VETERANS
VA Cares: Suicide Prevention Hotline
Suicide is the 11th most frequent cause of death in the US: someone dies from suicide every 16
minutes. Suicidal ideas and attempts to harm oneself are the result of problems that may seem
like they can't be fixed. The VA Tennessee Valley Health Care system stands ready to reach out
and help veterans at risk for suicide. Seek professional help...Call the toll-free National Suicide
Prevention hotline and indicate you are a veteran. You'll be immediately connected to VA
suicide prevention and mental health professionals. We can help-- If you feel you are in Crisis-Call the Suicide hotline (1-800-273-TALK), your local VA Medical Center or Vet Center today!
Suicide Is Not The Answer
Are you, or someone you love, at risk of suicide? Get help if you notice any of the following:
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Talking about wanting to hurt or kill oneself
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Trying to get pills, guns, or other ways to harm oneself
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Talking or writing about death, dying, or suicide
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Hopelessness
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Rage, uncontrolled anger, seeking revenge
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Acting in a reckless or risky way
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Feeling trapped, like there's no way out
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Saying or feeling there's no reason for living
If you are in need of immediate crisis counseling, please contact VA's suicide hotline at 1-800273-TALK
TENNESSEE NATIVE VETERANS SOCIETY
A 501(c)19 VETERANS ORGANIZATION
Co-founders: John W. Hedgecoth and Pamela Pry
An Intertribal Organization of men and women volunteers to honor and assist Native
American Veterans. We will act as a contact between the Native Community and VA Health
Services and other agencies to promote awareness of medical and spiritual needs as well as
educate others as to the cultural differences. Contact: 931-277-5452
AMERICAN LEGION
General Contacts
Below is a list of the various Divisions and what areas they cover.
If Your Questions are For or About...
The National Commander
Baseball, Flag Education, Boys Nation,Boys State,
Scholarships, Scouting, Jr. Shooting Sports, Oratorical
Contest, Childrens Welfare Foundation
National Convention, Color Guard
Membership Record Verification, Membership Applications,
Change of Address, Notification of member death, Change of
magazine subscription.
Veteran Employment, Homeless Vets,
Veterans Preference
Order inquiries, Item availability, Problems with merchandise
Department Accounts, Financial Questions
Employment Opportunities
Membership programs/policies, PUFL, Post
Information/Concerns, NEF, SAL
Contact
National Commander's Office
Americanism, Children & Youth
Convention Office
Customer Service
Economics
Emblem Sales
Finance
Human Resources
Internal Affairs
Member Benefits, Prescription Program, Annuity and Insurance
Member Services Group
programs, Financial
Options
Federal Government Issues & Legislation
Finding/locating people, Medals, History
References to articles, Magazine requests, Letters to the
Editor, Advertising Information
Military, National Security, Foreign Relations, Retirement
Benefits,
Ceremonies
Press Releases, Media Advisories, Speeches, Editorials
Help with Claims and Benefits, Health Issues, Veterans
Cemeteries
Legislative
Library
Magazine/Dispatch
National Security/Foreign Relations
Public Relations
Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation
Phone
(317) 630-1200
(317) 630-1202
(317) 630-1313
(317) 860-3111
(202) 861-2700
1-888-453-4466
(317) 630-1200
(317) 630-1346
(317) 630-1330
1-800-433-3318
(202) 861-2700
(317) 630-1366
(317) 630-1298
(202) 861- 2700
(317) 630-1253
(202) 861-2700
D.A.V. (Disabled American Veterans)
Contact Us
Mailing Address:
War Memorial Bldg Room G-22
Nashville, TN 37243
Ph: 615-242-7328
Fax: 615-255-6525
Need help or have a question,
e-mail us at:
davtn@bellsouth.net
Department of Tennessee
Veterans of Foreign Wars
G-21 War Memorial Bldg.
