Troops Must Start Planning for Transition Out of Service Sooner to Be Successful, Advocates Testify Senators challenged officials from the Department of Veterans Affairs and Defense Department on what steps they'd take to get...
Transgender Veterans Sue to Force VA to Cover Gender-Affirmation Surgeries The Transgender American Veterans Association, or TAVA, filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking to compel the VA to cover...
Alaska Is Still Waiting to Get its First State-Run Veterans Cemetery. A Backlog Stands in its Way. Veterans make up nearly 10% of Alaska's population, according to the U.S. Census, and yet it has been repeatedly passed over...
Consulting Firm McKinsey's Role in VA Opioid Prescriptions Sparks New Concerns Among Lawmakers House lawmakers are demanding answers from the Department of Veterans Affairs about consulting firm McKinsey and Company's...
How the OJ Simpson Verdict Overshadowed a Watershed Moment for Atomic Veterans Clinton's apology was a major moment for many "atomic veterans" who had been effectively forbidden from even seeking medical...
Vets Must Apply Online for New VA ID Card Honorably discharged veterans will be able to apply online by registering with the VA and uploading a photo, officials said.
A Decade After Scandal, VA Health Care May Be at Another Crossroads The VA has requested $369.3 billion for its fiscal 2025 budget, a proposal that includes nearly $150 billion for health care...
Retirees, VA Disability Recipients to Get Biggest Pay Raise Since 2012 Military retirees and those who receive disability checks will see a 2 percent pay raise in their monthly paychecks in 2018.
VA Sued After Vet Died While Waiting for Heart Surgery George Walker died in 2016 while on a surgical wait list for a new heart valve at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System.
VA Nominee Wilkie Pledges No 'Privatization' of Vets Health Care At his confirmation hearing, Robert Wilkie also rejected allegations that he supported "racially divisive" issues.
Nominee for Pentagon Personnel Chief Grilled Over Comments Calling for Purge of Generals Anthony Tata, whose past Islamaphobic and conspiratorial statements doomed his nomination for a top Pentagon job in the first...
VA Secretary Defends Staffing Cuts, Contract Cancellations in Heated Senate Hearing Lawmakers say the Department of Veterans Affairs has not provided answers for requests for information, while the VA...
Hegseth Works Hard to Portray Himself as a Man of the Troops. They Might Not Be Buying It. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News host and National Guardsman, has attempted to reframe the role of the...
Army's M10 Booker Gets Nixed Leaving Question Mark for Future Infantry's Firepower The Army is canning the short-lived M10 Booker, an armored fighting vehicle, amid concerns over its deployability and...
Trump's Plan to 'Save' Michigan Base with New Fighter Jet Squadron Not a Done Deal The lack of environmental analysis, funding and other roll-out details stems from the unusual situation of Trump making the...
