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Service
An Army recruiter used the identities of seven would-be recruits to open bank accounts, cash in on fraudulent checks and credit cards in their names, and even buy plane tickets for a Las Vegas trip,..
Advocacy
Santa Rosa County, Florida has 24,169 veterans and 17 listed resources — the widest gap of 2,002 counties ranked in a new free, open dataset that names the most under-served county in every state.
Service
An annual event put on by members of Congress to honor fallen servicewomen was canceled this year after the Navy, Air Force and Space Force bowed out, citing Pentagon and White House policies on...
Service
The last time that the United States carried out a military execution was in 1961. Officials hung Army soldier John Bennett at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, for the rape and attempted murder of an...
Legacy
The road leading south out of Baghdad never looked like a typical killing field you’d imagine; it looked like farmland. Canals threaded between palm groves, wheat and date plots worked by the...
Legacy
In a small area of Northern France, in a town called Seringes-et-Nesles, is a cemetery filled with soldiers who died fighting to keep France from falling to the Kaiser’s Germany during World War I.
Community
Turning shared, connected information into timely, coordinated support Behind every VA homeless programs social worker, nurse or peer is an integrated data system designed to do one thing: help VA...
Service
Mankind is once again making history in space , with no plans to slow down. NASA announced Tuesday the names of four military members who will take the next step in “one of the most complex human...
Service
Officers on their way to the general and admiral ranks will have another benchmark to meet before picking their first star.
Benefits
There is a new scam targeting Veterans. The latest tactic involves sending fraudulent postcards claiming you (or your spouse) are entitled to “extra VA benefits” or additional payments, including...
Service
As Andrew Nydegger’s symptoms progressed, his doctor tried to figure out what was wrong. The doctor sought an answer but couldn’t find one before going on leave for a couple of weeks.
Family
Photos courtesy of Karen Hartman I stood in a Brooklyn post office renewing my teenage son’s passport, hoping to board a plane by summertime.
Benefits
Veterans seeking to file disability claims related to military sexual trauma are “more likely” to be denied by the Department of Veterans Affairs than those whose claims are for combat injuries,...
Transition
Delivering high-quality care to Veterans takes a whole team of professionals committed to making a difference. Across the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA’s) nationwide network, support services...
Service
Neighbors at a Texas Air Force Base say that they have seen poisonous snakes and scorpions hiding in waist-high weeds and grass in base neighborhoods where landscaping crews have not worked in over a.
Health
We’ve all seen it—endless health advice, from fitness tips to wellness trends, flooding our feeds on a daily basis. It can be hard to know what’s reliable and what’s just another passing fad.
Service
President Donald Trump has promised to respond after the crash of an Apache helicopter, which he said was shot down by the Iranians.
Service
An Army veteran who served in Iraq was subdued and apprehended by three National Guardsmen during an incident last month in Washington, D.C.
Service
This article was sponsored by Navy Federal Credit Union. Navy Federal Credit Union is federally insured by NCUA. Military life has a way of teaching you that the best outcomes usually start with a...
Legacy
A doorman at Douglas MacArthur’s hotel stopped the legendary general as he prepared to visit the United States Military Academy for the final time.
