The Department of Veterans Affairs’ Tacoma Vet Center will deploy a Mobile Outreach Team, Nov. 5, to the San Juan Islands.

VA uses Mobile Outreach Teams as a way to increase access to counseling services for Veterans and their families.

The mobile team will be at the following locations:

American Legion Post, 110 1st Street, Friday Harbor: Nov. 5, 8-3 p.m.,

Island Market, 469 Market Street, Eastsound: Nov. 6, 8- 4 p.m.

If you are a Veteran or active duty service-member who has served in a combat zone in World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam, Lebanon, Grenada, Panama, Persian Gulf, Somalia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq or Afghanistan, you may be eligible for free counseling.

If you find yourself to be easily angered or startled, have lost interest in activities you used to enjoy, find yourself re-experiencing traumatic events, or avoiding things that remind you of those events, having difficulty in concentration or memory, or feel that you are emotionally numb towards others, please come and talk to a counselor to determine if you could benefit from counseling.

VA benefits and referrals are available to all qualifying Veterans regardless of combat service status.

VA has 300 Vet Centers serving communities across the country, offering individual and group counseling for Veterans and their families For more information on services provided visit www.vetcenter.va.gov.

Veterans can make an appointment by calling (253) 565-7038. Veterans are also welcome for walk-in services.