With Medical Readiness at Stake, Pentagon Embarks on Plan to Fix the Military Health System Years of sending patients to network care, coupled with the pandemic, have hurt the Defense Health Agency's ability to retain...
VA Secretary Tells Employees He'll Stay on the Job Until the End of His Term in January VA Secretary Denis McDonough said in a town hall meeting that he would submit his resignation at the end of President Biden's...
A Nearly $3 Billion Shortfall in VA Benefits Is Looming. The Senate Has Proposed a Fix, But Time Is Running Out. Seeking to avoid a disruption in veterans benefits payments later this year, a bipartisan group of senators has introduced a...
Veterans Lobbied for Psychedelic Therapy, But It May Not Be Enough to Save MDMA Drug Application Military veterans have spent years lobbying for the use of psychedelic drugs to treat PTSD, but a sharply critical review of...
VA's Electronic Health Records System May Require Lots of New Staff. The Cost Worries Lawmakers. The introduction of the new digital medical records system at a joint Veterans Affairs-Defense Department hospital went well...
VA Fertility Benefits for Military Veterans More VA beneficiaries became eligible for fertility treatments in 2024. Here's who qualifies and what to expect.
Jon Stewart Pushes VA to Help Veterans Sickened After Post-9/11 Exposure to Uranium Comedian Jon Stewart is pressing the Biden administration to fix a loophole in a massive veterans aid bill that left out some...
VA Warns Congress that Benefits Payments Are at Risk Due to Projected $15 Billion Budget Shortfall The VA said it is working with the White House and Congress to address the budget shortfalls in a way that doesn't harm...
VA Names Former Head of Caregiver Program Office as Chief of Staff Meg Kabat worked for the Department of the Navy and played pivotal roles in the VA's Caregiver Support Program Office for...
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...
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...
Peterson Space Force Base Dining Hall Closed Indefinitely After 'Significant Safety Incident' Guardians and airmen stationed at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado have been without an on-base dining hall facility for...
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.
Far-Right Suggests Military Just Authorized Lethal Force Against Americans Ahead of the Election. It Didn’t. As Trump warns about an "enemy from within," a Defense Department directive set off a firestorm on alt-tech social media. But...
Congress Eyes Top Honor for Navy Pilot Who Was Second-Longest Ever US Military POW Lawmakers are working to award the Congressional Gold Medal to retired Cmdr. Everett Alvarez Jr., who spent eight and a half...
![VA Chief of Staff Margaret "Meg" Kabat](http://images05.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2024-07/pub-margaret-meg-kabat-alt-1200.jpg?itok=3WoNufGh "VA Chief of Staff Margaret "Meg" Kabat. (Dept. of Veterans Affairs photo)")
