VA Asks Veterans to Call 10 Vet Friends for National Buddy Check Week Starting Monday Buddy Check Week will officially start Monday and run through Oct. 20. The VA is also encouraging veterans' family members...
Many Veterans Who Go Hungry Are Not Getting Help Through Food Stamps, Study Finds A Rand Corp. report released last month found that older veterans and disabled veterans who aren't able to work are at...
Government Shutdown Would Not Affect VA Medical Care and Most Benefits, Secretary Says As a result of advanced funding received from Congress, many VA services would not be affected by a shutdown, but furloughs...
Pentagon Launches New Review of Troop Discharges Under 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' On the 12th anniversary of the policy's repeal, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks announced a new effort to review...
7 Military Discounts to Help During a Government Shutdown Military families are always on the lookout for great discounts, but they are even more vital during a government shutdown.
House Republicans Are Ready to Shut Down the Government, Even Though It Will Hurt Veterans As we stare down the prospect of another government shutdown due to House Republican time-wasting, House Republicans continue...
Lawmakers Reintroduce Bill to Expand Fertility Services to Service Members, Veterans The legislation, sponsored by Senate and House Democrats, would add cryopreservation of eggs and sperm and in vitro...
5 Truly Badass Female Veterans Veterans Day is the perfect time to pause and recognize all who served with honor. But we can’t help using the opportunity to...
Profiles in Courage: 5 Medal of Honor Recipients The Medal of Honor is the nation's highest military honor for personal acts of valor above and beyond the call of duty.
How We Can Fix Food and Housing Shortfalls for Veterans and Military Families We as a nation have an obligation to ensure that our veterans and military service members have what they need.
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Trump Administration Threatens No Back Pay for Federal Workers in Shutdown President Donald Trump’s administration is warning of no guaranteed back pay for federal workers during a shutdown.
Teen Cadet Says He Was Beaten, Concussed at Camp at Aberdeen Proving Ground In early August 2022, 17-year-old Nathanael Royal called his parents and begged them to bring him home before he got attacked...
The Civil War Battle Where a West Point Professor Defeated His Confederate Student The Civil War ripped apart nearly every bond Americans shared — classmates, friends, even family members found themselves on...
Army Vet Sentenced to Year In Prison For $80,000 Fraud, Stolen Valor Sharon Toney-Finch, 43, was indicted in April 2024 on four charges: wire fraud, stolen valor, theft of government funds, and...