The Pearl Harbor Memorial Is Littered with Errors. This Navy Vet Is Trying to Get Them Fixed. Mistakes in captions and photos at the national park's visitor center mar the experience for visitors, historians and history...
Our Sacrifices Were Meaningful, But We Need Help: The Afghan Withdrawal and Veterans' Mental Health The day after Kabul fell to the Taliban in August during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the VA shared a suicide...
50,000 Extra VA Patients Died in 2020 Compared to Normal, Study Finds Excess patient deaths at VA in 2020 show a larger pandemic toll, yet the increase was lower than in the general U.S...
I Had Never Seen the Impact of War Until I Spoke With Those Who Waged It "I was most shocked when I learned about what life was like when the veterans came back from war."
I Asked Him About the Best Part of His Service – 'Everybody Looked Out for Each Other' "During eighth grade, my perception of war was how Hollywood portrayed it: blood and death, and bullets and bombs."
Wilmer Valderrama on Remembering our Military this Veterans Day and Every Day "Whenever I have the honor of spending time with our troops, I am inspired and strengthened by their honor and resolve."
Excuses and a Recurring Nightmare, Brought to an End by Medals and Heroism "I needed to be protective about my ability as a defender, so I used my reasoning to protect myself, while I illogically...
A Veteran's Odyssey After Hanging Up the Uniform in an America He Doesn't Recognize "The story of Odysseus is the story of the day after -- what happens when the battle is done?"
Stolen Valor Is So Grubby - Stolen for What? To Impress Who? "I wanted him to feel that shiver up the spine we all feel, that I've felt, when our awkward lies are revealed."
The Best Places for Veterans to Live? Try Tampa, but Avoid Detroit, Survey Finds A new survey on the best and worst places for veterans to live put a Florida city on top for the second year in a row.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
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...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...