Troops, Veterans Advocates Want to See the PACT Act Better Track Toxic Exposures The discussion brought together more than a dozen veterans service organizations and other advocacy groups for them to tell...
How to Help Combat Veteran Homelessness Using Your Old Cell Phone Cell Phones for Soldiers is a nonprofit organization that recycles old mobile phones, chargers, tablets and other electronics...
Lawmakers Try Again on Bill to Give 50,000 Medically Retired Veterans Full VA Disability, Retirement Pay The Major Richard Star Act, which has been floated since 2020, has the support of more than 40 veterans' organizations and...
New Concerned Veterans for America Director to Lead Group's Effort to Expand Priorities The 14-year old group, affiliated with Americans for Prosperity, is seeking to expand its influence in a Republican majority...
What's in Store for VA Disability Benefits with New Office of Management and Budget Chief? New OMB Director Russell Vought has contributed to two conservative playbooks that advocate for the revamping of veterans'...
VFW Posts Are Dying. They Need Hesitant 9/11 Vets to Fill the Void. These posts, often decorated with military flags and dusty plaques honoring community service projects are woven into the...
New Group Aims to Galvanize Unaffiliated or Independent Veterans to Run for Office The new Independent Veterans of America plans to recruit and support veterans who aren't affiliated with any political party...
Path Forward on Sweeping Veterans Bill Uncertain Amid Political Fighting A wide-ranging veterans policy bill that seeks to bolster home caregiver programs, provide more support for homeless veterans...
Here's Where to Go for Education and Employment Help Through the American Legion Veteran Service Organizations should be one of the first stops for separating military members.
Marines in Uniform Were Photographed at Mar-a-Lago Event. Service Says It Was for a Veterans Charity. The service said that reserve members from the 4th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, or ANGLICO, color guard attended the...
How the Government Shutdown Impacts Veterans and the VA While most vets won't be impacted by the ongoing government shutdown, concerns may ramp up the longer it persists.
Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Administration from Sending National Guard Troops to Oregon A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying any National Guard units to Oregon at all, after...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Veterans, Who Saw One of Their Own Arrested by ICE and Charged, Say Feds Are Undermining Democracy Days after a 70-year-old Air Force veteran was among five people charged while protesting outside a suburban U.S. Immigration...
As Hegseth Orders Changes to the Pentagon Watchdog, Advocates Say It Will Silence Complaints Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has accused the independent watchdog for the Pentagon of being “weaponized” and says he’s...
