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...
Coast Guard Reservist Wins Landmark Supreme Court Case Over Pay Disparities for Federal Workers In a 5-4 decision, the justices said Nick Feliciano, a Coast Guard petty officer who was called to active duty from 2012 to...
Senators Voice 'Deep Concerns' About Trump's Pick for Air Force Under Secretary Democratic senators voiced serious concerns about a former Former Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier's political social media posts...
'This Is Going to Be a Challenge': Service Officials Detail Fallout from Civilian Resignations Pushed by Trump The military services are poised to lose thousands of their civilian employees to the Trump administration's push for them to...
New England Patriots' Charter Plane Flies to Guantanamo Bay A New England Patriots plane made a trip to and from Guantánamo Bay, public flight tracking data shows.
Trump & Co’s Polygraph Pandemonium "Multiple studies over the years have shown not only that polygraphs are hardly foolproof when it comes to vetting ...
