VA Taking Note of ‘Alarming’ Burn Pit Trends in WWP Survey The VA needs more scientific evidence before approving benefits for burn pit exposures.
30 Percent of Veterans Have Had Suicidal Thoughts, New Survey Finds But there were encouraging trends in home ownership and access to VA care.
In Reversal, DoD Will Let Wounded Warriors Transfer GI Bill Benefits The DoD announced the strict no-extension, no-transfer policy will not apply to currently serving Purple Heart recipients.
Caregivers of Wounded Vets Have Unique Job Needs. These New Projects Aim to Help The fellowship expansion and the new booklet were announced Tuesday at an event in Washington, D.C.
After Public Crisis and Fall from Grace, Wounded Warrior Project Quietly Regains Ground Mike Linnington, a retired three-star Army general, arrived at the organization in 2016 with a mandate to turn things around.
Bill to Increase Adaptive Housing Grants for Wounded Vets Passes House The measure would expand grants to renovate houses and broaden Fry Scholarship eligibility.
Injured Soldiers May Not Have to Take the Army's New Fitness Test Soldiers with permanent profiles who are unable to complete the new ACFT may be allowed to take an alternate fitness test.
Two Years Later, Sailor Wounded During Syria Deployment Is Finally Home The homecoming his family had eagerly awaited for nearly two years finally happened for Chief Petty Officer Kenton Stacy.
VA Needs to Improve Head Injury Disability Evaluation System, Study Finds A panel says the VA should include insomnia, vestibular dysfunction and near-vision impairment in evaluating patients.
Veterans' Combat Trauma Is Often Passed Onto Their Children "A national effort is required to help reduce the stigma and social isolation experienced by caregivers' children."
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
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...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
