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...
Several Types of Cancer Now Eligible for Expedited Veterans Affairs Claims The department has added several blood and urinary tract cancers to the list of diseases considered to be related to service...
Marine from Ship That Dumped Fuel into Its Water Has Disability Claim Approved Following Military.com Investigation The change of heart by the VA could pave the way for other veterans to receive disability pay for an event that the Navy...
K2 Veterans with Certain Types of Cancer May Soon Qualify for Expedited VA Disability Claims The Department of Veterans Affairs has started the process to add bladder, urethral cancer and other genitourinary cancers to...
Supreme Court Weighs Arguments in Lawsuit over Veterans Getting 'Benefit of Doubt' in Claims Decisions The Supreme Court must decide what Congress meant when it clarified a law that required the Court of Veterans Appeals to...
Hundreds of Veterans Kicked Out of Military for Being Gay Will Have Discharges Upgraded The upgraded discharges will unlock VA benefits for hundreds of veterans for the first time.
Two Veterans Will Argue to Supreme Court that VA Disability Claims Aren't Getting 'Benefit of Doubt' The case Bufkin v. McDonough goes before the Supreme Court on Wednesday and could affect thousands of claims.
Critics Say VA Plan to Add Disability Rating for Rare Lung Condition Won't Help Afflicted Veterans The Department of Veterans Affairs is soliciting comments on a proposed federal rule that establishes a diagnostic code for...
VA Brings Back Travel Claims Kiosks After Pushback from Veterans, Caregivers The Department of Veterans Affairs originally planned to replace the convenient kiosks with an online system and mobile...
Veterans Not Covered by Toxic Hazards Legislation Wait Decades for VA Recognition, Report Finds While legislation that created presumptive conditions for Agent Orange and burn pits has helped millions, veterans exposed to...
Hegseth Grilled About Women in Combat, Officer Purge in Confirmation Hearing Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Pentagon, dismissed allegations that he committed sexual...
Army Veteran Caught Faking Severe PTSD, Purple Heart Award to Steal $779,000, Feds Say Kevin Paul McMains, of Milton, Florida, was sentenced to two years and nine months in prison for theft of government money...
'Going the Wrong Way:' Booting Marines from Okinawa Could Embolden China, Commandant Says Gen. Eric Smith said the planned transfer of Okinawa-based Marines to Guam in the coming years will distance the force from a...
2 New Ford-Class Aircraft Carriers Will Be Named After Former Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush While the White House publicized the decision, the responsibility and authority to name ships lies squarely in the hands of...
Navy Leaders Say Faster Training Is Key Lesson Learned from Red Sea Conflict Navy officials began to open up about the lessons they are learning from the months of sustained combat in the Red Sea...
![](http://images03.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2022-05/mil%20gavel%201200.jpg?itok=ukjniDZU "Insert the "doink doink" from "Law & Order" here. (U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt. Joshua Magbanua)")
![F/A-18E Super Hornet prepares to launch](http://images03.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-01/mil-FA18E-super-hornet-launches-uss-nimitz-1800.jpg?itok=6ZREM54u "An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to the "Gunslingers" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 105, prepares to launch off the flight deck during flight operations aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) in the Red Sea, April 20, 2024. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nicholas Rodriguez)")