The VA's 2023 Hiring Spree: A Lot of Psychiatrists To handle an influx of new patients, the VA's Veterans Health Administration hired nearly 62,000 new employees in 2023.
With Medical Readiness at Stake, Pentagon Embarks on Plan to Fix the Military Health System Years of sending patients to network care, coupled with the pandemic, have hurt the Defense Health Agency's ability to retain...
'Havana Syndrome' Sufferers Face Challenges Navigating the Military Health System, Federal Watchdog Finds A Government Accountability Office review has found that while the Defense Department is supposed to provide medical care to...
Jon Stewart Pushes VA to Cover Troops Sickened by Uranium after 9/11. Again, They Are Told to Wait. Comedian Jon Stewart and troops sickened by uranium have ended a meeting at the Department of Veterans Affairs angry that...
VA's Electronic Health Records System May Require Lots of New Staff. The Cost Worries Lawmakers. The introduction of the new digital medical records system at a joint Veterans Affairs-Defense Department hospital went well...
VA Fertility Benefits for Military Veterans More VA beneficiaries became eligible for fertility treatments in 2024. Here's who qualifies and what to expect.
Jon Stewart Pushes VA to Help Veterans Sickened After Post-9/11 Exposure to Uranium Comedian Jon Stewart is pressing the Biden administration to fix a loophole in a massive veterans aid bill that left out some...
VA Names Former Head of Caregiver Program Office as Chief of Staff Meg Kabat worked for the Department of the Navy and played pivotal roles in the VA's Caregiver Support Program Office for...
VA's Threat to Withhold Disability Checks over Decades-Old Separation Pay Surprises Vets Some veterans who received bonuses from the Defense Department to leave the service are learning they have to pay back the...
Burn Pit Victims with Rare Lung Disease Struggle to Get VA Care and Benefits Although constrictive bronchiolitis was one of the first diseases associated with exposure to burn pits, the pathway for...
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...
They Fought in Iraq’s Bloodiest Battle. Will Their Kids Be the Next Generation of Marines? No matter the profession, parents and children in both civilian and military families must navigate delicate decisions about...
14.5% Junior Enlisted Pay Raise, Restriction on Care for Transgender Military Kids Headed to Biden's Desk The 4.5% raise will be added to all service members' paychecks at the beginning of January, while the remaining 10% extra for...
Army Set to Debut Master Combat Badges in Spring, Memo Says The Army is set to begin awarding Master Combat Badges, which will combine expert and traditional combat badges, next spring...
Police Say Marine Charged with Escort's Murder Googled Whether It's Possible to Scream While Being Strangled In what a local official called a "chilling" case, an active-duty Marine stationed in Florida was arrested and charged with...
![VA Chief of Staff Margaret "Meg" Kabat](http://images05.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2024-07/pub-margaret-meg-kabat-alt-1200.jpg?itok=3WoNufGh "VA Chief of Staff Margaret "Meg" Kabat. (Dept. of Veterans Affairs photo)")
