Army to Review More Than 3,500 'Bad Paper' Discharges for Post-9/11 Vets Under a settlement, the service will send notices to thousands more vets who qualify to reapply for a discharge upgrade.
VA Secretary Wants More Vets Sickened by Burn Pits to File Claims, But Many Are Still Being Turned Away As of March 31, the VA had denied 72% of burn pit claims, according to agency data obtained by Military.com.
Lawmakers Want to Expand Care for Vets Sickened by Toxic Exposure. How Much Can They Get Done? The Senate committee will have its hearing Wednesday; the House hearing will be held May 5.
Stymied in the Trump Era, Lawmakers Launch New Attempt to Make VA Motto Gender-Neutral A bipartisan group of lawmakers is again moving to change the Department of Veterans Affairs' motto to be more inclusive...
'Dirty, Embarrassing Secret:' Veterans with PTSD Struggle to Shed Stigma of Bad Paper Discharges An other-than-honorable discharge means the veteran is unlikely to be eligible for any veterans benefits.
New VA Education Rule Allows Some Vets to Get Multiple Degrees Until last week, VR&E could not be used in conjunction with the Post-9/11 GI Bill, which covers four years of college for...
Biden's $2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan Includes Big Upgrades for Aging VA Hospitals Biden's plan calls for $18 billion to modernize VA hospitals across the country.
Sweeping Measure Would Provide Care, Disability to Thousands of Vets Sickened by Burn Pits The measure was also introduced last year and never got any serious traction.
Groundbreaking VA Study Shows How Long COVID-19 Vaccine Immunity May Last A soon-to-be-published Veterans Affairs study of vaccine-induced antibody response is among the first in the nation to look...
VA Expects to Open COVID-19 Vaccines to All Vets by May 1 The department is establishing the capability to distribute vaccines for over 24 million veterans, spouses or caregivers.
Air Force Chief's Sudden Retirement Raises Question of 'Who Is Next' in Leadership Shake-Up Policy experts told Military.com that the departure raises alarm amid other leadership changes within the Department of the...
Pentagon Drops Coverage of GLP-1 Weight Loss Meds for Medicare-Eligible Retirees Tricare officials said the Defense Health Agency is eliminating coverage for its Tricare for Life beneficiaries and others to...
New Work Rules Could Deny Food Stamps to Thousands of Veterans Able-bodied SNAP recipients who are between 18 and 54 and don't have children have always been required to work. Veterans...
Trump's Federal Law-Enforcement Crackdown Ripples Through DC Neighborhoods The White House has credited Trump's crackdown with hundreds of arrests, while local officials have criticized the aggressive...
How an Australian Potato Farmer Changed Running Forever Released in 2013, the movie “Cliffy” chronicles Australian Cliff Young’s rise from a potato farmer to an ultramarathoner and...