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    About DMVA

    Our Mission & Vision

    The Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs serves together as a highly talented team of professionals providing innovative care and outreach services to nearly 700,000 veterans. DMVA partners with governmental and non-governmental agencies to ensure the health, safety, and care of Veterans and their Families. Simultaneously, we recruit, retain, and invest in a diverse physically and mentally resilient workforce (civilians and service members) to ensure the readiness of the Pennsylvania National Guard to respond to the needs of the Commonwealth and the Nation when called upon.

    Mission

    DMVA strengthens our Commonwealth and Nation, by serving our veterans and citizens through partnerships with other governmental and non-governmental agencies, while simultaneously preparing military personnel to safeguard our way of life, both domestically and abroad.

    Vision

    Together, the Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, serve to:

    • Recruit, retain, and invest in an wide-ranging workforce who have dignity and respect for one another. Maintain an innovative and professional workforce that’s adaptive to the demands of any challenging environment: PEOPLE.
    • Provide a manned, equipped, trained, resilient, and ready force to meet the needs of the Governor of Pennsylvania, and the President of the United States: READINESS.
    • Improve our efficiency and effectiveness by eliminating redundancy and distraction, and enabling our Soldiers, Airmen, and employees to implement innovative solutions while providing superior services, healthcare and support to our Service Members, Veterans and their Families: INNOVATION.

    Pennsylvania's Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA) has a dual mission: to provide quality service to the Commonwealth’s veterans and their families, and to oversee and support the members of the Pennsylvania National Guard (PNG).

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