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USA Wheelchair Football League to host 3rd Annual Veteran All-Star Game during 2026 NFL Draft Week
The USA Wheelchair Football League (USAWFL), a program of Move United, will host its 3rd annual Veteran All-Star Game on Friday, April 24, as part of the 2026 NFL Draft festivities in Pittsburgh.
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Military contractors no longer have ‘immunity’ to lawsuits brought by troops
An Army veteran attempting to wield South Carolina law to sue a military contractor won a major Supreme Court victory Wednesday, carving out a narrow legal lane for those seeking to hold wartime...
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Scams targeting surviving family members
Scammers often target surviving family members shortly after a Veteran’s death, when benefit payments are issued, and when grief can make some people more vulnerable to manipulation.
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How the F-35 is changing Marine airpower
After decades of flying the AV-8B Harrier II and the F/A-18 Hornet, the Marine Corps is going all in on the F-35. Besides being stealthy, the jet has far more advanced sensing and data-sharing tools..
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The National Guard unit that stormed Omaha Beach on D-Day
The National Guard tends to be the butt of a lot of jokes from fellow service members and civilians alike. It’s not without merit, as a lot of times, the jokes write themselves.
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Take MVP’s new Military Experiences and Toxic Exposures Survey
Share your story with VA’s largest research program The Million Veteran Program (MVP), VA’s largest research program, started in 2011 with the goal of improving health for all Veterans.
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Supporting military children during a permanent change of station
Every April, VA recognizes the resilience, strength and sacrifice of military children during the Month of the Military Child.
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Army Chinook makes first landing without a pilot
First, the Army got a remote-controlled Black Hawk . Now it is a step closer to getting an autonomous Chinook, after a CH‑47F Chinook successfully landed in testing without a pilot.
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How these Navy submariners worked to save themselves after their sub sank
A white T-shirt represented the last chance for 38 submariners. Without it, they could not have survived much longer in the crippled U.S. Navy submarine S-5.
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‘Got to Get Fixed:’ Billing Delays, Coverage Issues Still Plague Tricare Patients and Providers
Nearly every day for months, Lorelei Evans, a major in the U.S. Army Reserve, received a call or text from a doctor’s office trying to collect on some of her family’s $86,000 in unpaid medical bills.
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Used as an ‘individual target’ by the Germans, this Medal of Honor recipient kept up the fight
On Nov. 8, 1942, the United States opened a new front against Germany, Italy and Vichy France when its forces landed in Morocco and Algeria.
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Push to identify remains of POWS who endured Bataan Death March, hell ships
More than 80 years later, the remains of U.S. POWs buried as “unknowns,” or entombed in the holds of Japanese “hell ships” sunk by U.S.
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Supreme Court rules in favor of soldier who sued contractor over 2016 Bagram bombing
The U.S. Supreme Court has affirmed an Army soldier’s right to sue a military contractor whose employee detonated a suicide bomb on Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, in 2016.
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Navy Secretary leaving role ‘effective immediately,’ Pentagon announces
Navy Secretary John Phelan is “departing the administration, effective immediately,” Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell announced on Wednesday.
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100,000 Veterans Have Enrolled in VA Health Care in 2026. Are You Missing Out?
If you are a veteran who has never enrolled in Department of Veterans Affairs health care, or who was turned away in the past, do you know whether you are eligible now?
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Air Force wants to use lasers to help protect rescue helicopters after Iran mission
Four days after a daring daylight rescue mission whisked a downed American fighter pilot out of Iran under heavy fire , a notice appeared on a federal contracting website.
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The Spanish Flu — a deadly postscript to WWI — started at a US military base
In the spring of 1918, as American soldiers prepared to go “over the top” for the first time during World War I, a handful of army physicians began noticing a strange sickness that began to grip...
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The US military wants to add 44,500 additional troops next year
The Pentagon wants to add 44,500 active duty troops and reservists next year. The Pentagon’s proposed $1.5 trillion budget includes funding to buy weapons, conduct research and develop new...
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VA’s Foreclosure Prevention Tool Is Back. Here’s How the Partial Claim Program Works
Under a 2025 law, the Department of Veterans Affairs can advance funds to cover a veteran’s missed VA loan payments and bring the loan current.
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Valor awards for Marines at Abbey Gate upgraded, Pentagon announces
The Marine Corps has upgraded valor awards received by Marines who guarded Hamid Karzai International Airport’s Abbey Gate in Kabul when a suicide bomber struck on Aug.
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