Restoring Full VA Burial Benefits for Vets Who Initially Chose Plaque or Urn Part of Bill Introduced in Senate The bill would correct a flaw from previous legislation that lawmakers say has forced veterans' families to forgo a burial at...
Veterans Fear Trump Administration Plans to Privatize VA Health Care Veterans are increasingly getting care from private medical providers, who are then paid by the VA. It's an effort to create...
Not Just for US Veterans: 7 Medical Breakthroughs the VA Gave to the World With the VA facing job cuts, it's important to remind not only veterans, but also lawmakers, health officials and the...
Military Veterans Are Becoming the Face of Trump's Government Cuts and Democrats' Resistance As congressional lawmakers scramble to respond to President Donald Trump's slashing of the federal government, one group is...
Lawmakers Try Again on Bill to Give 50,000 Medically Retired Veterans Full VA Disability, Retirement Pay The Major Richard Star Act, which has been floated since 2020, has the support of more than 40 veterans' organizations and...
VA Halts Transgender Care for New Veteran Patients as Advocates Warn of Dire Consequences The department announced that patients currently being treated and those discharged from the Defense Department who receive...
Could the US Bring Back the Draft? Who Would Be Called First — and Who Qualifies Could the U.S. bring back the draft? Here’s how Selective Service works today, who would be called first and why only about...
VA Study: Ozempic, Other GLP-1 Drugs May Fight Addiction Across Every Major Substance For the more than 48 million Americans with substance use disorders, including a disproportionate share of veterans, GLP-1...
US Navy Sends Submarines Under Arctic Ice for 100th Time in Milestone Exercise The U.S. Navy has reached a Cold War-era milestone in the Arctic, deploying two Virginia-class submarines beneath the polar...
After the Knock on the Door: How TAPS Supports Military Families for Life After a service member dies, families face a lifetime of grief. TAPS founder Bonnie Carroll explains how the organization...
Exclusive: John Ripley, the Marine Who Blew Up the Dong Ha Bridge, to Receive the Medal of Honor More than 50 years after hanging beneath a Vietnam bridge to stop a North Vietnamese armored invasion, Marine Col. John...
![](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-03/va%20debakey%20legend%201200.jpg?itok=FugzVuVV ""The father of modern cardiovascular surgery," Dr. Michael E. DeBakey was a World War II veteran and helped create the modern VA medical system. (Dept. of Veterans Affairs)")
