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.
VA Nominee Wilkie Pledges No 'Privatization' of Vets Health Care At his confirmation hearing, Robert Wilkie also rejected allegations that he supported "racially divisive" issues.
Caregivers Sue VA over Denial of Benefits Survivors of veterans who died from service-connected conditions have filed a class action seeking changes to a VA practice...
Marine Corps Ranks: A Complete Guide to Enlisted and Officer Ranks Explore U.S. Marine Corps ranks from private to general. Learn rank structure, pay grades, insignia and promotion paths in...
Homeowners Say the Army Corps and its Contractors Mishandled LA Fire Debris Cleanup More than 800 complaints were submitted to a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hotline dedicated to the agency's debris removal...
Japan Marks End of World War II as Survivors Remember Wartime Emperor's Surrender Speech 80 Years Ago A national ceremony will begin at Tokyo’s Budokan hall at noon, the same time then-Emperor Hirohito’s 4½-minute prerecorded...
Flights Restricted over Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Ahead of Trump-Putin Summit North American Aerospace Defense Command issued a statement saying it would be enforcing Federal Aviation Administration...
