With Medical Readiness at Stake, Pentagon Embarks on Plan to Fix the Military Health System Years of sending patients to network care, coupled with the pandemic, have hurt the Defense Health Agency's ability to retain...
VA Secretary Tells Employees He'll Stay on the Job Until the End of His Term in January VA Secretary Denis McDonough said in a town hall meeting that he would submit his resignation at the end of President Biden's...
A Nearly $3 Billion Shortfall in VA Benefits Is Looming. The Senate Has Proposed a Fix, But Time Is Running Out. Seeking to avoid a disruption in veterans benefits payments later this year, a bipartisan group of senators has introduced a...
VA's Electronic Health Records System May Require Lots of New Staff. The Cost Worries Lawmakers. The introduction of the new digital medical records system at a joint Veterans Affairs-Defense Department hospital went well...
VA Fertility Benefits for Military Veterans More VA beneficiaries became eligible for fertility treatments in 2024. Here's who qualifies and what to expect.
VA Warns Congress that Benefits Payments Are at Risk Due to Projected $15 Billion Budget Shortfall The VA said it is working with the White House and Congress to address the budget shortfalls in a way that doesn't harm...
VA Names Former Head of Caregiver Program Office as Chief of Staff Meg Kabat worked for the Department of the Navy and played pivotal roles in the VA's Caregiver Support Program Office for...
VA's Threat to Withhold Disability Checks over Decades-Old Separation Pay Surprises Vets Some veterans who received bonuses from the Defense Department to leave the service are learning they have to pay back the...
Burn Pit Victims with Rare Lung Disease Struggle to Get VA Care and Benefits Although constrictive bronchiolitis was one of the first diseases associated with exposure to burn pits, the pathway for...
The Pre-Discharge Program for Disability Compensation The Pre-Discharge Program is a VA/DOD program that lets you file a disability claim up to 180 days before discharge.
Tennessee Man Shot Dead After Flipping Middle Finger at War Memorial Albert Sturgill Jr., 63, was confronted by a group while gesturing at the flag and monuments at Cumberland County Veterans...
Chicago Braces for Potential National Guard Deployment Amid Trump Threats Illinois politicians are sounding an alarm and bracing for possible National Guard deployments to Chicago amid President...
9/11 Air Defense Stories You Might Not Know As hijacked planes turned into weapons on September 11, 2001, inside a quiet Air National Guard facility in upstate New York...
Is Trump's Troop Buildup in US Cities a Declaration of War — or Something Else? As President Donald Trump goads Democratic-led cities, Americans are grappling with a fundamental question of American...
Navy Demotion Reversed for GOP Congressman Who Government Watchdog Found Abused Subordinates Jackson was quietly demoted to captain in 2022, three years after his retirement from the Navy, following an inspector...