Patricia Kime

Patricia Kime focuses on military personnel and veterans issues for Military.com, reporting on health care, military families, justice and benefits. She previously was a senior writer for Military Times, specializing in health care and medicine.

Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Times, USA Today, Kaiser Health News and elsewhere. She was named as one of the top 100 influencers in the veterans' arena by HillVets in 2015 and earned first place for beat reporting from the Association of Health Care Journalists in 2019. Prior to becoming a journalist, she worked for the federal government in the intelligence community. She graduated from the University of Virginia with a degree in international relations.

Email: Patricia.Kime@Military.com

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Members of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment place flags in front of each headstone at Arlington National Cemetery.

This Memorial Day, VA Adds More than 300,000 Veterans to its Legacy Memorial Project Site

The website contains interactive landing pages for 4.8 million veterans buried in VA cemeteries and elsewhere.

Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough.

VA Issues New Warning that Default Could Have 'Catastrophic' Effects for Veterans

VA Secretary Denis McDonough said Wednesday there is "no blueprint for what could happen."

Military ID cards are created at a temporary facility in New Orleans.

DoD to Beneficiaries with Expired ID Cards: Renew Now

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Twenty dollar bills are counted in North Andover, Mass.

Bill Guaranteeing Cost-of-Living Increase for Veterans in 2024 Heads to President's Desk

The annual task in Congress ensures that VA compensation keeps pace with Social Security increases.

A sign points to a COVID testing site at a Veterans Affairs medical center.

VA Can't Account for $187 Million in Emergency COVID-19 Funding

The department received nearly $37 billion in additional funding to address the COVID-19 pandemic but now says it is free to...

The seal is affixed to the front of the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington.

VA Claims Backlog Expected to Grow to 400K, Largely Due to the PACT Act

The VA expects its disability claims backlog to spike in the coming year but has a goal to reduce it to 100,000 by 2025.

Teachers and students on the first day of school at Netzaberg Elementary School.

DoD Schools Roll Out New 'Gender-Neutral' Dress Code for Students

The new rules, which call for bodies to be covered from shoulders to mid-thigh and allow hats indoors, go into effect July 1.

The Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center in Spokane, Washington.

VA Signs New, Tougher Contract with Company Handling Faulty Electronic Health Records Rollout

The new contract calls for five renewable one-year terms, rather than another five-year term, to provide the VA more leverage...

Unoccupied housing at Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Camp Lejeune Veterans at Higher Risk for Parkinson's Disease, Study Finds

Research suggests that the organic solvents that once contaminated the North Carolina base's water supply increase the risk...

Well monitoring well at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

Cleanup of 'Forever Chemicals' Around Military Bases Is Woefully Underfunded, Group Says

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Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Mifepristone Probably Won't Work as a Treatment for Combat PTSD, New Study Finds

The drug at the heart of the medication abortion debate previously had shown promise in male veterans with the service...

They Said the Rise in Military Suicide Is a Mystery. Traumatic Brain Injury May Be an Answer.

Veterans who have had a head injury are at higher risk for suicide, but these deaths can be prevented, experts say.

A 111-home family housing development at an annex of Naval Air Station Key West.

Private Base Housing Firm Tried to Get All Communications Records from a Military Family Advocacy Group

An all-volunteer group that helps military families with their complaints against military housing management companies was...

Two Coast Guard K9 handlers and their canine partners.

Part-Time Service Could Be the Future of the Coast Guard, Commandant Says

During a forum at the Brookings Institution, Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan said she has instructed her team to...

Bottles of emptied prescription drugs are tossed in a box during the Drug Take-Back event, hosted at the Marine Corps Exchange aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C.

A Pandemic Prescription Exception Was Set to Expire Thursday, but the DEA Will Extend the Program

The allowance was set to expire on May 11, a restriction that would have affected veterans who use telehealth and are...

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