The Next Deadline for Backdated PACT Act Payments Is Coming Soon. Here’s What You Need to Know Those vets or family members who hadn’t yet filed a PACT Act claim but instead declared their “intent to file” a claim ahead...
New Rule Gives Maximum Pell Grants to Children of Fallen Service Members A new rule takes effect July 1 that expands higher education benefits to more children of fallen service members, while also...
Anguish, Uncertainty: 66 Families Wait to Bury Loved Ones Amid Suspension of Horse-Drawn Funeral Services at Arlington The caisson platoon, the Army's military horses that transport caskets of fallen service members to their Arlington burial...
We Broke Our Promise to Take Care of Gold Star Families There is an unspoken promise America has whispered to service members and their families for centuries: If something happens...
VA Benefits Likely Won't Cover All of a Veteran's Funeral Costs A veteran's surviving family members may be caught off guard if they expect the VA to cover all the costs of a funeral or...
VA Not Doing Enough to Protect Veterans from Scams, GAO Finds A GAO report said the VA needs to work harder at preventing fraud, especially that directed at older veterans.
What Benefits Are You Eligible For as a Spouse of a Disabled Veteran? Spouses of disabled veterans are eligible for many benefits, but getting them can be difficult. We make it easy with this...
2024 Survivors Pension Rates The VA Survivors Pension is a tax-free benefit for low-income orphans and widows of deceased wartime veterans.
2023 Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) Rates What is Dependency and Indemnity Compensation? DIC is a monthly benefit paid to eligible survivors of deceased service...
Here Are the VA Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Rates for 2024 Survivors will see a major increase from 2022
'That's Our Land': Homeless Veterans in LA Hail Court Ruling Ordering VA to Use Campus for Housing The class-action suit was filed in November 2022 by the nonprofit Public Counsel law firm on behalf of 14 unhoused and...
Air Force Top Enlisted Leader Says Trainees Carrying Real Rifles at Boot Camp Is 'Desired End State' Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force David Flosi said during a media roundtable at the annual Air and Space Forces...
Soldiers Set to Get New Deployment Bonus as High Operations Tempos Strain the Army Soldiers will receive an extra monthly bonus -- ranging from $210 to $450 per month, depending on rank -- for time away from...
Ellsworth Air Force Base Fires Second Commander in Just 2 Months Lt. Col. Carsten Stahr, commander of the 28th Force Support Squadron, was relieved from duty last week, a brief news release...
Marine Who Published Memoir About Alleged Sexual Abuse of Underage Recruit Faces Court-Martial The charges come nearly a year after Gunnery Sgt. Christopher Champagne published a book that described his own pursuit of a...
![Families awaiting horse-drawn services at Arlington National Cemetery](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2024-05/1time-collage-arlington-caisson-story-1200.jpg?itok=vKRlIgvo "Retired Lt. Col. Theodore "Ted" Felber with his wife Barbara Jane (top left). Retired Command Sgt. Maj. James Cobbett (bottom left) and with his wife Ruth (center left). Retired Col. Jim Ifland (right). (Photos courtesy of Felber, Cobbett and Ifland families)")
