White House Proposes Huge Increase in War Funding The White House on Monday proposed a massive increase in the fiscal 2020 budget for Overseas Contingency Operations.
Air Guard Officer in Congress Calls on Facebook to Crack Down on Romance Scams An congressman in the Air National Guard is pressing Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg to do more to stop "romance scams."
Watchdog Warnings of VA Employees with Criminal Backgrounds Prompt Key Senator to Push for Fixes Following years of watchdog reports revealing shortfalls in background checks for Department of Veterans Affairs employees...
A Better Way to Give Pay Raises to Junior Enlisted? Key Senator Says It's Under Consideration This Year. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jack Reed said his panel is considering whether there is a "better model" to boost...
'Days Where We Wouldn't Even Shoot': US Vet Fighting in Ukraine Pleads with Congress to Pass Stalled Aid Army National Guard veteran Ryan O'Leary saw what a difference it made when U.S. cluster munitions were delivered to the...
VA's Proposed 2025 Budget Includes Increases for Construction, Caregivers and More The proposal, part of President Joe Biden's $7.3 trillion budget package, could result in the largest VA budget to date if...
More Military Quality-of-Life Improvements Needed, Lawmakers Say, But Budget Caps They Passed Stand in the Way Among the quality-of-life funding included in the request is money for a 4.5% pay raise for troops, $2.35 billion for Army...
PACT Act Takes Front and Center Among Veteran Issues in Biden's State of the Union Address on Accomplishments While Biden dedicated significant portions of his first two State of the Union speeches to veterans policy, this year's...
Bill Allowing Disabled Veterans to Collect Full Benefits Gets New Push from Supporters on Capitol Hill The Major Richard Star Act would ensure all service members who medically retire have full access to both military retirement...
VA Set to Make Its Abortion Policy Official on Monday, Despite Opposition from Republicans in Congress The Department of Veterans Affairs on Monday will finalize its policy of providing abortions to veterans and other...
VA to Give Veterans One-Year Authorizations to Seek Care from Private Providers in 30 Specialties The move allows veterans to get 12 months of private treatment without having to request a reauthorization.
Air Force Investigating After Security Forces Kill Civilian Who Crashed into Arizona Base Gate An airman from the base's Security Forces Squadron "shot and fatally injured" the civilian after several of the troops used...
Broken Altimeter, Ignored Warnings: Hearings Reveal What Went Wrong in DC Crash that Killed 67 Over three days of sometimes contentious hearings this week, the National Transportation Safety Board interrogated Federal...
Senators Seek Answers on Hawaii Veteran Ordered to Self-Deport U.S. Sens. Mazie Hirono and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut have sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem...
Heart’s Ann and Nancy Wilson Rock On: ‘Our Military Upbringing Helped Us in Many Ways’ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart have never served in any branch of the military. But the...
