Why Joe Biden Needs to Nominate Women to Lead VA and the Defense Department A female leader could help create better, more equal standards for physical training and individual performance.
Former Navy SEAL, Wife Sue VA Over New Caregiver Program Rules The stricter regulations over who is eligible for the program overstep the bounds of the law, the suit alleges.
Veteran Died Hours After 2 Calls to Suicide Hotline Went Unheeded, IG Finds A veteran died on the Fourth of July 2018 after two calls to the suicide hotline went unheeded.
Former VA No. 2 Says He Was Fired for Refusing to Help Discredit Alleged Sexual Assault Victim In an extensive interview with Newsweek, Jim Byrne, a former Marine and federal attorney, said the VA secretary sought to...
VA Disability Claims Backlog Spiked to 300,000 During Pandemic The VA did not restart in-person exams until late August, and then only on a limited basis.
In New Record, VA Now Handling More Than 10,000 Active Cases of COVID-19 Active cases of COVID-19 continue to rise among Department of Veterans Affairs patients.
VA Won't Fight Court Ruling Awarding Payments to 'Blue Water Navy' Vietnam Vets The Department of Veterans Affairs has no plans to challenge a court ruling last week.
Navy Veteran, Contractor Killed in Apparent Steam Pipe Explosion at VA Hospital Two men died and three were injured while replacing a steam pipe in an building at the West Haven VA Medical Center.
Veteran Suicide Rate Creeps Up as VA Makes New Investments in Prevention The number of suicides and the suicide rate in 2018 rose just slightly from the previous year, by 36 deaths.
The VA Needs 8,000 Healthy Volunteers for COVID-19 Vaccine Trials "For our nation's veterans, this is another way they can continue to serve in this way, fighting the pandemic as a volunteer...
Walks on the Mall, Shake Shack Burgers and a Car Crash: Scenes from the Guard's Deployment in DC What started as an 800-troop mission for the D.C. National Guard has ballooned to more than 2,000 troops as Republican...
Former Space Force Sergeant Fatally Shot Teen in 'Vigilante Violence,' Colorado Officials Say Orest Schur received a 54-year prison sentence after a jury in June found him guilty of second-degree murder and attempted...
Airman Killed in Off-Base AK-47 Shooting Near F.E. Warren Air Force Base Identified An airman stationed at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, who died after being shot by an AK-47 fired through the wall of an off...
VA Processes Record-Breaking Number of Disability Claims This Year, with 62% Approval Rate The department has made changes in the past several years designed to process disability compensation claims faster and...
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...