VA Spouse, Family Education Money Changes Hit Soon The monthly stipend for the Dependents' Educational Assistance Program (DEA) is about to go up, while the overall total goes...
An Interesting News Week for Veterans There were four notable news developments for military veterans in Washington DC this past week, potentially impacting...
Op-Ed: The Time For Caregiver Expansion Is Now Vets injured after 9/11 are eligible for an array of benefits, but those injured before are excluded from the program.
Disabled Vet's Service Dog Shot in Head, Dumped Near Railroad Tracks The dog belonged to a 14-year U.S. Army veteran in Richwood, Ky., who relied on the service animal for safety.
War Hero Who Started National Movement to Help Wounded Vets Dies at 95 Irwin Stovroff, a decorated WWII hero held as a POW by the Nazis, later created a group to provide service dogs to vets.
VA May Expand List of Ailments for Agent Orange Coverage: Shulkin VA Secretary Dr.David Shulkin said Monday that he's decided to expand the list of ailments eligible for Agent Orange...
Army Offers Medical Help for Veterans Injured in Chem-Bio Agent Tests The U.S. Army is notifying vets that they may be eligible to receive care if they participated in testing from 1942 to 1975.
New VA Advisory Council to Highlight Family, Caregiver Issues Caregiver, survivor and veteran family issues soon will be pushed directly to the Department of Veterans Affairs' top...
Severance Pay Taxes Incorrectly Withheld Must Now Be Refunded As many as 14,000 veterans had tax incorrectly withheld from disability severance pay by military. New law makes DOD give it...
One Detainee Killed and 2 Others Critically Injured in Dallas ICE Facility, Homeland Security Says A shooter with a rifle opened fire from a nearby roof onto a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement location in Dallas on...
Pentagon Adds Exemptions to Requirement for All Troops to Get the Flu Shot The Pentagon has stepped back from the policy that requires all troops to get the flu shot every year by introducing...
Travis Decker, Man Accused of Killing His Daughters, Is Dead, US Marshals Service Reportedly Says The hunt for Travis Decker, an Army veteran accused of killing his three young daughters near Leavenworth, Washington, could...
Man Arrested on Suspicion of Trying to Board Camp Pendleton Helicopter with Lit Flare A civilian holding a lit flare tried to board a Marine Corps helicopter while the aircraft was sitting on a Camp Pendleton...
Hegseth Abruptly Summons Top Military Commanders to a Meeting in Virginia Next Week The directive did not offer a reason for the gathering Tuesday of senior commanders of the one-star rank or higher and their...
