Gold Star Spouses Describe Pain of Losing Bereavement Benefits in Remarriage For Gold Star spouses, the pain of losing their husbands in the line of duty can be almost unbearable.
Life Unexpected: Gold Star Spouse Finds Therapy Through Writing and Family Many people haven't gotten married or started a career by 23. Meanwhile, Vail was already a war widow and serving as an Army...
Widow of Air Force Missileer Who Died of Cancer Secures VA Benefits After Yearslong Fight The widow of an Air Force missileer who died of non-Hodgkin lymphoma has finally secured Department of Veterans Affairs...
Memorial Day vs. Veterans Day: Here's the Difference Memorial Day is a solemn day of remembrance for those who died in military service, while Veterans Day is a day to honor all...
More Burial and Funeral Costs Can Now Be Covered by Veterans Benefits The expanded benefits comes after the department earlier this year made a push to encourage more veterans to use the burial...
Troops Get New Bereavement Leave for Loss of Spouse or Child The benefit was included among the quality-of-life initiatives in the fiscal 2022 National Defense Authorization Act.
VA Wants Vets to Use Their Benefits When Choosing a Final Resting Place Officials say that benefits offered by the National Cemetery Administration are the most underutilized of veterans' perks.
'Widow's Tax' on Survivors Will Be Completely Gone as of Feb. 1 Benefit Checks The surviving spouses of military retirees who receive income from two separate benefit programs will no longer have their...
Retirees to Get a Second Chance to Enroll In or Opt Out of the Survivor Benefit Plan Military retirees who opted out of the Survivor Benefit Plan will get a rare second chance to enroll.
In Their Own Words: Military Widows Honor Their Husbands There is no one to whom Memorial Day means more than the family of those killed in defense of our nation. These are their...
Military to Take Over Federal Land Along Border Under New Trump Order The Roosevelt Reservation, the 60-foot-wide strip of land that stretches across California, Arizona and New Mexico, will be...
Commander, Command Master Chief Fired from Navy Expeditionary Security Squadron Cmdr. Brett Robblee and Command Master Chief Felix Phillips were relieved from leadership of Maritime Expeditionary Security...
Removed Confederate Monuments in Maryland to Remain Hidden, Despite Trump Executive Order The statue of Captain John O’Donnell, an 18th century merchant who enslaved dozens of Black people on his Maryland plantation...
Gen. Caine Has Taken Over as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Dan Caine — whose call sign is “Raizin” — is the first officer to be called back from retirement and returned...
Secret Recordings Show President Roosevelt Debating Military Desegregation with Civil Rights Leaders More than a year before Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt heard arguments from the civil rights leaders of the...
