Gold Star Spouses Describe Pain of Losing Bereavement Benefits in Remarriage For Gold Star spouses, the pain of losing their husbands in the line of duty can be almost unbearable.
Life Unexpected: Gold Star Spouse Finds Therapy Through Writing and Family Many people haven't gotten married or started a career by 23. Meanwhile, Vail was already a war widow and serving as an Army...
Widow of Air Force Missileer Who Died of Cancer Secures VA Benefits After Yearslong Fight The widow of an Air Force missileer who died of non-Hodgkin lymphoma has finally secured Department of Veterans Affairs...
Memorial Day vs. Veterans Day: Here's the Difference Memorial Day is a solemn day of remembrance for those who died in military service, while Veterans Day is a day to honor all...
More Burial and Funeral Costs Can Now Be Covered by Veterans Benefits The expanded benefits comes after the department earlier this year made a push to encourage more veterans to use the burial...
Troops Get New Bereavement Leave for Loss of Spouse or Child The benefit was included among the quality-of-life initiatives in the fiscal 2022 National Defense Authorization Act.
VA Wants Vets to Use Their Benefits When Choosing a Final Resting Place Officials say that benefits offered by the National Cemetery Administration are the most underutilized of veterans' perks.
'Widow's Tax' on Survivors Will Be Completely Gone as of Feb. 1 Benefit Checks The surviving spouses of military retirees who receive income from two separate benefit programs will no longer have their...
Retirees to Get a Second Chance to Enroll In or Opt Out of the Survivor Benefit Plan Military retirees who opted out of the Survivor Benefit Plan will get a rare second chance to enroll.
In Their Own Words: Military Widows Honor Their Husbands There is no one to whom Memorial Day means more than the family of those killed in defense of our nation. These are their...
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...
