Gulf Coast Veterans Given Access to Navy's Pensacola Hospital, as VA Seeks Ways to Treat More Patients Thirty-seven thousand veterans in the area will now be able to receive care at the hospital, alleviating a two-hour drive for...
Troops Must Start Planning for Transition Out of Service Sooner to Be Successful, Advocates Testify Senators challenged officials from the Department of Veterans Affairs and Defense Department on what steps they'd take to get...
Transgender Veterans Sue to Force VA to Cover Gender-Affirmation Surgeries The Transgender American Veterans Association, or TAVA, filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking to compel the VA to cover...
Alaska Is Still Waiting to Get its First State-Run Veterans Cemetery. A Backlog Stands in its Way. Veterans make up nearly 10% of Alaska's population, according to the U.S. Census, and yet it has been repeatedly passed over...
Consulting Firm McKinsey's Role in VA Opioid Prescriptions Sparks New Concerns Among Lawmakers House lawmakers are demanding answers from the Department of Veterans Affairs about consulting firm McKinsey and Company's...
How the OJ Simpson Verdict Overshadowed a Watershed Moment for Atomic Veterans Clinton's apology was a major moment for many "atomic veterans" who had been effectively forbidden from even seeking medical...
Vets Must Apply Online for New VA ID Card Honorably discharged veterans will be able to apply online by registering with the VA and uploading a photo, officials said.
A Decade After Scandal, VA Health Care May Be at Another Crossroads The VA has requested $369.3 billion for its fiscal 2025 budget, a proposal that includes nearly $150 billion for health care...
Retirees, VA Disability Recipients to Get Biggest Pay Raise Since 2012 Military retirees and those who receive disability checks will see a 2 percent pay raise in their monthly paychecks in 2018.
VA Sued After Vet Died While Waiting for Heart Surgery George Walker died in 2016 while on a surgical wait list for a new heart valve at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System.
Another Fighter Jet Tumbles from Truman Carrier Deck into Red Sea The USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier lost another F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet on Tuesday -- the third since it...
Tweaks to Army's Physical Fitness Test Are Relatively Modest The Army has approved a series of revisions to its physical fitness test, recalibrating performance benchmarks in a modest...
White House Says Trump’s Proposal to Rename Veterans Day Has Been Scrapped The White House has backed off President Donald Trump’s stunning social media proposal to change the name of Veterans Day to...
Weather and Night Vision Goggles Were Likely Factors in Marine Corps Helicopter Crash, Report Finds The CH-53 Super Stallion crashed Feb. 6, 2024, during a late night flight when it hit a mountain near Pine Valley, California...
Hegseth Works Hard to Portray Himself as a Man of the Troops. They Might Not Be Buying It. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News host and National Guardsman, has attempted to reframe the role of the...
