Senator Asks Biden to Block Relocation of Space Command, Citing National Security Worries Space Command was reactivated in August 2019 and temporarily run from Peterson Space Force Base.
VA Would Have to Research Medical Marijuana Under Bill Advanced by Senate Panel The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee voted in a closed-door session to advance the VA Medicinal Cannabis Research Act.
Defrauding Veterans Would Be a Federal Crime Under Bill Pushed by Senators Under the bill, fraud schemes that target veterans benefits would be punishable by up to five years in prison, a fine or both...
Military Justice Reforms Still Leave Some Criminal Cases to Commanders With No Legal Expertise The military resisted reforming its justice system for decades. Major congressional changes passed in 2021 promised to...
An 'Ambassador for All Service Dogs,' German Shepherd Leaves a Legacy for Veterans with PTSD Kaya spent hundreds of hours walking the halls of the U.S. Capitol lobbying for a bill to provide federal funding for mental...
DoD Struggles to Answer Questions on Chinese Balloon in Congressional Testimony A key subcommittee held a hearing that was part of a balloon-centric day on Capitol Hill a week after the Pentagon first...
GOP Relaunches Bid to End VA Abortion Policy GOP lawmakers in the House and Senate reintroduced a resolution to reverse the policy, using a process that could force a...
Preventing Vet Homelessness and Suicide Top Biden’s State of the Union ‘Unity Agenda’ Biden made the push on veterans issues as part of his annual State of the Union address.
Senators Push DoD to Do 'Proactive' Outreach to Soldiers Booted from Tricare in IT Glitch The leaders of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee are calling on the DoD to conduct a review of Tricare after recent...
Lawmakers Want to Restore Gun Rights to Some Disabled Veterans The House Veterans Affairs Committee chairman and 49 Republicans support a bill that would prevent some vets from being...
Fired Space Force Officer Approved to Be Air Force's No. 2 Civilian Leader In a 52-46 party-line vote, the Senate approved former Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier to become the under secretary of the Air...
‘I Came Home Different': What They Don't Tell You About Life After Service "No one tells you that you might survive everything and still wake up years later wondering what the hell you're doing here."
Schumer Asks US Army to Award New York Hero with Medal of Honor Army Staff Sgt. Michael Ollis died in 2013 during a Taliban raid on Forward Operating Base Ghazni in Afghanistan.
Navy Torpedo Boat Abandoned in South Carolina Waters. Now the Owner Has Been Arrested These days, the only threat posed by a 120-foot-long Navy torpedo vessel is to the marsh outside of Charleston, S.C., where...
Marine Veteran Dies After Shooter Lying in Wait Ambushed Police Who Parked to Eat Lunch An Ohio police department says one of its officers is dead after a shooter lying in wait ambushed him and another officer as...
