An 'Ambassador for All Service Dogs,' German Shepherd Leaves a Legacy for Veterans with PTSD Kaya spent hundreds of hours walking the halls of the U.S. Capitol lobbying for a bill to provide federal funding for mental...
‘Valhalla Can Wait’—The National Guard Stands at the Crossroads of Crisis As many as 44 veterans die by suicide per day, which is 2.4 times higher than the VA reported national suicide rate.
GOP Relaunches Bid to End VA Abortion Policy GOP lawmakers in the House and Senate reintroduced a resolution to reverse the policy, using a process that could force a...
Preventing Vet Homelessness and Suicide Top Biden’s State of the Union ‘Unity Agenda’ Biden made the push on veterans issues as part of his annual State of the Union address.
VA to Congress: Keep Pandemic Rule Allowing Prescriptions Across State Lines Millions of veterans could lose access to medication refills when COVID-19 emergency measures expire May 11.
VA Caregiver Program Needs Better Outreach and Data to Serve Disabled Vets, Panel Says A Veterans' Family, Caregiver and Survivor Advisory panel subcommittee found that VA fails to communicate effectively with...
Missileers Worry About New Signs of Link Between Service and Cancer, Latest in Toxic Exposure Concerns The community of missileers who have spent years operating America's nuclear arsenal are voicing concern about a presentation...
Biden Nominates Longtime VA Exec to Be Benefits Chief Joshua Jacobs, who has been working in the capacity since July, has been named to fill the permanent role.
The Hardest Thing I Did in the Army Wasn't Getting Shot At. It Was Asking for Help. "The Army didn’t save my life. A friend did."
Veterans to Get Free Emergency Care During Suicidal Mental Health Crises Beginning Tuesday, veterans with "bad paper" discharges or above who served more than 24 months, were sexually assaulted or...
Army Dramatically Expands Combat Patch Eligibility The policy shift, issued last week, covers soldiers who served in Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon...
Plans for Mass VA Firings Scuttled, But Department Still Expects 30,000 Employees to Leave on Their Own The announcement walked back previous plans, first revealed in a leaked memo in March, to fire as many as 83,000 employees as...
Colonel Retaliated Against Major for Talking to Congress About Red Hill Contamination, Report Says The report said that investigators substantiated an allegation that an Air Force colonel had retaliated against Army Maj...
Air Force Academy Cutting 140 Positions; Majors Affected? As the Air Force works to cut 5,000 positions before October, the Air Force Academy expects to eliminate 140 jobs.
Mystery on Pacific Seafloor Proves to Be Part of Daring WWII Saga, US Navy Says A mysterious object spotted on the South Pacific seafloor has been identified as the bow of a torpedoed World War II ship...
