The New VA Budget Pushes to Privatize Care, Risking the Veterans Health System "We are watching the slow dismantling of the VA from the inside out, buried in a budget document. If left unchecked, this...
Tricking Veterans: Using Suicide and Mental Health Struggles as a Guise for Privatizing the VA While attention remains focused on the looming crisis of Department of Veterans Affairs employees facing termination, an even...
We Fought for This Country. Don't Cut the One Department That Fights for Us. On June 6 -- D-Day -- thousands of veterans will rally on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., united by a shared message...
Veterans’ Protests Planned for D-Day Latest in Nearly 250 Years of Fighting for Their Benefits Veterans were not always politically popular, nor were they treated well by the federal government.
The Fatal Cost of Twisting Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard's firing of top intelligence analysts sets a very bad precedent.
Women Have Served with Honor for Decades. This Administration Can't Erase That History. Women put up with inappropriate and demeaning comments, the challenges and the intimidating moments as the only woman in the...
Lessons Not Learned As this is being written on the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the final end of the Vietnam War, that history is...
Access to Care Could Have Saved My Son's Life. Other Vets Should Have a Chance. Long wait times aren't always an option for mental-health care, so the Community Care Program is often a lifeline veterans...
Want Efficiency? Fund the VA and Cut the Proven Waste in Privatized Veterans Care Faithfully following orders from President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) office, VA Secretary...
Don't Dishonor Veterans with Broken Promises and Empty Gestures It's time to get back in step with the veteran community -- not with fanfare, but with follow-through.
New York Soldier Killed in Afghanistan Will Finally Receive Medal of Honor Advocates pushed for years for Michael Ollis to receive the nation's highest honor. On Tuesday, their dream became a reality.
Hundreds Turn Out to Honor Navy Veteran Who Would Have Been Buried Alone Hundreds of strangers filled a Pennsylvania church to ensure a U.S. Navy veteran who died without family received the send...
Why Some Disabled Veterans Can't Get Both VA Disability and Military Retirement Pay Military service members planning medical retirement face a critical decision point at the 20-year mark.
How a Wounded Pigeon Named Cher Ami Saved the Lost Battalion in WWI A wounded pigeon named Cher Ami helped save a battalion of American soldiers, becoming one of the most recognized animals in...
This 20-Year-Old Sacrificed His Life and Became the First Black Marine Medal of Honor Recipient Every February, Black History Month shines a light on Americans whose contributions shaped the nation. One belongs to Pfc...