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How a Navy veteran found purpose in full-time content creation
While some call them “influencers,” creators like Navy veteran Waren Delanozapata are more than the word implies. Many are mission-driven entrepreneurs.
DAV·Apr 9
Service
Air Force offers up to $50,000 annual bonuses to keep aviators in the service
The Air Force is offering active duty pilots and other aviators up to $50,000 per year to stay in the service as part of this fiscal year’s Aviation Bonus program.
Task & Purpose·Apr 8
Service
A boom operator on an Air Force tanker earned two DFCs for combat flights
A boom operator on a KC-135 tanker earned two Distinguished Flying Crosses on recent combat missions, the Air Force confirmed this week, a rare double-award of the military’s top medal for flight.
Task & Purpose·Apr 8
Service
It’s time to revisit ‘World of Warships’ and its slew of new updates for 2026
“World of Warships” has been on gamers’ radar for more than a decade now, and the updates just keep getting better. This year has been no exception.
We Are The Mighty·Apr 8
Legacy
Ukraine is using a World War I ‘creeping barrage’ tactic to turn the tide of the war
The first casualty of war is always the plan—something the Russian Army relearned the hard way when it invaded Ukraine in 2022. Kyiv was supposed to fall in a matter of days.
We Are The Mighty·Apr 8
Health
Health concern? VA Health Connect nurses are available 24/7
VA Health Connect triage nurses respond to general health concerns, acute symptoms, and chronic condition flare-ups It all started when an 80-year-old Veteran called VA Health Connect to say that his.
VA News·Apr 8
Benefits
Financial Literacy Month: Protect those who matter most with VA Life Insurance
April is Financial Literacy Month, making it the perfect time to plan for the future with life insurance. Life insurance is an important financial tool that provides peace of mind to you and your...
VA News·Apr 8
Service
US troops downed ‘2 million’ energy drinks during Iran war, top general says
U.S. troops carried on one of the Global War on Terror’s most enduring battlefield traditions by downing millions of energy drinks during the Iran war.
Task & Purpose·Apr 8
Legacy
This Navy aviator escaped his captors during the Vietnam War and lived to tell about it
Dieter Dengler was so poor while growing up in Germany that he and his brothers picked through garbage for scraps. Desperate to escape his impoverished circumstances, Dengler was willing to go...
We Are The Mighty·Apr 8
Service
A Transient Life and Hard Goodbyes: The Realities of My Lonely Military Childhood
Photos courtesy of Herbert Mintz. Illustration by Kim Vo When my military family received orders to transfer to another duty station, my dad would organize our packing effort, chart a course,...
The War Horse·Apr 8
Legacy
Overrun and alone, this Medal of Honor recipient gave his life so his men could escape
Born in Newgulf, near Corpus Christi, Texas, on Nov. 6, 1924, Michael Castaneda Pena chose his calling as a man of action early in life.
Army Times - Veterans·Apr 8
Transition
Refresh your career: VA is hiring environmental services technicians
Behind every safe, welcoming patient care environment is a dedicated team working to keep it that way. At the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), environmental services technicians play a vital role.
VA News·Apr 7
Service
Army plans to host new commercial data centers on at least 4 bases
The Army plans to host civilian-run data centers on its bases, according to recent federal contracting documents and official statements.
Task & Purpose·Apr 7
Service
Why the service academies deserve their own spot in March Madness
Every March, 68 men’s college basketball teams punch their tickets to the NCAA Tournament. Schools load up on NIL-funded rosters, raid the transfer portal for plug-and-play talent, and circle...
We Are The Mighty·Apr 7
Family
Some military nonprofits are MIA at a time when families need them most
Right now, thousands of our military-connected communities are experiencing high levels of angst and uncertainty, as government contracts are being terminated without warning and deployments increase.
We Are The Mighty·Apr 7
Health
VA TelePulmonology helps Veteran receive lung care from home
VA provides respiratory therapy through telehealth When Air Force Veteran Robert Ordoyne was hospitalized earlier this year with coronary hypertension—a condition that puts added strain on both the...
VA News·Apr 7
Service
Military’s new budget could give 7% pay raise to most junior troops
Junior enlisted service members would see the largest of a three-tiered pay raise for troops next year under the latest proposed budget from President Donald Trump’s administration.
Task & Purpose·Apr 7
Advocacy
VA briefs lawmakers on domestic and sexual violence programs
Every Veteran deserves safety, dignity and support, and VA is expanding nationwide efforts to ensure survivors of domestic violence, intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual assault receive exactly.
VA News·Apr 7
Legacy
How a bidding war inspired a WWI veteran to push for an NFL draft
When millions of Americans tune in to the 2026 NFL draft on Thursday, April 23, they’ll have two military veterans to thank for the league’s biggest offseason spectacle.
We Are The Mighty·Apr 7
Advocacy
Centenarian Billy Kirby champions veterans care and DAV advocacy
Billy Kirby joined the Army in 1940 from Osage, Texas. Deployed to Italy at age 23, he fought in the Battle of Rapido River (nicknamed the “Bloody River”) during the Battle of Monte Cassino.
DAV·Apr 7
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We Are The MightyJul 23service

