What's in Store for VA Disability Benefits with New Office of Management and Budget Chief? New OMB Director Russell Vought has contributed to two conservative playbooks that advocate for the revamping of veterans'...
Veterans Affairs Deems More Than 130 Occupations Ineligible for Trump's Deferred Resignation Plan Nurses had been among those who received the original offer, but their unions had discouraged them from accepting, saying an...
Canceled Appointments, Unexplained Mixups – Veterans Facing Challenges Getting VA Mental Health Care Veterans say they often can't get individual therapy appointments to accompany psychiatric medical care, and when they do...
Toxic Exposure Screenings: Vets Report Spotty Follow-Up on Questionnaire Meant to Boost Health Care and Benefits Rolled out with great fanfare in November 2022, toxic exposure screenings for all VA patients were mandated by the PACT Act...
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.
Millions of Vets Got Health Care and Benefits Under the PACT Act. Thousands Left Out Want the Same Chance. Legislation passed in 2022 expanded benefits for former troops sickened by burn pits, Agent Orange and contaminated water at...
From Hormones to Horses: How Veterans Are Finally Getting Help for Brain Injuries Premature deaths are not inevitable, and treatment is getting better for service members and veterans with the signature...
Young and Dying: Veterans Are Getting Brain Cancer and Struggling to Get Benefits A joint investigation by Military.com and Public Health Watch found that glioblastoma, while rare, has struck hundreds of...
Blast Pressure Injuries May Affect More Than the Brain of Troops, New Data Shows Data from a live-fire mortar exercise by U.S. Army troops indicates that simply standing near mortars can significantly...
How Trump's Moves to End Protections for Transgender People Could Hurt Veterans Health Care In one of his first moves in office last month, Trump signed an executive order that railed against "ideologues who deny the...
Why Japanese Tanks Were Doomed in the Pacific Theater Today, the Pacific remains a prominent strategic interest for the U.S. military, but the Marine Corps recently deactivated...
Hegseth Says Wounded Knee Soldiers Will Keep Their Medals of Honor Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced that he has decided that the 20 soldiers who received the Medal of Honor for...
The Italian WWII Frogmen Who Inspired the U.S. Navy SEALs While uniquely American, SEAL doctrine owes a technical and conceptual debt to Italy’s WWII combat divers, who first combined...
New Mexico's Health Care Crisis Is Forcing Military Personnel to Decline Assignments At New Mexico's three Air Force bases — Kirtland in Albuquerque, Cannon near Clovis and Holloman outside of Alamogordo — the...
Democratic Candidate for Governor of New Jersey Pushes Back After GOP Questions Her Service Record Mikie Sherrill, the Democratic candidate for governor of New Jersey in this year’s high-stakes race, is defending her Navy...