VA Plan to Issue Urns, Memorial Plaques Sparks Concerns Veterans Will Be Barred from Burial with Spouses The National Funeral Directors Association and the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs, as well as others, recently...
Nearly 5 Million Veterans Added to VA's Digital Memorial that Catalogs Grave Sites Around the World Veterans who have received a VA headstone, marker or medallion since 1996 and are buried in a private cemetery have been...
Apply for Burial in a National Cemetery Now to Avoid Problems Later To ease the burden on surviving family, VA now can determine eligibility for burial in a National Cemetery ahead of time.
State, Tribal Veterans Cemeteries Help VA Close In on Burial Site Goals Without state facilities and a VA program that provides grants to non-federal veterans cemeteries, the department would be 17...
Presidential Memorial Certificates Available When A Veteran Dies The Presidential Memorial Certificate expresses the nation's grateful recognition of a veteran's service.
Burial Flags For Veterans VA provides an American flag for services, and a flag to be given to the next of kin or a close associate of the deceased.
Military Memorial and Burial Benefits Explained As a servicemember or military family member you should be aware of your memorial benefits before you need them.
Retiree Burial Benefits As a retired servicemember it's important to know about your mortuary and burial benefits.
Military Funerals: Honoring the Honorable Active duty members, Selected Reserve, and honorably discharged veterans qualify for military honors at their funeral.
Military Retiree Casualty DOs and DON'Ts Help avoid delays in assistance and the unpleasant issues that may arise when dealing with the loss of a loved one.
Pentagon Again Expanding Military Border Zones, This Time in Arizona The newest military zone in Arizona -- the fourth border zone created by the Trump administration -- will encompass 140 miles...
Football Dreams Led to 'Fat Boy Flight' and an Over-Forty-Year Air Force Career In 1971, as a high school senior and captain of the football team, I assumed a college athletic scholarship was in my future...
US Contractors Say Their Colleagues Are Firing Live Ammo as Palestinians Seek Food in Gaza Two U.S. contractors, speaking to the AP on condition of anonymity because they were revealing their employers’ internal...
Tensions Are Rising Between Russia and Azerbaijan. Why Is This Happening Now? Deaths of ethnic Azerbaijanis rounded up by police for decades-old murders in a Russian city. The crash of an Azerbaijan...
Army Creating New Artificial Intelligence-Focused Occupational Specialty and Officer Field Service planners are moving to establish a new enlisted military occupational specialty focused on artificial intelligence...
