New VA Advisory Council to Highlight Family, Caregiver Issues Caregiver, survivor and veteran family issues soon will be pushed directly to the Department of Veterans Affairs' top...
Severance Pay Taxes Incorrectly Withheld Must Now Be Refunded As many as 14,000 veterans had tax incorrectly withheld from disability severance pay by military. New law makes DOD give it...
VA Begins Update of Disability Ratings The Schedule for Rating Disabilities is undergoing its first complete overhaul since it was written in 1945.
VA Now Paying Compensation To Victims of Contaminated Lejeune Water VA will now pay disability compensation in addition to providing medical care to those affected by water contamination at...
VA Makes Changes To Benefits Delivery At Discharge Program Time limit for applying has been changed from 60 days prior to discharge to 90 days. VA says this will improve program.
Veteran Caregivers Can Be Men, But No One Recognizes That Hidden Heroes and other groups are doing good work. They’ll do even better when they drop the stereotypes.
Bill Would End Tax Penalty on Vets with Forgiven Student Loans A half-dozen veterans groups back legislation to stop the IRS from taxing forgiven student debt of deceased or disabled...
The Most Read Stories This Week on Military.com One most-read story reported on a White House proposal to cut monthly stipends for some disabled, unemployed veterans.
Top Enlisted Leader at Air Force Special Operations Command Fired, Facing Investigation Chief Master Sgt. Anthony Green, who advised on the readiness, training and quality of life of enlisted air commandos, was...
Army to Soldiers: Reenlist by Monday if You Want to Claim Incentives While it is not unusual for the Army to curtail incentives after meeting its retention goals, the troops were given little...
Former Air Force Commander Punished with 21 Days' Confinement, Forfeiture of Pay After Guilty Plea Col. Christopher Meeker, the former commander of Wright-Patterson's 88th Air Base Wing, was sentenced Tuesday evening after...
New Air Force Academy Mission Statement Drops Educate, Adds a Different Focus The Air Force Academy has rolled out a new mission statement that drops the word "educate" and adds in a focus on winning...
The Army Is Getting Rid of Athletic Trainers The Army is set to phase out its unit-level athletic trainers -- civilian specialists tasked with providing immediate care...
