Bill Expanding Vets' Access to Mental Health Care Is Resurrected A bill that would give veterans access to mental health care despite a less-than-honorable discharge is back in Congress.
School District Pulls Out of Funeral Processions for Fallen Sailors A California school district and the Navy agreed on the move, out of concern for children with parents serving overseas.
VA Uses New Electromagnetic Therapy to Treat Depression The new therapy uses an electromagnet charged with electricity that is applied to specific points on a patient's head.
House Committee Moves To Loosen Gun Purchase Rules For Vets A House Committee approved a bill last week to make it easier for vets with an appointed fiduciary to buy firearms.
The Most Talked About Stories This Week on Military.com Here are the stories generating the most comments this week on Military.com, along with a sampling of responses.
Expanding Veterans' Mental Health Care We must ensure that vets who ask for help receive it and we must better identify at-risk individuals, says Senator John...
Some Vets With PTSD Are Scamming the VA: Testimony A House committee heard testimony on expanded VA treatment for PTSD and allegations that vets are scamming the system.
Bill Would Expand Health Care for Vets With 'Bad Paper' Discharges A measure ordering the VA to provide mental health care to vets with "bad paper" discharges moves to the full House for a...
'Parking Lot' Suicides Roil VA Hospitals In a tragic and disturbing trend, more veterans are dying by suicide at VA facilities.
Pentagon: More Vets Can Apply for Review of 'Bad Paper' Discharges The U.S. DoD has taken steps to allow more veterans with so-called "bad paper" discharges to apply to have their status...
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...
