Buffalo Soldiers Would Get Highest Congressional Honor Under Senate Proposal More than 150 years after the first regiments of Buffalo Soldiers were formed, a bipartisan pair of senators is looking to...
Proposal to Expand Private Health Care for Veterans Advanced by House Panel The legislation stoked strong opposition from Democrats accusing Republicans of trying to privatize the VA as Republicans...
Senate's VA Spending Bill Seeks Assurance Staff Cuts Won't Hinder Veterans' Care The language in the Senate's version of the fiscal 2026 VA appropriations bill offers a mild, but notable bipartisan rebuke...
The New VA Budget Pushes to Privatize Care, Risking the Veterans Health System "We are watching the slow dismantling of the VA from the inside out, buried in a budget document. If left unchecked, this...
Program to Prevent Veteran Home Foreclosures Has Been Revived The Senate passed a bill to create what's known as a partial claims program that will essentially allow veterans with...
Coast Guard Legislation Demands Accountability on Sexual Assault, Harassment The service's authorization bills include a number of provisions designed to improve reporting and handling of sexual assault...
Troops, Veterans Advocates Want to See the PACT Act Better Track Toxic Exposures The discussion brought together more than a dozen veterans service organizations and other advocacy groups for them to tell...
Pentagon Plans $5 Billion for Border, Bets on Trump Bill to Fill Funding Gaps The budget plans for fiscal 2026 were released as President Donald Trump is pursuing mass deportations across the country and...
Food Assistance Cuts Softened, Veterans Education Benefits Protected in Senate Version of Trump Agenda Bill Two aspects of a sweeping bill to enact President Donald Trump's agenda that alarmed veterans and military family advocates...
Deep Workforce Cuts at VA, Pentagon Backed by Republican Spending Bills House Republicans are on track to allow job cuts at the Pentagon and Department of Veterans Affairs to proceed in the annual...
Army Expands Combat Patch Eligibility as Modern Deployments Redefine Combat Service The Army expanded combat patch eligibility, recognizing soldiers in modern deployments where risk is high even without...
You Took Separation Pay Years Ago. Now the VA Wants It Back From Your Disability Check. Under federal law, a veteran cannot receive both separation pay and VA disability compensation for the same period of service...
25 Years: Nephew Remembers P.O.W. Navy Pilot Dieter Dengler Who Escaped Vietnam Dieter Dengler, who died about 25 years ago, was "bigger than life."
Could the US Bring Back the Draft? Who Would Be Called First — and Who Qualifies Could the U.S. bring back the draft? Here’s how Selective Service works today, who would be called first and why only about...
3 Big PCS Changes Are Coming at Once. Here’s What Service Members Need to Know Before Peak Season. In 2026, three major changes are affecting military household goods moves: a new permanent agency to run the system, the end...