Caring For Caregivers: How The VA Stipend Sustains Families Of Wounded Warriors Family members who take on the responsibility of caring for a wounded warrior often find themselves balancing financial...
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.
A Benefit On Wheels: The Automobile Allowance For Disabled Veterans There is a long list of programs the VA administers to recognize the sacrifices of those who served. Some of them are...
Lump-Sum Benefits for Survivors of Active-Duty Military Members Even military families often don’t know what benefits are available to the surviving family of an active-duty service member.
Monthly Benefits for Survivors of Fallen Active-Duty Service Members When combined, the Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) can offer a steady stream of...
Soldier Injured In Iraq Works To Prevent Veteran Suicide September is National Suicide Prevention Month. According to a report released by VA in December 2024, 6,407 veterans died by...
Veterans’ Private Residential Treatment Must Match VA’s Quality and Cost America manages a precarious two-tier system where vulnerable veterans can receive dramatically different care depending on...
Bill Would Broaden Rules on Military Disinterments at National Cemeteries Under the current law, the Department of Veterans Affairs can only reconsider eligibility for burial in national cemeteries...
VA to Mark 9/11 Anniversary with Volunteer Opportunities at National Cemeteries Those looking to remember the thousands of Americans who died on Sept. 11, 2001, can participate at one of 60 cemeteries...
Records Show the VA Failed to Treat a Father’s Common Infection. Now He’s Paying the Price. Anthony Walker always liked to think of himself as “the man.” He always liked to think of himself as “tough Tony.” But that...
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...