VA's Threat to Withhold Disability Checks over Decades-Old Separation Pay Surprises Vets Some veterans who received bonuses from the Defense Department to leave the service are learning they have to pay back the...
Disabled Veterans to Congress: Move Out on Stalled Bill to Allow Payment of Both Retirement and Disability Benefits Despite wide bipartisan backing, the Major Richard Star Act has languished for years, increasingly frustrating the veterans...
VA Designates Male Breast Cancer, 2 Other Cancers as Service-Connected Illnesses Under PACT Act Troops with the illnesses who served in specific geographic areas since the Persian Gulf War may be eligible for disability...
Virginia Senate to Convene Tuesday to Discuss Military Tuition Program The Virginia Senate will reconvene Tuesday to address recent changes to a state program that covers higher education costs...
Virginia's Broken Promise to Military Families With no planning and no warning, Virginia has gone from being one of the best states in the nation for Gold Star and disabled...
PACT Act Expands Veterans' Medical and Disability Benefits Millions of veterans are now eligible for free health care and more through the PACT Act.
We Must Stop Predatory Companies from Scamming Veterans Seeking Disability Benefits As things currently stand, the VA is not able to take legal action against unaccredited claim sharks. It can only send cease...
Millions of Vets Got Health Care and Benefits Under the PACT Act. Thousands Left Out Want the Same Chance. Legislation passed in 2022 expanded benefits for former troops sickened by burn pits, Agent Orange and contaminated water at...
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.
Marine Recruiter Who Wrote ‘Memoir’ About Teenage Recruit Sentenced to Prison Nearly a year after then-Gunnery Sgt. Christopher Champagne self-published a memoir about his inappropriate relationship with...
Five Chinese Nationals Charged with Covering Up Midnight Visit to Michigan Military Site U.S. authorities charged five Chinese nationals with lying and trying to cover their tracks, more than a year after they were...
Air Force Has a Problem Recruiting for Special Warfare Jobs, New Report Finds The Rand Corp. released a study detailing the issues the Air Force has faced in getting recruits to join Special Warfare...
1,000 Active-Duty Soldiers Called Up to Assist with Hurricane Helene Response The 1,000 troops, an Infantry Battalion Task Force formed from the XVIII Airborne Corps, are from the 82nd Airborne Division...
Army Testing Robot Dogs Armed with Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Rifles in Middle East The Army was testing at least one armed quadrupedal unmanned ground vehicle at an installation in Saudi Arabia.