Nashville, TN 37243-0100
Tel: (615) 242-5851
Fax: (615) 244-5302
Email: tnvfw@att.net
MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART CONTACTS
TO ARRANGE FOR A PICK UP FOR
DONATIONS OF CLOTHING,
AUTOMOBILES, BOATS, ...ETC
PLEASE CONTACT THE SERVICE
FOUNDATION DIRECTLY
MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART SERVICE
FOUNDATION
PO Box 49
Annandale, VA 22003
Email: PHSF@purpleheartfoundation.org
On the Web: The Service Foundation
FOR MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE
OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL ADJUTANT
ADJUTANT Contact Info:
PHONE: (703) 642-5360 FAX: (703) 642-1841
Email: Adjutant@purpleheart.org
FOR MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE
OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SERVICE
DIRECTOR
SERVICE PROGRAM Contact Info:
PHONE: (703) 354-2140 FAX: (703) 642-2054
Email: ServiceDirector@purpleheart.org
FOR MEMBERSHIP QUESTIONS OR
CONCERNS BY PRESENT OR
PROSPECTIVE MEMBERS
GENERAL INQUIRIES Contact Info:
PHONE: (703) 354-2140 FAX: (703) 642-2054
Email: Memberships@purpleheart.org
OR USE OUR ONLINE CONTACT FORM
FOR MATTERS PERTAINING TO
ACCOUNTING SUCH AS INVOICE
QUESTIONS, EXPENSE
GENERAL INQUIRIES Contact Info:
PHONE: (703) 354-2140 FAX: (703) 642-2054
Email: Accounting@purpleheart.org
REIMBURSMENT, PAYMENTS
FOR MATTERS PERTAINING TO
SUPPLYROOM ITEMS, ORDER
STATUS, OR MERCHANDISE
PURCHASED FROM THE MILITARY
ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART
GENERAL INQUIRIES Contact Info:
PHONE: (703) 354-2140 FAX: (703) 642-2054
Email: Supply@purpleheart.org
SPECIAL NOTICE: IF YOU ARE A VETERAN IN EMOTIONAL CRISIS AND NEED
HELP RIGHT NOW, CALL THIS TOLL-FREE NUMBER 1-800-273-8255,
AVAILABLE 24/7, AND TELL THEM YOU ARE A VETERAN. ALL CALLS ARE
CONFIDENTIAL.
NAMI Tennessee(National Alliance on Mental Illness)
State Office (call for local listings in your area)
1101 Kermit Drive, Suite 605
Nashville, TN 37217
(800) 467-3589
Offering Veteran Support Services
Family Support Services
Free Education Classes (Understanding Mental Illness)
Confidentiality
Operation: Stand Down (for Homeless Veterans)
Operation Stand Down Nashville, Inc.
http://home.earthlink.net/~bellsroute/
1125 12th Ave. South
Nashville, TN. 37203
Office: 615-248-1981
Fax: 615-248-1987
Mon – Fri: 7:30 – 4:00
( Honorable and Dishonorable Discharges only)
National O.S.D. contact info:
333 ½ Pennsylvania Avenue, SE
Washington, D.C. 20003-1148
E-mail: nchv2@nchv.org
Phone: (202) 546-1969
Toll Free: 800.VET.HELP
Fax: 202.546.2063
Toll Free Fax: 888.233.8582
US Veterans Services Organizations
AMVETS
801 Broadway
Nashville, TN. 37203-3816
Phone: 615-695-6360
(also):
Tennessee (Reg.4)
John Patterson, Regional Director (Reg. 4)
