Lump-Sum Benefits for Survivors of Active-Duty Military Members Even military families often don’t know what benefits are available to the surviving family of an active-duty service member.
Trump’s Criticism of NATO Soldiers in Afghanistan Angers Veterans Latest statements by the president saying NATO soldiers stayed off the front lines have angered veterans and political...
Ask Lacey: Is Concurrent Retirement and Disability Pay Taxed? Concurrent Retirement and Disability Pay (CRDP) can be hard to wrap your head around, especially when it comes to taxes and...
Ask Lacey: How Can Veterans Get Free Cell Phones? The good news is, there are options to help you without jumping through a bunch of hoops.
Here's How to Maximize VA Benefits over Your Lifetime VA benefits can play a critical role in a veteran's financial plan. Here's a three-tiered look at how to make the most of...
VA's AI Tools Lack Patient Safety Oversight, Watchdog Warns Artificial intelligence chatbots help Department of Veterans Affairs doctors document patient visits and make clinical...
‘Sheepdog’ Turns Veteran Trauma into a Mission of Hope The new film "Sheepdog" follows a combat veteran’s struggle to rebuild his identity after war, offering an unflinching but...
Here’s When VA Benefits Do and Don’t Count as Income, for Taxes and Otherwise VA disability compensation is completely tax-free at both federal and state levels. You don't report it on your tax return...
Vietnam Veteran and Alleged Serial Killer’s Remains Will Be Removed from National Cemetery Fernando Cota has spent more than 40 years buried in a national veterans' cemetery. But after the passing of a new law, the...
Marine Veteran’s Suicide at VA Hospital Parking Lot Raises Alarm on Veteran Mental Health Crisis A former Marine, Enrique Ramos Jr., died by suicide at a San Antonio VA hospital in December, marking the second suicide at...
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...
