Unequal Treatment of Black, Minority Veterans Triggers New VA Plan to Weed Out Disparities The move aligns with the White House's effort to ensure that all eligible Americans have access to federal services and...
VA Plans to Expand Agent Orange Disability Benefits to Cover Exposure in a Dozen New States In a proposed rule in the Federal Register, the VA said it will now grant presumptive status to veterans with Agent Orange...
Survey: More than Half of US Veterans Who Own Guns Store Them Unsafely A new survey published in the Journal of Affective Disorders finds that, although the number of veterans storing firearms...
Is VA Paying for Migrant Health Care? The Agency Says 'No' Despite Wave of Political Attacks. Lawmakers and some media outlets say that an agreement between the VA and the Department of Homeland Security shortchanges...
VA to Fund Research on Using MDMA, Psilocybin to Address Mental Health Disorders in Veterans The Department of Veterans Affairs is soliciting applications from researchers to study the use of MDMA, psilocybin and other...
Who Is Eligible for Hearing Aids from VA? VA will provide hearing aids to veterans with service connected hearing loss
The Air Force Said its Nuclear Missile Capsules Were Safe. But Toxins Lurked, Documents Show The Air Force is working on an official count of how many current or former missile community service members have cancer.
Congress, DoD Should Shore Up Financially Troubled Armed Forces Retirement Home, Watchdog Says Populations of the federal homes in Washington, D.C., and Gulfport, Mississippi, have declined as expenses have risen...
VA Makes Pitch for More Money to Counter 7.4% Rise in Homeless Veterans Living on the Streets or in Shelters The VA announced its intention to devote "hundreds of millions" to assist veterans sleeping in shelters or living on the...
'Slap in the Face': Victims of Trinity Test Radiation Say Congress Again Let Them Down by Denying Compensation New Mexico was ground zero for the first atom bomb explosion, but the "downwinder" farmers and ranchers living near the...
Tricare Patients Fear Losing Preferred Health Care Providers Amid Contract Transition Doctors and patients said they have been caught off guard by the shift from Health Net Federal Services to TriWest Healthcare...
Lessons from the Air Force Kitchen Police: Volunteer for Everything. Even Pots and Pans When Ed Meagher reported to Air Force basic training on June 15, 1966, he was a 19-year-old college dropout. Despite two...
2 US Navy Pilots Shot Down over Red Sea in Apparent 'Friendly Fire' Incident, US Military Says Both pilots were recovered alive after ejecting from their stricken aircraft, with one suffering minor injuries.
How the Marine Corps Is Changing to Keep Talented Marines in the Service For decades, the Marine Corps incurred a "remarkably high turnover rate" among its first-term Marines as it prioritized, and...
Troop Pay Safe After Congress Approves Extension of Government Funding Troop pay is no longer in jeopardy after Congress approved legislation to keep the government funded through mid-March and...