Diane Frates, ARMNGR 4
VA Regional Office
U.S. Courthouse
110 9th Avenue, South, Room A-307
Nashville, TN 37203
Phone for John: (615) 695-6346
Phone for Diane: (615) 695-6360
Fax: (615)695-6361
E-mail for John: john.patterson@va.gov
E-mail for Diane: teresa.frates@va.gov
Paralyzed Veterans Of America
7764 Church St.
Millington, TN. 38053
Phone: 901-872-0782
6646 Winchester Rd.
Memphis, TN. 38115
901-367-9888
110 9th Ave.S
Nashville, TN. 37203
615-259-4284
Tennessee Valley Healthcare System - Nashville Campus - Locations
Subject: About the Nashville VA Medical Center The Nashville VA Medical Center is one
of two main campuses in the VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System (TVHS), comprised
of the Nashville and Alvin C. York Medical Centers and nine outpatient clinics. The
Nashville campus offers primary, secondary and tertiary care to veterans living in
middle Tennessee and Kentucky.
1310 24th Ave. South
Nashville, TN. 37212-2637
Phone: 615-327-4751
Fax: 615-321-6350
U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs
Call Toll-Free
1-800-827-1000
Benefits Information
Veterans Services Office
(615) 327-5303
1310 24th Ave. S., Suite 1-A107 Nashville 37212
Dickson County
Veterans Services Office
(615) 441-6224
204 N. Main St., Arcade Room 12 Dickson 37055
Also serves Cheatham County.
Houston County
Veterans Services Office
(931) 289-3141
County Courthouse; P.O. Box 388 Erin 37061
Humphreys County
Veterans Services Office
(931) 296-2031
116 N. Church St. Waverly 37185
Hours of availability: M, TU, TH, F 8:30 a.m. -11:30
Montgomery County
Veterans Services Office
(931) 553-5173
350 Pageant Ln., Suite 308 Clarksville 37040
Hours of availability: M-F 8:00 - 4:30
Robertson County
Veterans Services Office
(615) 973-1105
By appointment.
Rutherford County
Veterans Services Office
(615) 893-1360 3475
VA-TN Valley Healthcare System, Alvin C. York Campus; 3400 VA Lebanon Rd. Bldg 7 G 39
Murfreesboro 37129
(615) 895-1038
Veterans Services Office
122 Avondale Dr. Smyrna 37167
Stewart County
Veterans Services Office
(931) 232-6550
121 Moore Rd. Dover 37058
Sumner County
Veterans Services Office
(615) 451-6014
355 N. Belvedere Dr., Rm 114 Gallatin 37066
Hours of availability: M-F 8:00 - 4:30
Trousdale County
Veterans Services Office
(931) 526-6929
90 E. Spring St. Cookeville 38501
Trousdale County is served out of the Cookeville office.
Hours of availability: M-F 8:00 - 4:00
Williamson County
Veterans Services Office
(615) 790-5623
1320 W. Main St., Room 102 Franklin 37064
Hours of availability: M-W/ 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Wilson County
Veterans Services Office
County Courthouse, Room 106 Lebanon 37087
(615) 444-2460
Hours of availability: M-F 8:00 - 3:00
Asheville VA Medical Center - Locations
Subject: The Asheville VA Medical Center is a tertiary care, 116-bed acute care facility
located in western North Carolina. Asheville operates a separate 120-bed Community
Living Center, serving the western North Carolina area and portions of South Carolina,
Tennessee, and Georgia. The Center's services include extended care rehabilitation,
psychogeriatric care, and general nursing home care. Comprehensive health care is
provided through the spectrum of primary care, tertiary care, and long-term care.
1100 Tunnel Road
Asheville, N.C. 28805
Phone: 828-298-7911
OR
800-932-6408
Fax:
828-299-2502
Durham VA Medical Center - Locations
Subject: The Durham VA Medical Center is a 274-bed tertiary care referral, teaching and
research facility affiliated with Duke University School of Medicine. Durham provides
general and specialty medical, surgical, psychiatric inpatient and ambulatory services, and
serves as a major referral center for North Carolina, southern Virginia, northern South
Carolina, and eastern Tennessee. Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) are located
in Greenville, NC, Morehead City, NC, and Raleigh, NC.
