It’s Time to Check Emergency Contacts and Beneficiary Designations An annual checkup for your information is a quick and easy way to prevent future hassles.
VA Opens New Phone Line for Survivor Education Benefits The new hotline is staffed by experts in helping dependents and survivors
Parents' Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) Parents' DIC is an income-based benefit for the parents, or parent, of a military service member or veteran who has died.
In First, Pentagon to Release Information on Military Dependent Suicides It will also include complete data for 2018, which hasn't been released yet.
Bill Would Align Age Eligibility for CHAMPVA with Tricare, Affordable Care Act Some members of Congress try again to increase eligibility for CHAMPVA to age 26.
Supreme Court Upholds VA Court Decision Not to Review 'Benefit-of-the-Doubt' Evidence in Veterans' Claims In a 7-2 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court said last week that, while the Department of Veterans Affairs should favor veterans...
There's a New War Game for 'Nerds with a Drive for Violence.' It's Spreading Across the Marine Corps. In the war game "Down Range," Marine units can check out "kits" with dice, rules sheets and 3D-printed pieces that resemble...
'Vengeance Is Mine': This Medal of Honor Recipient Reenlisted to Avenge his Brother's Death in Korea Born in 1929 in Columbus, Ohio, Rosser was one of 17 children. As the oldest of the bunch, he was naturally very protective...
Fired Veterans and VA Employees Would Be Reinstated to Federal Jobs Under Senate Proposal Department of Veterans Affairs employees and veterans fired from other agencies as part of the Trump administration's...
The Army Is Losing Nearly One-Quarter of Soldiers in the First 2 Years of Enlistment The Army is grappling with a staggering attrition rate among newly enlisted troops, even as recent recruiting figures suggest...
