VA Chief Visits Fayetteville Clinic after Audit The Acting VA secretary will be visiting the VA Medical Center in Fayetteville, North Carolina, to talk about patient...
Lawmakers Noncommittal on Military Retirement and Health Care Changes President Obama and members of Congress on Thursday were quick to praise the Military Compensation and Retirement Commission...
Lawmaker Hits DoD Over Failure to Merge Defense, VA Records Systems Rep. Tammy Duckworth heaped much of the blame for VA and DoD not having an interoperable records system on Pentagon "turf"...
Bill Expanding Vets' Access to Mental Health Care Is Resurrected A bill that would give veterans access to mental health care despite a less-than-honorable discharge is back in Congress.
Vets Air Grievances to Acting Director of Flagship VA Medical Center Retired Army Col. Lawrence Connell heard from veterans on the problems -- and promise -- of VA health care in Washington.
VA Wait Times As Good or Better Than Private Sector: Report A study commissioned by the American Legion says VA health care is as good or better than the private sector.
Senate Passes 'Emergency' VA Reform Bill The Senate passed legislation to end the wait times vets are experiencing for health care by letting many go outside the VA.
VA Seeks to Reallocate Choice Act Funds in $169B Budget Proposal The Veterans Affairs Department would be funded to nearly $169 billion next year under the budget proposed by the White House...
Senate Backs Letting VA Doctors Recommend Medical Marijuana to Vets Legislation passed Tuesday by the Senate includes a provision that would allow VA doctors to recommend medical marijuana to...
Here Is the 2025 Pay Raise for Disabled Veterans and Military Retirees Military retirees and disabled veterans will receive 2.5% increases to their monthly paychecks for 2025, thanks to the annual...
Army Says Soldiers Should Avoid Poppy Seeds in Updated Regulation over Drug-Testing Concerns While poppy seeds are often an ingredient in baked goods and pastries, they also -- depending on how they are harvested and...
'Like Freeing a Ghost': A Sailor's Strange and Wondrous Journey Back from Pearl Harbor Some service members killed aboard the Oklahoma were identified, but most, like Titterington, were laid in mass graves...
Military Board Substantiates Misconduct But Declines to Fire Marine Who Adopted Afghan Orphan A U.S. Marine whose adoption of an Afghan war orphan has spurred a yearslong legal battle and raised alarms at the highest...
The Tactical Knife that Saved a Medal of Honor Recipient’s Life During Intense Hand-to-Hand Combat in Iraq Army Staff Sgt. David Bellavia received the Medal of Honor in recognition of his heroic actions during the Second Battle of...