508 Fulton Street
Durham, N.C. 27705
Phone: 919-286-0411
OR
888-878-6890
Fax:
919-286-6825
Clarksville, Tennessee - Locations
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1832 Memorial Street
Clarksville, TN. 37043
Phone: 931-645-3552
Fax:
931-645-6852
Vine Hill (Nashville, Tennessee) - Locations
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601 Benton Ave.
Nashville, TN. 37204
Phone: 615-292-9770
Dover (Stewart County), Tennessee - Locations
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1021 Spring Street
Dover, TN. 37058
Phone: 931-232-5329
Mountain Home VA Medical Center - Locations
Subject: About the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center James H. Quillen VA Medical
Center is a tertiary care facility. It is a teaching hospital, providing a full range of patient
care services, with state-of-the-art technology as well as education and research.
Comprehensive health care is provided through primary care, tertiary care, and long-term
care in areas of medicine, surgery, psychiatry, physical medicine and rehabilitation,
neurology, oncology, dentistry, geriatrics, and extended care.
On the corner of Lamont Street and Veterans Way
Mountain Home, TN 37684
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 4000
Mountain Home , TN 37684
Phone: 423-926-1171 Or 877-573-3529
Fax: 423-979-3519
John J. Pershing VA Medical Center - Locations
Subject: The John J. Pershing VA Medical Center, located in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, provides
primary care to veterans throughout 29 counties of Southeast Missouri and Northeast
Arkansas. Approximately 50,000 veterans live in our service area and about 40 percent of
them receive care at our Medical Center annually. Our facility is comprised of 18 general
medicine beds and 40 extended care beds. Tertiary care support is provided by VA Medical
Centers in St. Louis and Columbia, Missouri; Memphis, Tennessee
1500 N. Westwood Blvd.
Poplar Bluff, MO. 63901
Phone: 573-686-4151
Fax:
573-778-4559
Intake Site At Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base - Locations
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Intake Site At King’s Bay Naval Submarine Base
Fleet and Family Support Center
Naval 1063 USS Tennessee Ave. BLDG. 1051
Kings Bay, GA.
(no zip code listed)
Regional Office Phone Number (St. Petersburg, FL.): 800-827-1000
(no local number listed)
Memphis VA Medical Center - Locations
Subject: About the Memphis VA Medical Center Located on a 33-acre campus, the
Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center is a fully accredited 244-bed tertiary care
facility. This facility consists of one main campus located at 1030 Jefferson Avenue,
and two off-site, VA-staffed primary care clinics. Located in the southern part of the
city, the VA Memphis South CBOC is approximately 6.5 miles from the medical center.
(Memphis VA cont’d)
1030 Jefferson Ave.
Memphis, TN. 38104
Phone: 901-523-8990
OR
800-636-8262
Fax:
901-577-7251
VA Butler Healthcare - Locations
Subject: The VA Butler Healthcare provides primary medical care in addition to
specialized extended care, physical rehabilitation, and mental health services. The
medical center offers inpatient care which include nursing home care and domiciliary.
Inpatient services are strongly supported by a host of generalized and specialized
outpatient programs which generate approximately 125,000 outpatient visits
annually.
325 New Castle Road
Butler, PA. 16001-2480
Phone: 724-287-4781
Fax:
724-282-4408
Atlanta Regional Office - Locations
Subject: The Atlanta Regional Loan Office Internet Home page.MISSION The Atlanta
Regional Office is responsible for delivering non-medical VA benefits and services to
Georgia veterans and their families. This is accomplished through the administration
of comprehensive and diverse benefit programs established by Congress, and our goal
is to deliver these benefits and services in a timely, accurate, and compassionate
manner.
