VA Taking Note of ‘Alarming’ Burn Pit Trends in WWP Survey The VA needs more scientific evidence before approving benefits for burn pit exposures.
30 Percent of Veterans Have Had Suicidal Thoughts, New Survey Finds But there were encouraging trends in home ownership and access to VA care.
In Reversal, DoD Will Let Wounded Warriors Transfer GI Bill Benefits The DoD announced the strict no-extension, no-transfer policy will not apply to currently serving Purple Heart recipients.
Caregivers of Wounded Vets Have Unique Job Needs. These New Projects Aim to Help The fellowship expansion and the new booklet were announced Tuesday at an event in Washington, D.C.
After Public Crisis and Fall from Grace, Wounded Warrior Project Quietly Regains Ground Mike Linnington, a retired three-star Army general, arrived at the organization in 2016 with a mandate to turn things around.
Bill to Increase Adaptive Housing Grants for Wounded Vets Passes House The measure would expand grants to renovate houses and broaden Fry Scholarship eligibility.
Injured Soldiers May Not Have to Take the Army's New Fitness Test Soldiers with permanent profiles who are unable to complete the new ACFT may be allowed to take an alternate fitness test.
Two Years Later, Sailor Wounded During Syria Deployment Is Finally Home The homecoming his family had eagerly awaited for nearly two years finally happened for Chief Petty Officer Kenton Stacy.
VA Needs to Improve Head Injury Disability Evaluation System, Study Finds A panel says the VA should include insomnia, vestibular dysfunction and near-vision impairment in evaluating patients.
Veterans' Combat Trauma Is Often Passed Onto Their Children "A national effort is required to help reduce the stigma and social isolation experienced by caregivers' children."
Army Division Bars Leaders from Bothering Their Soldiers After Work Hours Maj. Gen. David Doyle, commander of the Fort Carson, Colorado-based 4th Infantry Division, issued a memo last week barring...
Marine Corps Creates Billet to Keep Dual-Military Families Together During Stressful Moves The billet, which is called the dual-military coordinator, will act as a liaison between couples and their career monitors in...
Exposed to Agent Orange at US Bases, Veterans Face Cancer Without VA Compensation The Defense Department has publicly acknowledged that during the Vietnam War era it stored Agent Orange at the Naval...
Reports of Mediocre Disability Exams by VA Contractors Prompts Senator's Demand for Answers A prominent Democratic senator is demanding the Department of Veterans Affairs review the quality of its privatized...
A Group Aims to Rebuild Tun Tavern, Birthplace of the Marines, as a Tavern and Restaurant National Park Service rangers in the historic district field questions all day from visitors. One of the most-asked is:...