Widow of Air Force Missileer Who Died of Cancer Secures VA Benefits After Yearslong Fight The widow of an Air Force missileer who died of non-Hodgkin lymphoma has finally secured Department of Veterans Affairs...
Memorial Day vs. Veterans Day: Here's the Difference Memorial Day is a solemn day of remembrance for those who died in military service, while Veterans Day is a day to honor all...
More Burial and Funeral Costs Can Now Be Covered by Veterans Benefits The expanded benefits comes after the department earlier this year made a push to encourage more veterans to use the burial...
Troops Get New Bereavement Leave for Loss of Spouse or Child The benefit was included among the quality-of-life initiatives in the fiscal 2022 National Defense Authorization Act.
VA Wants Vets to Use Their Benefits When Choosing a Final Resting Place Officials say that benefits offered by the National Cemetery Administration are the most underutilized of veterans' perks.
'Widow's Tax' on Survivors Will Be Completely Gone as of Feb. 1 Benefit Checks The surviving spouses of military retirees who receive income from two separate benefit programs will no longer have their...
Retirees to Get a Second Chance to Enroll In or Opt Out of the Survivor Benefit Plan Military retirees who opted out of the Survivor Benefit Plan will get a rare second chance to enroll.
Life Unexpected: Gold Star Spouse Finds Therapy Through Writing and Family Many people haven't gotten married or started a career by 23. Meanwhile, Vail was already a war widow and serving as an Army...
In Their Own Words: Military Widows Honor Their Husbands There is no one to whom Memorial Day means more than the family of those killed in defense of our nation. These are their...
Gold Star Spouses Describe Pain of Losing Bereavement Benefits in Remarriage For Gold Star spouses, the pain of losing their husbands in the line of duty can be almost unbearable.
Hegseth Wants $50,000 for 'Emergency' Paint Job to Move into Military Family Housing, Lawmakers Say While it is not unprecedented for a defense secretary to live in military housing, it is far more common for them to find...
Elon Musk Aide Is Now Working at VA and Accessing Its Computer Systems A VA spokesman said the Department of Government Efficiency employee was given access to find waste and improve operations...
Navy Stays Silent on Panama Canal Use as Negotiations on Fees Stall The Navy's decision to stay silent amid the negotiations with Panama makes it difficult to accurately determine just how much...
The Loneliest General: Silence Surrounds Gen. Mark Milley Amid Trump Retaliation President Donald Trump focused his ire and retaliation on one person in the very first minutes of his presidency, even before...
Guatemala Gives Rubio a Second Deportation Deal for Migrants Being Sent Home from the US Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo said his country will accept migrants from other countries who are being deported from...