John J. Pershing VA Medical Center

08/16/2026

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Eligible Veterans can now submit and track “mileage-only” travel cl...

08/14/2026

Learn about VA health care, benefits, and programs you may qualify for.
Here are some of the different services which will attend this event:
- Caregiver Support: Provides training and assistance to caregivers of Veterans enrolled in VA health care.
- Enrollment & Eligibility: Bring your DD214. If you do not have your DD214, you can still enroll and request your DD214.
- VHIC Card Renewal: Please bring a valid state ID, driver’s license or passport.
- Care in the Community
- My HealtheVet
- Vaccines
- Su***de Prevention
- TeleHealth
- Veteran Community Employment
- Homeless Veterans Program
- Voluntary Services
- Whole Health
- Women’s Health
and more!

08/13/2026

Veterans Healthy Food Surplus – August 26

We've got some exciting news!

Thanks to additional funding through the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP) Program, we've partnered with the Southeast Missouri (SEMO) Food Bank to provide extra protein at this month's Veterans Healthy Food Surplus event. While supplies last.

WHEN: Wednesday, August 26
TIME: 9:00 a.m.
WHERE: National Guard Armory
1605 Cravens Road, Poplar Bluff

Who can attend?
Veterans (please bring your VA identification card)
A representative may pick up food for one other Veteran with the absent Veteran's VA ID card.

Food is available for up to 100 Veterans, so we encourage you to arrive early.

Please help us spread the word so Veterans in our community can take advantage of this special opportunity.

08/12/2026

08/11/2026

Help us welcome the newest team members to John J. Pershing VA Medical Center.

L-R: Medical Center Director, Kevin Bass; Associate Director, Charles Peterman; Elizabeth Aldridge (Acute Care); Cynthia Ferguson (Care in the Community); Makayla Burns (PB Pharmacy); Samantha Duffel (PB Social Work); Kimberly Brotherton (Cape AMSA); and Associate Director for Patient Care Services, Dr. Bailey Wells.

08/10/2026

We are currently experiencing issues reaching some personal phone numbers in the Farmington area when calling from our main clinic line. If you are awaiting follow-up information or a call from our staff, please consider using secure messaging through My HealtheVet or call the Farmington Clinic directly.

We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding. Thank you for helping us stay connected and ensure your care is uninterrupted.

08/10/2026

Veterans Healthy Food Surplus – August 11

We've got some exciting news.

Thanks to additional funding through the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP) Program, we've partnered with the Southeast Missouri (SEMO) Food Bank to provide extra protein at this month's Veterans Healthy Food Surplus event.

When: Tuesday, August 11
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Where: VFW Post 3838
1049 N. Kingshighway
Cape Girardeau

Special for August. Thanks to additional funding, we're pleased to include an enhanced protein offering with this month's food distribution, while supplies last.

Who can attend?
Veterans (please bring your VA identification card)
A representative may pick up food for one other Veteran with the absent Veteran's VA ID card.

Food is available for up to 100 Veterans, so we encourage you to arrive early. Please help us spread the word so Veterans in our community can take advantage of this special opportunity.

08/09/2026

Our Poplar Bluff and Cape Girardeau facilities have transitioned our Wall Of Valor (WOV) to an electronic WOV. We are having no luck finding many of our WOV honorees &/or next of kin so to return our physical framed photos with writeups. If you know one of these Veterans, their next of kin, or you ARE one; please contact the CDCE office in Poplar Bluff at 573-778-4276 or email them at [email protected] to ensure the physical framed photo and writeup get to where they need to be. Here we have Charles Taylor, Keith Umfleet and James Wooldridge. We have many more to come in the future.

Our WOV honorees must have earned an award with valor while in conflict with an enemy. If you would like to obtain a WOV nomination form or know more, please contact the CDCE office noted above.