Veterans Affairs Deems More Than 130 Occupations Ineligible for Trump's Deferred Resignation Plan Nurses had been among those who received the original offer, but their unions had discouraged them from accepting, saying an...
VA Nurses Are in Short Supply. Unions Say Trump's Deferred Resignation Plan Could Make Things Worse Nurses caring for military veterans through the Department of Veterans Affairs comprise the largest group of federal...
Nancy Leftenant-Colon, Who Was the First Black Woman in Army Nurse Corps, Has Died Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who retired as a major and died earlier this month at a New York nursing home, was remembered by...
80 Years After D-Day, the Family of a Black World War II Combat Medic Receives His Medal for Heroism A Black combat medic who treated 200 troops during the harrowing invasion of Normandy during World War II is being honored...
'No Hesitation': Vietnam's Lifesaving 'Dustoff' Medevac Crews to Get Congressional Gold Medal To honor those who flew more than 496,000 Army medevac missions from May 1962 through March 1973, the House last week passed...
Military Medical Commands Developing Plans to Put Freeze-Dried Plasma in Hands of Medics, Corpsmen Carried by special operations troops for more than 10 years, freeze-dried plasma is making its way to the services' medical...
Making the Transition from Special Ops Medic to a Medical Career Your time in the military can be a great opportunity to gain experience for a future career.
Newly Approved Rapid Blood Test for Traumatic Brain Injury Could Speed Up Treatment for Troops The diagnostic test was developed by Abbott Laboratories and an arm of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command...
Major to Be First Air National Guard Flight Nurse Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross Maj. Katie Lunning and her team rescued and cared for at least 20 patients in the aftermath of the attack on Abbey Gate at...
Training Oversights Could Leave Military Medics Unprepared for Combat, Report Finds The U.S. armed forces have 73,000 medical personnel who need to be ready to provide care in combat theaters at any time.
Fired: Joint Chiefs Chairman, Top Navy Leader, Air Force Vice Chief, Service Judge Advocates General In a historic and unprecedented move, the Trump administration on Friday night fired the Joint Chiefs chairman, the Navy's...
Thousands of Pentagon Civilian Workers Will Be Fired Next Week as Trump Purge Begins The massive round of firings is part of an "initial effort" to cut the Defense Department's civilian workforce by 5% to 8%...
VA Crisis Line Employees Among Those Fired Amid Federal Workforce Purge Of the 1,000 employees fired last week from the Department of Veterans Affairs, some were employees who had worked for the...
What's in Store for VA Disability Benefits with New Office of Management and Budget Chief? New OMB Director Russell Vought has contributed to two conservative playbooks that advocate for the revamping of veterans'...
Fort Moore Was Named After My Parents. A Letter Mom Wrote Shows Why It Shouldn’t Go Back to Benning My Dad was a commander in the Vietnam War. My Mom changed how the military cares for widows.