Obesity Is Not a Service-Connected Disability: VA You can't blame the military for your girth, according to an official ruling.
VA Now Accepting Applications for New VET TEC GI Bill Program A new high-tech training program is accepting applications. Funding is limited, so apply ASAP.
Pentagon Seeking Survivors to Test Grief Support Apps The apps are designed to help families adapt to loss.
Got a VA Rating? You Can Get a Free Lifetime National Parks Pass Military veterans with a VA disability rating qualify for a free National Parks Access Pass.
LinkedIn Premium Now Free for Veteran Caregivers, Fry Scholars Want a free year of LinkedIn premium? Veteran caregivers and Fry Scholarship users can now snag the freebie.
'Military Update' Ends After 25 Years of Reporting for and About the Military My intent always was to produce clear and accurate explanatory journalism for military and veteran communities.
Armed Forces Retirement Home Accepting Applicants New regulations allow married couples to live in the homes.
As Commissary Sales Plummet, Pentagon Seeks 21 Percent Subsidy Cut The fiscal 2020 defense budget asks Congress to slash funding for commissaries by $271 million, or 21 percent.
Navy Demotion Reversed for GOP Congressman Who Government Watchdog Found Abused Subordinates Jackson was quietly demoted to captain in 2022, three years after his retirement from the Navy, following an inspector...
Camp Pendleton Officer, Wife Sue Military Housing Company over Crash That Killed 8-Year-Old Son A Marine Corps family whose 8-year-old son died last year after he was struck by a vehicle while riding his bicycle on Camp...
Coast Guard to Launch Service-Wide Physical Fitness Test for All Members Next Year Coast Guard men and women must take a preliminary assessment by the end of this year and a mandatory PFT starting in 2026.
How the Men on a Navy Submarine Survived After Sinking 240 Feet in the Atlantic Trapped 240 feet beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, Lt. Oliver Naquin could not ensure the crew of the USS Squalus...
Rubio Says US Is Designating 2 More Gangs as Foreign Terrorist Groups The two new designees, Los Lobos and Los Choneros, are Ecuadorian gangs blamed for much of the violence that began since the...
![A new Wounded Warrior Project survey of more than 33,000 Post-9/11 veterans found that 51.7 percent of the respondents were obese, according to their body max index, or BMI. Of that total, 6.2 percent were rated as "morbidly obese." (Getty Images photo)](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2018-12/obeseman1800.png.jpg?itok=b_MOXvOV "A new Wounded Warrior Project survey of more than 33,000 Post-9/11 veterans found that 51.7 percent of the respondents were obese, according to their body max index, or BMI. Of that total, 6.2 percent were rated as "morbidly obese." (Getty Images photo)")