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25 years later, ‘Band of Brothers’ still resonates

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Military Times - VeteransJul 23legacy

The US is in another asymmetric war in the Middle East

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Task & PurposeJul 23service

Honest, Vulnerable, Visible

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...

DAVJul 23community

Inside Operation Frequent Wind and the scramble to get US military out of Vietnam

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.

We Are The MightyJul 23legacy

Trump Promised Redemption for Troops Who Refused Covid Shots. A Year Later, Many Are Still Waiting

Staff Sgt. Bruna Souza, 102nd Medical Group, administers a COVID-19 vaccine during an immunization clinic at Otis Air National Guard Base, Feb. 6.

The War HorseJul 23service

VA reduces improper payments for private health care by 98% since 2020, GAO finds

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.

Military Times - VeteransJul 22health

Hazing could soon become a specific charge under military law

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.

Task & PurposeJul 22advocacy

Pentagon to roll out new test to assess troops’ cognitive performance

The Defense Department is updating its Cognitive Monitoring Program to include a next-generation capability to meet increased operational demands and reflect matured science.

Army Times - VeteransJul 22service

How a $10 billion veterans bill became a $78 billion debate

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...

Military Times - VeteransJul 22advocacy

Vermont built its Founding Father a 42-Foot monument. Then couldn’t find his body.

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.

We Are The MightyJul 22legacy

Expert attorneys created a free estate planning guide for active duty and veterans

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.

We Are The MightyJul 22service

Life after cancer: Support for the journey beyond treatment

Supporting survivors as they adjust to a new normal Facing cancer is a journey that extends beyond treatment, with challenges that continue long after treatment ends.

VA NewsJul 22health

Enlisted Marines in the US will not be getting single barracks rooms

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Task & PurposeJul 22service

These are the 3 soldiers killed by Iran’s attack on a base in Jordan

The Pentagon has announced that Army Sgt. Angel S. Rampersad, 28, is “believed to have been killed” in a July 17 Iranian attack against Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, Jordan.

Task & PurposeJul 22service

How Teddy Roosevelt’s ‘Great White Fleet’ revealed the Navy’s potential

When the Japanese navy showed its overwhelming force during the Russo-Japanese War in the early 20th century, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt took notice.

We Are The MightyJul 22legacy

Military Spouse Life Prepared Me for Almost Anything. Then Came Retirement

Photos courtesy of Tina G. Williams " /> This spring, my family ended up living in two hotel rooms in Helena, Montana. Within weeks, we had lost both our home and my husband’s civilian job.

The War HorseJul 22family

Medal of Honor recipients on service, hope and legacy of duty

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Military Families MagazineJul 22legacy

Explore physical therapy careers at VA

Physical therapists at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) help Veterans regain independence, mobility and quality of life.

VA NewsJul 21health

Your experience matters. Take the 2026 Military Family Lifestyle Survey

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VA NewsJul 21service

Two Air National Guard commanders fired for ‘loss of confidence’

The top wing commander in the Wyoming Air National Guard and a senior group commander were fired from their positions July 17 by the state’s commanding general, state officials said. Col.

Task & PurposeJul 21service

Two new Cold War movies spark America’s anti-authoritarian memory

“We face an enemy that is ever growing.” That’s how Jeff Daniels (“The Newsroom”) as Ronald Reagan opens the trailer for “The Brink of War.

We Are The MightyJul 21legacy

One Veteran’s journey from homelessness to honored caretaker

Finding stability and meaning through work that serves others For James Barger, joining the Air Force at 18 felt like a way to build a future and see the world beyond the small town in East Tennessee...

VA NewsJul 21legacy