Focus on Veterans, Military Personnel Part of Democrats' Newly Approved Election Year Platform The platform, written before Vice President Kamala Harris became the Democrats' presumptive nominee, focuses on President Joe...
Republican Project 2025 Takes Dead Aim at Veterans' Health and Disability Benefits When I came to Congress two years ago and joined the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, I was cautiously optimistic that...
VA Takes Steps to Expedite Claims for K2 Veterans with Chronic Illnesses The Department of Veterans Affairs announced that veterans who served at Karshi-Khanabad Air Base in Uzbekistan who have...
Tinnitus is Number One Disability for Veterans Tinnitus, or ringing in the ears, while incurable may be treated. If you have it you should see the VA for possible...
Housing Agency Scraps Catch-22-Type Rule That Kept Disabled Homeless Vets from Receiving Rent Vouchers Homeless veterans who were wounded, injured or became sick during their time in uniform will no longer have their disability...
New Documentary Follows LA Veterans Who Face Homelessness, Hopelessness and Hunger While the VA Fails to Act The documentary is one part of "Home of the Brave," a seven-part series about the VA campus from independent studio Long Lead...
National Guard Chief, VA Benefits Fix, Military Pay Raise: Here's What's Still on Congress' To-Do List as Recess Starts The National Guard will be without a Senate-confirmed leader until at least September after the Senate left for a five-week...
New Burn Pit Registry Aims for Data on 4.7 Million Veterans to Assist in Research on Exposure to Hazards The database, which will include basic and deployment-related information, will be available for scientific research on...
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...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
![](http://images05.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2024-08/1time%20veterans%20row%20LA%201200.jpg?itok=on3TPlul ""Veterans Row" is an encampment of unhoused U.S. military veterans living outside the West Los Angeles VA campus. (Nancy Loo via X)")
