Our vets deserve better, no DOGE coward cuts,” Tracie Martin, co-founder of NWI Takes Action, chanted Friday along the Highway of Flags memorial in Highland.

Samuel Baker has undergone dozens of physicals and exams, plus a handful of surgeries due to a botched landing as a U.S. Army paratrooper. Baker, who receives care at the Dallas VA Medical Center, is among the millions of veterans who say they are facing a terrifying possibility: Will cuts at the Department of Veterans Affairs dramatically slash health care?

The protest is the latest in a backlash against Trump’s decisions since starting his second term in January. People are also protesting Elon Musk, whose actions with the Department of Government Efficiency have led to the Department of Veterans Affairs announcing plans to cut 80,000 employees.