Marijuana Dependence Is Increasing Among VA Patients, Particularly Those with Psychiatric Conditions The research found that those with more severe psychiatric diagnoses, such as bipolar disorder and psychosis, are most at...
VA to Open 3 New Vet Centers, Expand 6 Satellite Centers in Various States Early Next Year The centers provide nonmedical counseling and therapy, referrals and more to veterans who may not necessarily be eligible for...
Traumatic Memories Associated with PTSD 'Live' in a Different Part of the Brain than Other Recollections, Study Finds An analysis published in Nature Neuroscience may provide an explanation why traumatic memories associated with PTSD are so...
VA Delays Change to How It Reimburses Veterans' Ambulance Services Amid Fears for Rural Providers The department announced last week that it would extend its current policy while it works to ensure that any changes won't...
VA Plans Outreach to Screen 3 Million More Veterans for Toxic Exposures The PACT Act requires the VA to attempt to screen all veterans enrolled in VA health care; to date, 4.8 million veterans have...
Transgender Veterans Group Threatens VA with Lawsuit over Yearslong Delay in Covering Surgeries Lawyers for the Transgender American Veterans Association said not providing the surgeries has "increased risk of physical...
US Military Says National Security Depends on ‘Forever Chemicals’ The Department of Defense relies on hundreds, if not thousands, of weapons and products such as uniforms, batteries, and...
Continued Health Care Benefit Program Temporary health insurance is available after you get out. You can buy up to 18 months of temporary coverage.
Transitional Health Care Programs (TAMP) There are several Health Care programs available to assist veterans and retirees as they transition into the civilian...
VA Defends Crisis Line's Special Unit After Whistleblowers Allege It's Failing Veterans "Our top priority with the VCL is to make sure that veterans get the support they need, whenever and wherever they need it --...
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-40-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...
