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Why the service academies deserve their own spot in March Madness
Every March, 68 men’s college basketball teams punch their tickets to the NCAA Tournament. Schools load up on NIL-funded rosters, raid the transfer portal for plug-and-play talent, and circle...
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Some military nonprofits are MIA at a time when families need them most
Right now, thousands of our military-connected communities are experiencing high levels of angst and uncertainty, as government contracts are being terminated without warning and deployments increase.
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VA TelePulmonology helps Veteran receive lung care from home
VA provides respiratory therapy through telehealth When Air Force Veteran Robert Ordoyne was hospitalized earlier this year with coronary hypertension—a condition that puts added strain on both the...
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Military’s new budget could give 7% pay raise to most junior troops
Junior enlisted service members would see the largest of a three-tiered pay raise for troops next year under the latest proposed budget from President Donald Trump’s administration.
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VA briefs lawmakers on domestic and sexual violence programs
Every Veteran deserves safety, dignity and support, and VA is expanding nationwide efforts to ensure survivors of domestic violence, intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual assault receive exactly.
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How a bidding war inspired a WWI veteran to push for an NFL draft
When millions of Americans tune in to the 2026 NFL draft on Thursday, April 23, they’ll have two military veterans to thank for the league’s biggest offseason spectacle.
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Centenarian Billy Kirby champions veterans care and DAV advocacy
Billy Kirby joined the Army in 1940 from Osage, Texas. Deployed to Italy at age 23, he fought in the Battle of Rapido River (nicknamed the “Bloody River”) during the Battle of Monte Cassino.
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‘Masters of the Air’ got a definitive new edition from The Folio Society
Donald L. Miller spent years tracking down the men of the Eighth Air Force; haunting reunion halls, poring over diaries at England’s Mass Observation Archive, and sifting through declassified records.
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Tricare Providers Have Gone More Than a Year Without Payment. Now Some Are Getting Clawback Letters.
When Humana Military switched its claims processor from Wisconsin Physicians Service to PGBA on Jan. 1, 2025, the transition was supposed to be seamless. It was not.
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Live Whole Health #312: Pause for your whole health
Many of us are busy each day taking care of others, both at work and at home. We know that we should take some time to also take care of ourselves, but it can be hard to find the time for that.
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Pentagon calls Individual Ready Reserve a ‘mobilization asset’ in new policy
A new Pentagon policy for veterans still in the Individual Ready Reserve puts a sharper tone on how the Pentagon views inactive soldiers, moving from a last resort to a backup source for manpower.
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Every Benefit Available to Surviving Military Spouses in 2026
The Department of Veterans Affairs provides benefits to surviving military spouses to help them rebuild their lives. Here is what is available in 2026.
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Tricare Pharmacy Copays Changed in 2026. Here’s What You’re Paying Now and How to Pay Less.
Changes affecting Tricare home delivery and retail pharmacy copays took effect Jan. 1. Here is what you’re paying now, what changed, and how to keep your costs as low as possible.
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General confirms A-10 lost, helicopter damaged during F-15 rescue in Iran
The pilot of an A-10 Warthog had to eject due to damage, and a helicopter was hit by ground fire during a “thunder run” daylight rescue, top government officials said at a Monday press conference.
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VA staffing shortages led to failure to refer veterans to supportive housing, investigators find
Department of Veteran Affairs case managers failed to refer veterans experiencing homelessness to the VA’s supportive housing program, due to understaffing, high turnover and staff burnout, according.
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The FBI’s secret fight to track down American traitors in Europe during WWII
Monumental battles between Allied and German forces in Holland, Belgium, eastern France, northern Italy and along Germany’s western frontier were still being waged when two American men — Frederick...
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How a steamboat carrying Union soldiers sank and became ‘America’s Titanic’
All seemed peaceful as Union Army Pvt. Commodore Smith lay asleep on the steamship Sultana on April 27, 1865. Smith, who was on the vessel’s lower deck, didn’t stay unconscious for long.
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Healing words and hearts
Enhancing well-being and healing through the power of reading In a quiet hospital room at the Birmingham VA Medical Center ( BVAMC), a simple act of kindness unfolds as a volunteer sits beside a...
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Hiring Veterans: Jobs of the week for April 6, 2026
Editor’s note: This post contains links to jobs that are active at the time of publishing. Most job listings close 7–30 days after posting.
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Army lets soldiers deployed for Operation Epic Fury reenlist two years early
Soldiers in the Army taking part in the war with Iran can now reenlist up to two years before their service ends. The Army announced the change on Friday, April 3 as part of several authorizations...
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