Veterans Canteen Service

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Welcome to the VCS

On behalf of over 3,000 Veterans Canteen Service (VCS) associates throughout the nation, we welcome you to our site. Our site contains a wealth of information about VCS and the things we are doing and offering to support the Veterans Administration’s (VA) mission of providing quality health care and services to our Veterans.

Established by Congress in 1946, VCS operates commercial retail, food and vending operations in 172 VA Medical Centers across the United States and Puerto Rico. We also provide general retail/food services in many of our VA Outpatient Clinics and some Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) offices.

Headquartered in St. Louis Missouri, VCS operates as a self-sustaining entity, free of annual appropriations. We take great personal and professional pride in serving the best customers in the nation -- Veteran patients of the U. S. Armed Forces and those who provide for their care. As you will see after reading our Mission and Vision Statements, VCS is a passionate and caring family, continuously striving to provide the highest level of quality and service to our Veterans.

We encourage you to visit our VA VCS Online Exchange Catalog which offers thousands of products, making on-line shopping fun and easy!

Personal appearances and autograph sessions will be held at selected VAMC locations to honor individual Gold Medal finalists of the National Veterans Wheelchair Games. Click on the Cheerios graphic for details. Click here to see details of dates and places the athletes will be available.