The Veterans Band Aid Music Festival will be held Friday and Saturday at the Holiday Trav-L-Park. Tickets range from $35 to $65 for one and two-day general admission.

Gerald "Jerry" Gandy met with a Virginian-Pilot reporter and photographer in April at his Virginia Beach home. For nearly four hours, the 82-year-old Vietnam War veteran painstakingly recounted his wartime experiences — detailing the sights, sounds, smells and the bloodshed of his time in the jungle.

According to the Elizabeth Dole Foundation, there are more than 5.5 million "hidden heroes," spouses and children serving as a caregiver to their disabled military veteran. Virginia Beach resident Lillie Williams was among them, but now has a caregiver to help tend to her husband's needs.

The USS George Washington was delivered following three days of sea trials. Sea trials test the carrier’s systems and operations system, and demonstrate all the carrier’s capabilities at sea.

Congresswoman Jen Kiggans, who represents the 2nd District, introduced last week the Sailor Standard of Care Act, what she calls a “bipartisan solution” to improve mental health care for sailors. She championed the legislation in response to the suicides of seven Hampton Roads-based sailors last year. The tally for 2023 is already at two.

Sea trials mark the final phase of the USS George Washington’s lengthy overhaul, which has been plagued by pandemic-related supply chain issues and rashes of sailor suicides.

Trails of Purpose, which uses horses for assisted psychotherapy and mental health education, will host military members and their families during an open farm day on May 27 at One Red Maple Farm in Virginia Beach. The nonprofit began in 2019 on a 15-acre farm in Chesapeake.

Due to incorrect information provided to The Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press, a story on Thursday’s Page 3 (Temporary Memorial Day exhibit slated to open at Military Aviation Museum) misstated when discounted admission would be available to those eligible. Discounted admission to the museum will run from May 30-June 7.

The most likely time for strong rip currents to occur is a couple hours either side of low tide, which will occur around 2:50 p.m. along Virginia Beach.