Atlanta Regional Office Intake Site:
1700 Clairmont Rd.
Decatur GA. 30033
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 100026
Decatur, GA. 30031-7021
Phone: 800-827-1000
Toll Free Numbers for Contacting VA
VA Benefits: 1-800-827-1000
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Burial
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Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs
(CHAMPVA)
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Death Pension
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Dependency Indemnity Compensation
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Direct Deposit
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Directions to VA Benefits Regional Offices
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Disability Compensation
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Disability Pension
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Education
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Home Loan Guaranty
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Life Insurance
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Medical Care
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Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment
Beneficiaries in receipt of Pension Benefits: 1-877-294-6380
Education (GI Bill): 1-888-442-4551
The 232 community based Vet Centers are located in all fifty states, District of Columbia,
Guam, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.
Health Care Benefits: 1-877-222-8387
Income Verification and Means Testing: 1-800-929-8387
Life Insurance: 1-800-669-8477
Mammography Helpline: 1-888-492-7844
Special Issues - Gulf War/Agent Orange/Project Shad/Mustard Agents and Lewisite/Ionizing
Radiation: 1-800-749-8387
Status of Headstones and Markers: 1-800-697-6947
Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD): 1-800-829-4833
Chattanooga Vet Center
951 Eastgate Loop Road Bldg. 5700 – Suite 300
Chattanooga, TN. 37411
Phone: 423-855-6570
Fax: 423-855-6575
Johnson City Vet Center
1615A Market St.
Johnson City, TN. 37604
Phone: 423-928-8387
Fax: 423-928-6320
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Knoxville Vet Center
2817 E. Magnolia Ave.
Knoxville, TN. 37914
Phone: 865-545-4680
Fax:
865-545-4198
Memphis Vet Center
1407 Union Ave., Suite 410
Memphis, TN. 38104
Phone: 901-544-0173
Fax:
901-544-0179
Nashville Vet Center
1420 Donelson Pike, Suite A-5
Nashville, TN. 37217
Phone: 615-366-1220
Fax:
615-366-1351
Am Vets
BUCHANAN
Post 45
14365 Highway 79-N
Buchanan, TN 38222
(731) 642-7288
edwilley@yahoo.com
CHAPEL HILL
Post 39
Cedar Grove Methodist Church
451 Manire Road
Chapel Hill, TN 37034
(931) 294-5605
CHAPEL HILL
Post 39
Cedar Grove Methodist Church
451 Manire Road
Chapel Hill, TN 37034
(931) 294-5605
CLEVELAND
Post 13
2255 South Lee Highway
Cleveland, TN 37311
(423) 479-9676
bgrape@peoplepc.com
CLEVELAND
Post 13
2255 South Lee Highway
Cleveland, TN 37311
(423) 479-9676
bgrape@peoplepc.com
ELIZABETHTON
Post 91
2001 West Elk Avenue
Elizabethton, TN 37643
(423) 543-5168
ETOWAH
Post 100
County Road 813
Etowah, TN 37331
(423) 263-5001
amvetstn100@aol.com
GRAY
Post 77
172 Mohlar Road
Gray, TN 37615
(423) 477-7968
KINGSPORT
Post 37
Kingsport
(423) 378-3378
wgkamvet@charter.net
KINGSPORT
Post 37
Kingsport
(423) 378-3378
wgkamvet@charter.net
MEMPHIS
Post 86
1942 Lynnbrook
Memphis, TN 38106
(901) 785-3299
MORRISTOWN
Post 7
3041 Old Highway 25 East
Morristown, TN 37813
(423) 587-1681
NEWPORT
Post 75
Knoxville Highway
Newport, TN 37821
(423) 613-4452
NASHVILLE
Post 1776
1101 Edgehill
Nashville, Tn. 37203-37203
(615) 868-5383
rland2000@hotmail.com
OAK RIDGE
Post 2
1828 Oak Ridge Turnpike
Oak Ridge, TN 37830
(865) 693-8773
SMITHVILLE
Post 101
3146 Sparta Highway
Smithville, TN 37166
(615) 597-6174
STRAWBERRY PLAINS
Post 104
9324 North Ruggles Ferry Pike
Strawberry Plains, TN 37871
(865) 932-2137