Veteran News
Service
Air conditioning has been restored to barracks for about 4,000 soldiers assigned to bases in Hawaii after some of the mechanical issues at a local water treatment plant were fixed, an Army official...
Service
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Community
DAV is relieved that the Take Care of America’s Veterans Act was not brought up for a final vote today, but we remain determined to work with our VSO colleagues and Congress to enact the Major...
Health
The Pentagon announced that service members will get access to testosterone replacement therapy. Experts say that treating health issues associated with hormonal deficiencies is more complex than...
Advocacy
The House rejected a move to send a controversial veterans benefits bill back to committee for reconsideration and postponed a vote on the legislation Thursday, with House Speaker Mike Johnson saying.
Advocacy
Scam artists have been targeting the $100,000 now available to eligible New Mexico victims of radiation exposure dating back to the world’s first atomic bomb explosion code-named “Trinity” in New...
Advocacy
A controversial veterans benefits bill that is estimated to reduce future disability ratings by nearly $60 billion over a decade to pay for expanded compensation hit a speed bump on Thursday.
Service
Veterans who served from the mid-1980s up to today will likely be familiar with the iconic 9mm Beretta M9 . Despite the formal adoption of the SIG Sauer M17/M18 handgun as the official U.S.
Health
Supporting diabetic Veterans facing food insecurity At the Bay Pines VA Healthcare System , a new pilot program is taking shape to assist diabetic Veterans who are facing a growing challenge: food...
Community
For families of severely disabled veterans, service doesn’t end when the uniform comes off. Spouses often spend years as caregivers, advocates and steady partners through the lasting effects of...
Legacy
In 1941, the United States Embassy gave Mildred Gillars a way out. She didn’t take it. Gillars worked for Third Reich Radio in Germany, and as her broadcasts became more anti-American and...
Health
A Washington inmate used jail phones to call VA medical centers and convince staff members to hand over personal information of seriously ill veterans receiving care at the hospitals.
Service
Before he served as a combat medic and sniper on Navy SEAL teams in the Middle East, before he ever thought of becoming an officer or going to medical school, and before he even dreamed he'd become a.
Advocacy
As supporters of the Taking Care of America’s Veterans Act defend the legislation as the best chance in years to pass more than 60 veterans bills, the committee’s top Democrat says Congress should be.
Service
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a new program to screen troops 30 years and older for testosterone deficiency. The new screening will be conducted annually as part of service members’...
Service
The Marine Corps has denounced comments made by a Marine veteran running for Congress who posted a video of himself in uniform and made threatening comments directed at President Donald Trump.
Benefits
Between 1948 and 1958, Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands was the site of 43 nuclear bomb tests, including the U.S. military’s first hydrogen bomb detonation.
Family
A premature newborn with elevated lead levels, a child who missed nearly half the school year because of mold-related illness, and families reporting electrical fires, flooding and cockroaches...
Legacy
Help improve health outcomes for Veterans The Million Veteran Program (MVP) is a historic effort : the largest health research program in the world affiliated with a healthcare system, and the first..
Transition
While navigating the claims and benefits process is critical, it’s only part of a successful transition out of the military.
