Veteran News
Health
VA’s Office of Research and Development recently published three News Briefs highlighting new findings on therapy for post-stoke aphasia, cirrhosis-associated chronic pain and PTSD and depression...
Service
Despite the protests of the badass pilots who fly it and troops on the ground who love having it overhead, the A-10 Thunderbolt II has been fighting for its life since the introduction of the F-35.
Legacy
It’s 1990, a fictional New York street cop has recently taught a generation to fear a gun that did not actually exist. Bruce Willis, playing John McClane in “Die Hard 2,” warned that terrorists were..
Health
Editor’s note: This report contains discussion of suicide. Troops, veterans and family members experiencing suicidal thoughts can call the 24-hour Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988 and dial 1, text..
Transition
Employers in skilled trades, manufacturing, defense and maritime industries are hiring now—and Veteran experience often lines up perfectly with what they need.
Service
Roughly 5,200 enlisted medical service members assigned to a healthcare education facility in Texas are being moved out of their dormitories due to “systemic infrastructure failures” stemming from...
Service
The Iran War isn’t just unpopular. From the start, it had the lowest support among Americans of any war in U.S. history—and wars do not get more popular as time goes on.
Service
The M14 rifle replaced the venerable M1 Garand in 1957 and infamously served as the primary U.S. service rifle for only five years before it was replaced by the M16 rifle.
Health
Marine Veteran Edward Chavez turned his health around with VA’s MOVE! Program, losing 40 pounds in five months When serious health issues began to surface, Marine Veteran Edward Chavez knew he was...
Legacy
As an actor, Ross McCall is used to being recognized on the street. However, the Scottish film and TV star is amazed at the amount of attention he still receives for a character he portrayed a...
Service
The Post 9/11 wars have shown the limits of America’s military might against insurgents, terrorist groups, and other enemies that fight in the shadows instead of in force-on-force battles.
Community
Standing at her canvas in her studio in Virginia, Sam Juan brushed the surface and felt her shoulders drop. The Army veteran, artist and advocate spent years seeking healing from wounds that lingered.
Legacy
As the last Marines awaited rescue from Vietnam on April 30, 1975, they gathered on the rooftop of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. Tired and nervous, they engaged in idle chatter.
Service
Staff Sgt. Bruna Souza, 102nd Medical Group, administers a COVID-19 vaccine during an immunization clinic at Otis Air National Guard Base, Feb. 6.
Health
The Department of Veterans Affairs has slashed improper payments to private companies that provide medical care to veterans by 98%, reducing the amount from $7.
Advocacy
Hazing could become a specific charge under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, under a provision in the upcoming fiscal year’s defense spending bill.
Service
The Defense Department is updating its Cognitive Monitoring Program to include a next-generation capability to meet increased operational demands and reflect matured science.
Advocacy
For years, the Major Richard Star Act appeared to have something Congress rarely sees: overwhelming bipartisan support from nearly 80 senators, more than 330 members of the House, major veterans...
Legacy
Imagine being such a legend that someone from New York—a state you famously hated—decides to name a line of furniture after you in the 150 years after you died.
Service
When a service member dies without updating a beneficiary form, the government pays whoever’s listed on the paperwork, even if it’s someone the recently deceased hadn’t spoken to in decades.
