House Republicans Vote to Block VA from Changing Motto to Include Female Veterans The VA would not be able to "modify or remove any display" of the mission statement it adopted 64 years ago under an...
VA Expands Breast Cancer Screenings, Mammograms for Veterans Who Served Overseas The move is in accordance with legislation passed last year in memory of a Marine Corps veteran who died at age 42 of breast...
VA Unveils Team to Study Racial Disparities in Benefit Payouts to Veterans The new council and office were created in response to a presidential order to address racial disparities and support...
Veterans Can Now Use VA Info Line to Report Sexual Assault, Harassment The call center will be available around the clock, officials said.
No Abortions, Pride Flags or Transgender Care: Republicans Use Spending Bill to Block VA Policies The effort, made by GOP lawmakers in the annual VA spending bill, aims to stop the agency from following policies it sees as...
America Faces a Tidal Wave of Aging Veterans, Including a 237% Increase in Women over 65 by 2041 How do we best care for those who have served on our behalf as they grow old?
The Only American Female POW in WWII Europe Had to Fight for Her Status Reba Whittle was a flight nurse ferrying wounded soldiers from the battlefields of Europe to safety.
Effort to Repeal VA Abortion Policy Narrowly Fails in Senate Vote The vote closes a chapter of Congress' bid to stop the VA from providing abortions, But the policy is still facing challenges...
How the War in Iraq Changed the Military for Women Some 2,200 active-duty women out of roughly 40,000 are serving in infantry, cavalry, armor and field artillery roles.
IAVA Names New CEO, First Woman to Lead the Post-9/11 Veterans Organization Army veteran Allison Jaslow also is the first LGBTQ leader of a major veterans service organization.
'The Greatest Soldier in American History' Took a Tank Round to the Leg and Kept Fighting The only reason Matt Urban didn't receive the Medal of Honor for single-handedly breaking an entire battalion through France...
4th US Soldier's Body Recovered from Lithuanian Swamp The Army has not released the names of the soldiers pending notification of the next of kin. The bodies of the other three...
How Comic Legend Mel Brooks Defused Land Mines During World War II Brooks participated in the Battle of the Bulge -- Germany's final major offensive on the Western Front -- but to his...
Pentagon Civilians Again Told They Can Resign Now, or Face Potential Firings in the Future Hegseth signed a memo Friday to restart a deferred resignation program that emerged out of billionaire Elon Musk's "Fork in...
A Gulf War Veteran Convicted of Killing His Girlfriend and 3 Children Is Set for Execution Jeffrey Hutchinson, 59, is set to die by lethal injection May 1 at Florida State Prison near the city of Starke. DeSantis, a...