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Ruger moved from Connecticut to North Carolina and didn’t tell anyone
Sturm, Ruger & Company Inc., better known as simply “Ruger,” has been a staple in American firearms manufacturing since its founding in 1949.
Service
This is what it looks like when Marine recruits meet their drill instructors for the first time
Pick-Up Day is the moment of truth for Marine recruits. Sometimes called “Black Friday” among Marines, it marks the first time they meet their drill instructors, who will train them for the next 13...
Health
How to request your VA health records: A step-by-step guide
A clear path to accessing your VA health records Understanding how to access service and health records and how to navigate the release of information (ROI) process is important for many Veterans as..
Benefits
Veterans face higher hurdles in military sexual trauma claims, report finds
Veterans who apply for disability compensation related to sexual assault in the military face higher standards for proving related injuries, resulting in lower approval ratings and increased risk of..
Benefits
VA funding fee: Who pays and who is exempt?
Compared to other home loan options, the VA-guaranteed home loan stands above the rest. And with great benefits for all comes a minor fee for some, known as the VA funding fee .
Service
Retired Marine colonel to lead NASA’s Artemis III mission
After Randy Bresnik flew combat missions in Kuwait as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom , he contemplated his next career move. He recalled a friend who became an astronaut.
Service
The last light tank the Army had actually wasn’t bad
The Army has been on an as-of-yet unending quest for a true light tank or mobile gun capable of landing behind enemy lines alongside airborne troops.
Service
‘Sounds Like a Mutiny.’ Secret Recording Exposes Claims of Toxic Leadership After a Marine’s Suicide
U.S. Marines with Marine Corps Air Facility Quantico salute during a relief and appointment ceremony in December 2024. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl.
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2026–2027 candidates for national office
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Legacy
First look at the Global War on Terrorism Memorial design in Washington
The foundation overseeing the design of the future Global War on Terrorism Memorial on the National Mall in Washington has unveiled the first renderings of what the site will look like.
Benefits
New in the VA Health and Benefits Mobile App: View your benefit overpayment debt details
Veterans who have a benefit overpayment debt can now view debt balances and details related to disability compensation, pension, and education benefits debt using the VA Health and Benefits mobile...
Benefits
DAV condemns congressional proposal to cut disability benefits for 1.5 million veterans
Once again, we find ourselves in the regrettable position of having to defend the benefits that disabled veterans earn through their service and sacrifice.
Health
VA introduces new electronic health records system to four additional sites
The Department of Veterans Affairs deployed the new Federal Electronic Health Record system to four sites in Ohio and Kentucky on Saturday, bringing the total number of VA health systems using the...
Service
Army recruiter stole identities of recruits to apply for loans, credit cards
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
New county-by-county data maps America's veteran 'service deserts' — and the widest gap is in the Florida Panhandle
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
Event honoring servicewomen canceled after most branches decline to attend
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
Army prepares for possibility of carrying out military executions again
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
Iraq’s ‘Triangle of Death’ is still famously dangerous real estate
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
This cemetery is the final resting place for the Army’s ‘dishonorable dead’
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.