Veteran News
Family
We are living in unsettling times across the globe; times that seem to relentlessly shake our foundations and force our military-connected communities to brace themselves for one disruption after...
Service
A fuze malfunction, the second ever in the model’s service history, likely caused a M795 155mm artillery round to explode early in a live-fire demonstration at Camp Pendleton last fall, raining...
Transition
Military spouses are resilient, adaptable and highly skilled, but frequent relocations and shifting responsibilities can make it challenging to build and sustain a career.
Benefits
The Department of Veterans Affairs officials say they are developing a tool to scan documents veterans submit to prove that they qualify for disability compensation for “telltale signs” of fraud.
Service
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced on March 4 that Marine Raider Pfc. Norton Retzsch, 25, had been accounted for on April 1, 2025 — thanks, in part, to 20-year-old DNA submitted to the...
Legacy
In a United States War Department-issued “Line of Position” notebook, Capt. Robert A. Lewis begins like many service member letters, with a “Dear Mom + Dad.” But this log, dated Aug.
Legacy
A movement is taking shape across some Ukraine-aligned social media channels to get an upcoming game de-listed from major game license vendor Steam under a surprising claim: It’s Russian propaganda...
Service
Nobody ever briefed you on the cattle truck . There was no block of instruction, no safety brief, no introductory PowerPoint with b-roll of a smiling private boarding a pristine trailer.
Health
How women shaped the earliest systems of care for returning soldiers While the history of Veteran mental health in the United States is often told through policies and institutions, the contributions.
Health
VA’s Office of Research and Development recently published three News Briefs highlighting research findings on a potential way to protect the blood-brain barrier, a lifestyle coaching app for...
Service
A retired Air Force civilian engineer accused of covering up maintenance issues behind a deadly Marine KC-130T crash was found not guilty by a federal jury earlier this month.
Service
A U.S. KC-135 aerial tanker has gone down over western Iraq, military officials announced Thursday. Rescue efforts are ongoing, according to a brief news release from U.S.
Benefits
Veterans say that the Department of Veterans Affairs has “invented new reasons to deny” former service members access to education benefits that many veterans qualify for, according to a new lawsuit.
Legacy
In 2002, the U.S. military tapped Lt. Gen. Paul Van Riper to lead the opposing forces in the most expensive and expansive military exercise in history up until that point.
Service
The Army has developed a new hand grenade that kills by using blast overpressure instead of fragments when it explodes, which Army officials say is more effective for fighting in close-quarter urban..
Legacy
In March 1915, the Great War was spreading like a plague across Europe, Asia and Africa, but the United States of America was still uninvolved and desperately striving to keep out of it.
Service
A nuclear weapon detonates. The resulting EMP knocks out electronics for miles. Laser designators no longer work, and neither do the precision munitions they would direct.
Benefits
Lawmakers have introduced bipartisan legislation in Congress that would fast-track medical care for veterans with infertility linked to hazardous exposures while serving overseas. Rep.
Health
How Veterans can look out for each other, and act when something feels off. Veterans look out for their own. You’ve probably noticed when a buddy wasn’t acting like themselves.
Community
Student Veterans of America (SVA) recently shared how partnering with VA delivered real impact for student Veterans. During a recent Joint House and Senate Veterans Service Organization (VSO)...
