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Introducing the Claim Assist Portal: A new, easier way to respond to VA claim requests
VA is making it easier than ever to keep your claim on track. With the new Claim Assist Portal, you’ll have a faster, more convenient way to respond when additional information is needed.
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How John Brown’s raid on the arsenal at Harper’s Ferry made the Civil War inevitable
In October 1859, a small town at the junction of two rivers became the focal point of one of the most dramatic and consequential events in American history.
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His Family Legacy Led Him to the Military. But He Found Contentment as a Family Man
Photos courtesy of Michael Kingslayer
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Pentagon identifies 4 soldiers killed by Iranian attack
The Defense Department has identified four of the six service members who were killed over the weekend by an Iranian attack.
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What you should know about the program that trains US military dogs
They’ve been around for every major United States military conflict since the Revolutionary War. They’ve put themselves in just as much danger as any service member, sometimes more.
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Rural community profile: Revisiting Togus, Maine
With almost a quarter of all Veterans in the United States residing in rural communities, ensuring they receive quality health care close to home is more important than ever.
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Lawmakers revive push for veterans disability reform bill
House and Senate members, along with prominent veterans’ organizations, hope 2026 will be the year Congress passes legislation to give 54,000 wounded veterans their military retirement pay and...
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Sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln scrawl their names on bombs headed to Iran
For as long as troops have loaded bombs onto planes, they’ve marked them with scrawled messages or even their own names. That tradition appeared to continue this week among sailors on the USS Abraham.
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DAV Partners with M&D Supply Ace Hardware Stores Across Texas to Support Veterans and Their Families
ERLANGER, Ky. – DAV (Disabled American Veterans) is proud to announce a new partnership with select Texas-based M&D Supply Ace Hardware stores on a series of round-up campaigns to support ill and...
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Marines opened fire after group attempted to storm US consulate in Pakistan
Marines assigned to the U.S. consulate in Karachi, Pakistan, recently fired their weapons in self-defense after they were attacked by protestors who had breached the facility, a U.S.
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Top officer in Middle East tells US troops ‘you will change the course of human history’
In a letter addressed to U.S. troops the same day that American forces began striking targets inside Iran, the top commander in the Middle East said that the military was moving from “deterrence into.
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How Kuwait’s air defenses downed three American F-15 Strike Eagles
It was supposed to be a standard intercept. In the pitch-black maelstrom over the Kuwaiti desert, three F-15E Strike Eagles from the 335th Fighter Squadron were hunting for Iranian suicide drones.
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VA Homeless Programs: More than just housing
Helping Veterans move into a new home is only the first step for VA When you think of “exiting homelessness,” what comes to mind?
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Here’s what came from historic women veterans legislation
January 2026 marked five years since the enactment of one of the most significant policy victories for women veterans. Named after the woman who brazenly disguised herself as a man so she could fight.
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Bay Area Veterans enjoy Super Bowl experience, and community support
VA teamed up with Metropolis-GAMEDAY to give thousands of local Veterans and their families free access to the Super Bowl Experience on Feb.
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Former fighter pilots explain what it’s like to eject, following Kuwait shoot downs
The six American flyers who ejected from F-15E Strike Eagles over Kuwait on Sunday experienced a moment that pilots pray never happens but train for as if they know it will.
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Veteran experts were nominated to determine federal education rulemaking
Veterans organizations in Washington, D.C. came together to nominate two prominent veterans to the U.S. Department of Education’s upcoming rulemaking committee on higher education accreditation.
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How Eisenhower’s ‘Atoms for Peace’ program started Iran’s nuclear program
Amid burgeoning tensions, President Dwight Eisenhower went before the United Nations General Assembly on December 8, 1953, and called for peace.
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What led to Operation Epic Fury?
USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. fires a Tomahawk Land Attack Missile on Saturday during Operation Epic Fury. (U.S. Navy Photo)
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When veterans take the pen, war stories start to change
Hollywood has never lacked war stories. But it has often lacked veteran storytellers telling them. For years, military narratives on screen have gravitated toward spectacle or trauma.
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