Injured Soldiers May Not Have to Take the Army's New Fitness Test Soldiers with permanent profiles who are unable to complete the new ACFT may be allowed to take an alternate fitness test.
Two Years Later, Sailor Wounded During Syria Deployment Is Finally Home The homecoming his family had eagerly awaited for nearly two years finally happened for Chief Petty Officer Kenton Stacy.
VA Needs to Improve Head Injury Disability Evaluation System, Study Finds A panel says the VA should include insomnia, vestibular dysfunction and near-vision impairment in evaluating patients.
Veterans' Combat Trauma Is Often Passed Onto Their Children "A national effort is required to help reduce the stigma and social isolation experienced by caregivers' children."
VA to Get 3 New Fisher Houses for Families of Troops Needing Medical Care Fisher Houses are coming to Michigan and Nebraska for the first time.
Face-to-Face Meetings Pay Off for Job-Hunting Veterans, Research Finds Over the last five years, the unemployment rate for veterans registered with WWP has dropped from 20 to 12 percent.
Family of WWI Veteran Receives Long-Lost Lady Columbia Wound Certificate The Lady of Columbia Wound Certificate was a precursor to the Purple Heart Medal, recognizing troops wounded in battle.
VA Stops Dropping Family Caregivers Amid Program Review The VA has stopped dropping caregivers from a program designed to compensate family who provide care to severely injured...
I Owe My Life to the Warrior Ethos of My Fellow Troops 14 years ago, my buddies refused to leave me behind when an RPG tore through the cockpit of my Black Hawk.
A Day in the Life of a Military Caregiver ""What I wish I would have done differently, throughout this whole process, even six years later, is more self-care."
Army Sergeant Major's Chelsea Boots Turn Heads as Service Mulls Allowing Them for Rank and File Chelsea boots, the laceless ankle-high footwear that has endured through decades of changing fashion trends, are a staple in...
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...
I Thought the Marine Corps Would Offer a Better Life. It Was Another Place I Didn't Belong. "The Marine Corps had not been an escape. I did not find belonging or safety within its ranks."
Sergeant Major of the Army Walks Back New Physical Training Uniform Announcement The Army will not be transitioning to new physical training uniforms, despite an announcement last week by the service's top...
Alabama Governor Dismisses Head of Department of Veterans Affairs After Agency Board Refuses Gov. Kay Ivey says she is using her authority to remove the leader of the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs