veterans can connect, build community, decompress, move their bodies, and experience the healing power of being outdoors.

That’s why this day is so special to us. .

Creating opportunities for veterans to build meaningful relationships, spend time in nature, and know they have a community to come back to is at the heart of what we do.

A huge THANK YOU to the National Park Service for partnering with us and graciously volunteering alongside our community. Your partnership helps us connect women veterans not only to public lands, but to the people and resources that help make those spaces accessible and welcoming.

We also want to thank The Women Veterans Companyfor continuing to show up and support our mission, the American Heritage Girls for the thoughtful goody bags for our veterans, and our military sorority sisters and community organizations who came out, served, represented, and helped make the day special. 💚💙❤️

We know there were MANY hands involved! If your organization was represented, please tag your organization in the comments so we can recognize and properly thank everyone who showed up for our veterans and our public lands.

And we’re not done getting outside! 🥾🌲

Next up: an Outdoors-Woman Weekend! There are still tickets available, so if you’ve been thinking about joining us, come experience the outdoors, learn something new, and connect with an incredible community.

Because sometimes wellness looks like a trail, fresh air, a new adventure, and somebody walking beside you.

We’ll see you outside. 💙❤️

09/27/2026

Happy National Public Lands Day! 🌲🥾

Today, The Vet Space celebrates the lands that give us room to breathe, move, connect, heal, and simply be.

National Public Lands Day is about more than enjoying the outdoors. It’s also a day of service and stewardship, bringing communities together to care for the parks, trails, waterways, and public spaces that belong to all of us.

At The Vet Space, we know firsthand how powerful time outdoors can be for women veterans. And when these spaces care for us, we believe in caring for them, too. 💚

You can celebrate this weekend by getting outside, volunteering for a cleanup or conservation project, exploring a new park or trail, practicing Leave No Trace, or simply inviting someone to experience the outdoors with you.

Get outside. Give back. Bring a sister with you.

Happy from The Vet Space! 🌿

09/23/2026

POV: Veterans on the Move 🥾💙❤️

Securing resources. Building partnerships.
Getting our sisters outdoors.

Thank you to Kennesaw for the goodies and supporting women veterans wellness in the outdoors!

We can't wait to share these items with our community during our upcoming outdoor wellness experiences.

09/11/2026

Women veterans + community, this one is for all of us. 🤝🌿

The Vet Space is bringing our community together for National Public Lands Day.

We’re spending the morning at Paces Mill giving back through trail cleanup and public lands stewardship—and we’d love for you to serve alongside us.

Whether you’re a woman veteran, friend, family member, supporter, or simply someone who believes in taking care of our shared outdoor spaces, there’s room for you.

📅 Saturday, September 26
📍 Paces Mill | Atlanta, GA

Volunteer. Connect. Give Back.

Register at thevetspace.org/events.

09/11/2026

Today, we remember. 🇺🇸

September 11 holds a different meaning for each of us.

For some of our sisters, it shaped the decision to raise a hand and serve. For others, it changed the course of a military career, a deployment, a family, or a life.

Today, The Vet Space honors the lives lost, the first responders who answered the call, the service members who stepped forward, and the families who have carried the weight of that day ever since.

And to our veteran sisters: wherever your service took you and whatever memories today brings, there is space for you here.

We remember together. We honor together. We continue to show up for one another.

Because even in remembrance, connection matters.

09/10/2026

Connection can be life-saving.

On World Su***de Prevention Day, The Vet Space recognizes the importance of creating spaces where women veterans feel seen, supported, and connected.

For us, the outdoors is more than a destination.

It’s where conversations happen on the trail.
Where friendships grow around the campfire.
Where someone realizes she isn’t the only one navigating life after service.
Where movement, fresh air, adventure, and community create room to breathe.

We believe outdoor wellness experiences can help build the connection and belonging our veteran community deserves.

Today, check on a fellow veteran. Invite her on the hike. Save her a seat. Send the text. Make space for the conversation.

And keep checking in after today.

You belong here.

If you or someone you know needs immediate emotional support or is experiencing a mental health crisis, call or text 988, then press 1 to connect with the Veterans Crisis Line.

***dePreventionDay

09/07/2026

💪✨ Labor Day! ✨💪

Today we honor the generations of workers — including countless veterans — who fought for fair wages, safer workplaces, and the dignity of labor. Their courage and solidarity built the protections we have today, and their fight reminds us that we are always stronger together.

As women veterans, we know what it means to serve, to sacrifice, and to stand shoulder-to-shoulder in solidarity. On this Labor Day, we celebrate the power of collective action whether in a union hall, on the picket line, or in the way we show up for each other in community.

Here’s to rest, resilience, and the reminder that every step forward is because of solidarity. ✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼

09/05/2026

Why does The Vet Space care about public lands? 🌲

Because access to the outdoors gives us more than somewhere to hike.

It gives us room to move.
Room to breathe.
Room to connect.
Room to experience joy.
And sometimes, simply room to be.

Public lands help make outdoor wellness accessible to our communities, and caring for those spaces is part of protecting that access for the people who come after us.

On September 26, we’re putting that belief into action for National Public Lands Day.

Join The Vet Space for trail cleanup and public lands stewardship at Paces Mill.

🌿 Let’s care for the lands that care for us.

Register at thevetspace.org/events.