Access to Care Could Have Saved My Son's Life. Other Vets Should Have a Chance. Long wait times aren't always an option for mental-health care, so the Community Care Program is often a lifeline veterans...
Want Efficiency? Fund the VA and Cut the Proven Waste in Privatized Veterans Care Faithfully following orders from President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) office, VA Secretary...
Don't Dishonor Veterans with Broken Promises and Empty Gestures It's time to get back in step with the veteran community -- not with fanfare, but with follow-through.
Children In Military Families Face Unique Psychological Challenges, and the Barriers to Getting Help Add to the Strain The military promotes a culture of self-reliance and resiliency under pressure – and for good reasons. But for many military...
Trump & Co’s Polygraph Pandemonium "Multiple studies over the years have shown not only that polygraphs are hardly foolproof when it comes to vetting ...
Deny Who We Are or Harm Our Country? The Impossible Choice Facing Transgender Service Members Burying oneself and constantly being on guard not to let slip who you really are takes a mental and physical toll.
I Was Fired, and Thousands of Veterans Are Next Unless We Act "A community of people with special expertise in teamwork and effectiveness is a valuable asset to the government, and they...
Fear and Chaos Hit Military Families After Sudden Firings of Top Leaders There is fear, chaos and sadness overwhelming military families behind the scenes. It's being driven by the sudden firing of...
Speak Up Before VA Health Care Is Gutted While controversy swirls around last week's mass firing of 1,000 Department of Veterans Affairs' employees, a far greater...
Punishing Military Officers for Political Reasons Endangers Our Troops and Threatens National Security Recent actions taken against the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley are more than punitive...
Nominee for Pentagon Personnel Chief Grilled Over Comments Calling for Purge of Generals Anthony Tata, whose past Islamaphobic and conspiratorial statements doomed his nomination for a top Pentagon job in the first...
VA Secretary Defends Staffing Cuts, Contract Cancellations in Heated Senate Hearing Lawmakers say the Department of Veterans Affairs has not provided answers for requests for information, while the VA...
Hegseth Works Hard to Portray Himself as a Man of the Troops. They Might Not Be Buying It. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News host and National Guardsman, has attempted to reframe the role of the...
Army's M10 Booker Gets Nixed Leaving Question Mark for Future Infantry's Firepower The Army is canning the short-lived M10 Booker, an armored fighting vehicle, amid concerns over its deployability and...
Trump's Plan to 'Save' Michigan Base with New Fighter Jet Squadron Not a Done Deal The lack of environmental analysis, funding and other roll-out details stems from the unusual situation of Trump making the...
