Marijuana Reclassification Unlikely to Mean Any Changes for Troops and Veterans, at Least for Now For now, marijuana use remains subject to punishment under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and veterans are still not...
Veterans Get 3 Mental Health Visits a Year for Free with VA's New Copay Exemption The copay exemption applies to outpatient visits for mental health care and substance use disorder, according to the VA's...
VA Says It Cut Wait Times for Primary, Mental Health Care as Veteran Enrollment Surged The shorter waits come even as the VA has enrolled more than 400,000 veterans in health care over the past year, a 30%...
After Failing to Overturn VA Abortion, LGBTQ+ Policies, House Republicans Try Again with Must-Pass Bill Kicking off the fiscal 2025 appropriations process with controversial policy riders sets the stage for a replay of the...
Oracle’s Troubled Effort to Create the Pentagon, VA Electronic Health Record System While Ellison was fixated on the wildly exciting possibilities of marrying Cerner's medical records with Oracle's technology...
Wide-Ranging Veterans Bill Gets Agreement Between House and Senate The Department of Veterans Affairs caregiver program, the beleaguered electronic health records program, veteran homelessness...
VA Executives Received $10.8 Million in Improper Bonuses Under PACT Act, Watchdog Finds The Department of Veterans Affairs' Office of Inspector General found that the VA paid $1 million more in bonuses to senior...
Patients at Handful of Military Hospitals Now Using New Phone App to Get Care Patients at five military hospitals are using a new digital platform to schedule appointments and arrange care -- and...
VA Not Complying with Law on Suicide Prevention Training for Police Officers, Senator Alleges Sen. Jerry Moran demanded McDonough explain the department's lack of compliance with the law and provide a plan to "guarantee...
Power of Puppies: Advocates Promote Canine Care to Treat Veterans' Mental Health Conditions Labradors were brought to the D.C. headquarters of the Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday to raise...
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...
