Special PACT Act Enrollment Period for Veterans Ends in September Post-9/11 combat veterans' open enrollment period to sign up for Department of Veterans Affairs health care ends Sept. 30.
VA Police Officers Are Getting Body and Dashboard Cameras After Death of George Floyd The new policy complies with an executive order signed last year designed to improve transparency in federal law enforcement...
No Abortions, Pride Flags or Transgender Care: Republicans Use Spending Bill to Block VA Policies The effort, made by GOP lawmakers in the annual VA spending bill, aims to stop the agency from following policies it sees as...
New Online VA Travel Reimbursement Program Is Failing Veterans, Inspector General Finds The Department of Veterans Affairs introduced a new program to ensure all payments are made properly, but the system is not...
No Timeline for Trans Vet Surgeries, VA Says 2 Years After Announcing Coverage Anti-transgender sentiment is on the rise among the political right, with hundreds of bills being introduced in state...
Conservative Group Launches Website to Help Vets Find Health Care Outside of VA Officials with Concerned Veterans for America say the nongovernmental site is needed to fill a void in the Department of...
House GOP Claims Pride Month Flags at VA Facilities Are 'Discrimination, Political Posturing' In a letter to VA Secretary Denis McDonough, House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Mike Bost, and 30 other House...
VA Lost More than $3.5 Billion in Misplaced Spending in Fiscal 2022 The amount is down from the previous two years but is still nearly quadruple the amount in fiscal 2019.
America Faces a Tidal Wave of Aging Veterans, Including a 237% Increase in Women over 65 by 2041 How do we best care for those who have served on our behalf as they grow old?
Researchers Say Older Vets with COVID-19 Had Higher Survival Rates in VA Hospitals Researchers said the observations suggest that the VA consider working more closely with community hospitals to maintain...
Senior Enlisted Marine Reduced to Sergeant for Wearing Unauthorized Awards, Including Purple Heart Per a plea agreement, then-Sgt. Maj. Charlie Clawson was reduced in rank after a Sept. 13 court-martial found him in...
2024 Veterans Day Free Meals and Restaurant Deals and Discounts Restaurants are saluting Veterans Day with free meals and discounts for veterans, service members and their families.
Marine Corps Blames Pilot Error for Crash of Malfunctioning F-35 in South Carolina Forest An F-35B Lightning II fighter jet that crashed in South Carolina last year had an electrical malfunction, and the pilot...
The Rise of Soldier-Influencers: Army Eyes Policy for Troops with Millions of Online Followers The Army is now eyeing influencers to help shape its digital presence, but it aims to do so with a notably hands-off approach...
Air Force Overcharged 7,943% for C-17 Hand Soap Dispensers, Watchdog Finds In all, the service accepted a 7,943% markup, or more than 80 times the commercially available cost, on the soap dispensers...
