Access to Care Could Have Saved My Son's Life. Other Vets Should Have a Chance. Long wait times aren't always an option for mental-health care, so the Community Care Program is often a lifeline veterans...
Veterans Crisis Line Employees Were Caught in Mass Firings. A New Bill Aims for Staff Protections. The bill comes after the Department of Veterans Affairs acknowledged in a letter to senators last month that 24 support...
Attorney, VA Senior Adviser Nominated for Veterans Affairs Inspector General Cheryl Mason, an Air Force spouse who currently serves as an adviser to VA Secretary Doug Collins, has been nominated by...
How to Tell if Your Company Truly Cares About Employing Veterans There are ways to evaluate the strength of a company's commitment to hiring military talent, and whether your goals and...
VA Shifts Survivors Benefits Office Under Secretary with Goal to Improve Service The Office of Survivors Assistance will now directly report to the VA secretary, according to the department.
Internal VA Emails Reveal How Trump Cuts Jeopardize Veterans’ Care, Including to “Life-Saving Cancer Trials” Earlier this year, doctors at Veterans Affairs hospitals in Pennsylvania sounded an alarm. Sweeping cuts imposed by the Trump...
Veterans Urge Reform as VA Undergoes Major Changes and Faces Ongoing Health-Care Challenges The Department of Veterans Affairs is undertaking a radical reorganization, one that Trump administration officials say will...
White House Says Trump’s Proposal to Rename Veterans Day Has Been Scrapped The White House has backed off President Donald Trump’s stunning social media proposal to change the name of Veterans Day to...
80 Years After Liberation From the Nazis, the Dutch Commemorate the Victims of War The national day of commemoration honors military personnel and civilians killed in conflicts around the world since the...
Europe Will Mark V-E Day's 80th Anniversary as Once-Unbreakable Bonds With the US Are Under Pressure Central in Trump's criticism of European NATO allies is that they have happily hunkered far too long under U.S. military...
Army Expands Combat Patch Eligibility as Modern Deployments Redefine Combat Service The Army expanded combat patch eligibility, recognizing soldiers in modern deployments where risk is high even without...
You Took Separation Pay Years Ago. Now the VA Wants It Back From Your Disability Check. Under federal law, a veteran cannot receive both separation pay and VA disability compensation for the same period of service...
25 Years: Nephew Remembers P.O.W. Navy Pilot Dieter Dengler Who Escaped Vietnam Dieter Dengler, who died about 25 years ago, was "bigger than life."
Could the US Bring Back the Draft? Who Would Be Called First — and Who Qualifies Could the U.S. bring back the draft? Here’s how Selective Service works today, who would be called first and why only about...
3 Big PCS Changes Are Coming at Once. Here’s What Service Members Need to Know Before Peak Season. In 2026, three major changes are affecting military household goods moves: a new permanent agency to run the system, the end...
![A sign outside the Department of Veterans Affairs headquarters features Abraham Lincoln's words](http://images02.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-05/1time-Department-of-Veterans-Affairs-sign-900.jpg?itok=1wtJ9E7O "A sign outside the Department of Veterans Affairs headquarters features Abraham Lincoln's words: "To care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow, and his orphan." As the VA begins a national search for new leadership, veterans share a range of perspectives on how well that mission is being fulfilled today. (Photo by Bridget Craig/Medill News Service)")
