Service
Army warns soldiers: No Zyn in France, please
The Army wants you…to leave nicotine pouches behind when traveling through France. Seriously, the Army says don’t take Zyn or any other brand with you inside French borders.
Veteran News
News
Health
Supporting Veterans with more than a meal
Eastern Oklahoma VA social worker delivers food and hope to Veterans in need Each month, social worker Jennifer Edwards, a Department of Housing and Urban Development-Veterans Affairs Supportive...
Legacy
She drove an ambulance during the Blitz then helped win D-Day
Before World War II, Kathleen McCarthy Summersby (Kay for short) was an Irish fashion model. Once the Germans started dropping bombs on Britain, she stepped up and showed her grit, driving an...
Service
Pentagon cuts its list of religious identities by 180
The Department of Defense is drastically reducing the number of religious faiths and belief systems it recognizes in its personnel records, from 211 to just 31.
Service
The Marines and the rare rifles you didn’t know were at D-Day
In 1863, Adm. David Dixon Porter famously wrote, “A ship without Marines is like a garment without buttons.” Remembering that this was a time before t-shirts when people dressed properly, his words...
Transition
Put your expertise to use as a medical instrument technician at VA
Advancements in science and technology offer many ways to get data to help our physicians make diagnoses. However, it takes a medical instrument technician to manage the machines that provide this...
Transition
Unemployment rate for veterans drops to 3.2%, women vets surge on jobs market
The unemployment rate for veterans dipped to 3.2% in May, bolstered by a gains among women veterans despite fears that artificial intelligence could trigger layoffs, according to the Bureau of Labor..
Service
Army lays out criteria for evaluating religious waivers for beards
A new Army directive outlines how service officials will examine the religious basis and sincerity of soldiers’ requests for waivers to wear beards.
Advocacy
Congress considers legislation to vastly improve VA dental benefits
Disabled American Veterans is backing congressional legislation that would greatly expand former service members’ access to dental care.
Legacy
‘Top Gun: Maverick’ actor and Vietnam veteran James Handy killed at 81
James Handy, a Vietnam War veteran who spent nearly five decades as one of Hollywood’s most reliably present character actors, appearing in more than 140 films and television productions ranging from.
Health
Start a suicide prevention talk to help save a Veteran’s life
Speaking up, whether you’re asking for help or offering it, can be lifesaving Talking about suicide can be uncomfortable. But speaking up about how you’re feeling, or the struggles you’re facing, can.
Health
VA Research Wrap Up: New findings on skin cancer, artificial lungs and physical therapy
VA’s Office of Research and Development recently published three News Briefs highlighting research findings on a potential new skin cancer treatment, artificial lung engineering and improving...
Service
Military promotions should not be political leverage
The views and opinion expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities mentioned.
Health
Vets to Teachers: University of North Georgia teacher certification program
Are you a Veteran with a baccalaureate degree? Editor’s note: Sharing of non-VA information does not constitute an endorsement of products or services by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Service
This is what it’s like to play a petty officer on ‘NCIS’
It’s easy for filmmaking to lose its charm. Days on set are long. Some shot setups are tedious. There’s a lot of “hurry up and wait,” and we all know how that feels.
Service
Army’s plan for military death row executions is named ‘Operation Resolute Justice’
The Army has a plan in place for the service to carry out executions of military prisoners on death row, if execution orders are approved by President Donald Trump, officials confirmed.
Benefits
Free course from Warrior Rising helps service-disabled Veterans explore business ownership
Editor’s note: Sharing of non-VA information does not constitute an endorsement of products or services by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Service
Air Force promotes ‘Pizza Cat’ to ‘Senior Meowster Sergeant’
Attention to orders: The commander of the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing has promoted the beloved feline assigned to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, widely known as “Pizza Cat” to serve in the next higher...
Service
Green Beret says SOCOM’s hypervelocity rifle will kill SIG M7 rifle
Though the Army adopted the SIG M7 rifle and M8 carbine, the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) decided not to follow suit.
Health
TeleOccupational Therapy reduces hospital readmissions
TeleOccupational Therapy saves Veterans time and improves care An older Veteran with cardiac issues was hospitalized after dizziness led to a severe fall in his home.