After Court Mandate, VA Is Increasing Contracts With Vet-Owned Businesses The VA is making changes after a 2016 Supreme Court ruling.
After 10 Months, VA Has a Deputy Secretary Nominee The acting deputy secretary at the Department of Veterans Affairs has been nominated to fill the position permanently,
VA Struggles to Curb 'Parking Lot' Suicides at Its Own Facilities The VA's top health official urged Americans to put the VA crisis line on speed-dial in the effort to curb veteran suicides.
VA Needs to Improve Head Injury Disability Evaluation System, Study Finds A panel says the VA should include insomnia, vestibular dysfunction and near-vision impairment in evaluating patients.
VA to Roll Out Community Care Expansion Even If IT Systems Aren't Ready VA Secretary Robert Wilkie said the agency is committed to implementing new rules for private health care options on June 6.
VA to Announce Decision on New Agent Orange Presumptive Conditions The Institute of Medicine has linked bladder cancer, hypothyroidism and Parkinson-like symptoms to the herbicide exposure.
VA Secretary to Senate: New Health Care Access Standards Won't Mean Outsourcing In a budget hearing, VA Secretary Robert Wilkie sought to quell concerns over outsourcing medical care.
VA to Drop Fight Against Blue Water Navy Veterans The VA secretary says he will recommend DoJ not appeal a court ruling, adding that 51,000 veterans are receiving treatment.
VA to Offer New Ketamine-Based Nasal Spray for Depression The newest FDA-approved medication to treat severe depression will soon be available to veterans treated within the VA.
VA Receives $25 Million Donation to Provide Genetic Testing for Veterans Billionaire and former Air Force reservist Denny Sanford plans to give his fortune away.
Marine Recruiter Who Wrote ‘Memoir’ About Teenage Recruit Sentenced to Prison Nearly a year after then-Gunnery Sgt. Christopher Champagne self-published a memoir about his inappropriate relationship with...
Five Chinese Nationals Charged with Covering Up Midnight Visit to Michigan Military Site U.S. authorities charged five Chinese nationals with lying and trying to cover their tracks, more than a year after they were...
Air Force Has a Problem Recruiting for Special Warfare Jobs, New Report Finds The Rand Corp. released a study detailing the issues the Air Force has faced in getting recruits to join Special Warfare...
1,000 Active-Duty Soldiers Called Up to Assist with Hurricane Helene Response The 1,000 troops, an Infantry Battalion Task Force formed from the XVIII Airborne Corps, are from the 82nd Airborne Division...
Army Testing Robot Dogs Armed with Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Rifles in Middle East The Army was testing at least one armed quadrupedal unmanned ground vehicle at an installation in Saudi Arabia.