Defense Bill Mandates Changes to Weapons, Other Steps to Protect Troops' Brain Health Members of Congress in both parties have been increasingly concerned about traumatic brain injuries, or TBI, among service...
How Jon Stewart's Visits with Wounded Iraq War Veterans Shaped his Military Advocacy Stewart is pushing for the expansion of the PACT Act to include U.S. special operations forces based in Uzbekistan and...
North Carolina’s ‘Wounded Heroes Day’ Offers More Than Recognition. It Gives Real Help to Veterans in Need. The day will be inaugurated with a new law to address issues facing North Carolina's wounded warriors.
Traumatic Brain Injury Prevention Efforts Included in Must-Pass Defense Bill A growing body of evidence is showing that troops are at risk of exposure to potentially dangerous blasts not just from enemy...
Air Force Captain, Staff Sergeant Permanently Disabled in 2023 Search and Rescue Tactical Vehicle Rollover An Air Force captain and a staff sergeant were both permanently disabled in a rollover crash while training in the Pacific...
Expanding VA's Fertility Treatment Coverage to Vets Without Service Injuries Too Costly, Secretary Says VA Secretary Denis McDonough was asked by Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., why the VA does not cover in vitro fertilization for...
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...
Former WWII POW Gives Free Toolboxes to Veterans Each toolbox is filled with up to $500 worth of quality hand tools.
Air Force Will Review Thousands of Discharges Related to Traumatic Brain Injury, PTSD Following Legal Settlement The service consented to the reviews as part of a settlement in a nationwide class-action lawsuit -- Johnson v. Kendall --...
Prince Harry's Invictus Games Docuseries Is Coming to Netflix In March 2014, the first Invictus Games were held in London and have been held as regularly as possible since.
This World War II POW Endured More Than 50 Years in Captivity When Anna Gabulya saw a television report of a POW’s return to Hungary a half-century after he served during World War II...
Retired 4-Star Navy Admiral Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison for Bribery Plot Retired Adm. Robert P. Burke, once the second-highest uniformed officer in the Navy, was commanding its forces in Europe and...
Pentagon Says Troops Can Only Be Exempt from Shaving Their Facial Hair for a Year Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered that troops who need an exemption from shaving their facial hair for longer than a...
Black Vietnam Veteran’s Story Reveals War’s Harsh Realities 50 Years Later It was May 1970, deep in the jungles of Vietnam, and 19-year-old infantryman John Smith stepped to the edge of a hill to...
Trump Says US Forces Sank Third Suspected Drug Boat off Venezuela President Donald Trump did not say how many people were killed in the third strike.