VA Aims to House 38,000 Homeless Vets in 2023, Repeating Goal It Surpassed Last Year The department actually exceeded its 2022 aspirations, and officials say the static goal for 2023 reflects a reduction in the...
VA to Cover New Drug for Early Stage Alzheimer's Disease The department is the first large health system to cover Leqembi, moving out ahead of Medicare, which covers it only in...
Stretch Your VA College Benefits by Getting to Know This Person Your college's school certifying official can answer your benefits questions and make sure you're not missing anything...
VA Asks for Historic $4.1 Billion for Construction as Agency Weighs Closing Some Aging Medical Facilities After the Senate scuttled the department's recommendations on medical facility upgrades and closures, the VA launched a new...
House GOP Entertains Scuttling VA's $16B Electronic Health Records Program During a hearing on the Department of Veterans Affairs' medical database systems, VA officials said the current 40-year-old...
VA Drops Mask Requirements for Staff, Patients at Most Medical Facilities The department announced the change nearly three years to the day the VA confirmed its first death from COVID-19 at a VA...
Opt Out or Pay: All Troops to Automatically Get Life Insurance March 1 Military members who don't want Servicemembers Group Life Insurance coverage will have to opt out, or they'll be charged...
VA to Look at Racial Disparities in Claims Decisions A new team will explore conditions that have caused minority veterans to receive disability benefits at lower rates than...
Veterans' Emergency Room Bills Could Get Repaid by VA Thanks to Change VA medical patients who have gone to a non-VA emergency room since 2010 can get their out-of-pocket coinsurance costs...
VA Deputy Secretary to Step Down After Nearly 2 Years The departure of Deputy Secretary Donald Remy leaves a significant hole in the department's leadership, especially regarding...
The Best World War II Movies, According to Service Members and Veterans These are the best World War II movies of the past eight decades, according to a Military.com survey of U.S. service members...
Veterans Could Get Free Gun Safes Under Suicide Prevention Proposal Introduced in House Any veteran who wants a lockbox to store their firearm would be able to get one for free from the Department of Veterans...
Marines Surpass Enlisted Recruitment Goal by 1, Officers over a Dozen in Sharp Drop from 2023 Officials said that the service sought to recruit 36,257 Marines this year, squeezing by with 36,286 total -- a difference of...
Annual Cost-of-Living Boost for Veterans Benefits Finalized by Congress The increase applies to disability benefits, clothing allowances, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving...
ROTC Scholarships Could Be Slashed This Decade as Army Deals with Glut of Officers The Army is eyeing a roughly $100 million cut to Reserve Officers' Training Corps scholarships through the rest of the decade...