House Unanimously Passes Blue Water Navy Bill, But Not Everyone Is Happy Some veterans organizations take issue with the scope of the legislation.
Military Spouses Helped Write Last Year's National Defense Bill "Spouses are passed over for jobs because employers worry they will move. For others, the issue is affordable child care."
Navy Vet Lawmaker Introduces Measure to Repeal Tax Hike for Gold Star Families The legislation would reduce the tax burden of payments to children of the fallen.
Lawmaker Presses for Survivor Benefits for Medal of Honor Recipients' Families Rep. Julia Brownley, D-California, has introduced a bill to benefit the survivors of Medal of Honor recipients.
Bill Would Let Troops Sue for Military Medical Malpractice Legislation introduced Tuesday by Rep. Jackie Speier, D-California, has bipartisan support to overturn what's known as the...
Bill Would Require DoD to Pay for Combat Troops to Freeze Sperm, Eggs A new bill would give troops with infertility related to their service greater access to advanced reproductive treatments.
Trump Signs Executive Order Creating Task Force to Stop Vet Suicide The executive order creates a proactive community to address suicide among former troops.
Key Lawmakers Say the Time Is Now to Enact Benefits for Blue Water Navy Vets House and Senate leaders began another push for a "Blue Water Navy" bill on Agent Orange benefits that failed last year.
Lawmakers Race to Introduce Veterans' Medical Marijuana Bills in New Congress Democrats and Republicans both want clinical research on cannabis.
Bill to Address Sex Assaults Involving Military Families Moving Through Senate The Military Family Protect Act is aimed at improving "the military's response to child abuse and intimate partner violence.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
![Former SEAL Frank Larkin, who lost his son Ryan to suicide, hands President Trump a bracelet with his son's name inscribed on it during a signing ceremony for the "National Roadmap to Empower Veterans and End Veteran Suicide," at the White House, March 5, 2019. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2019-03/trumpsuicidelegislation1800.png.jpg?itok=ptTa0rPs "Former SEAL Frank Larkin, who lost his son Ryan to suicide, hands President Trump a bracelet with his son's name inscribed on it during a signing ceremony for the "National Roadmap to Empower Veterans and End Veteran Suicide," at the White House, March 5, 2019. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)")
