Army Veteran and 'Walking Tall' Actor Joe Don Baker Dies at 89 Baker, a former Texas football player who served two years in the U.S. Army before making his television debut, died on May 7...
Decorated Australian Veteran Loses His Defamation Appeal over Killings in Afghanistan Australia’s most decorated living war veteran, Ben Roberts-Smith, lost his appeal of a civil court ruling that blamed him for...
2025 Memorial Day Events Memorial Day is a solemn day to reflect on veterans and military personnel who are deceased.
On the Ninth Floor of a VA Hospital, I Listen and Write Down the Lives, Loves of Veterans Patients find it’s healing to have someone’s undivided attention and then a written story about their lives. And the stories...
Veterans Organizing 'Call to Action' Rally on D-Day Anniversary in Nation's Capital The march, touted as a nonpartisan, pro-veterans employment and benefits protection rally, is expected to draw veterans...
Access to Care Could Have Saved My Son's Life. Other Vets Should Have a Chance. Long wait times aren't always an option for mental-health care, so the Community Care Program is often a lifeline veterans...
Veterans Crisis Line Employees Were Caught in Mass Firings. A New Bill Aims for Staff Protections. The bill comes after the Department of Veterans Affairs acknowledged in a letter to senators last month that 24 support...
Attorney, VA Senior Adviser Nominated for Veterans Affairs Inspector General Cheryl Mason, an Air Force spouse who currently serves as an adviser to VA Secretary Doug Collins, has been nominated by...
How to Tell if Your Company Truly Cares About Employing Veterans There are ways to evaluate the strength of a company's commitment to hiring military talent, and whether your goals and...
VA Shifts Survivors Benefits Office Under Secretary with Goal to Improve Service The Office of Survivors Assistance will now directly report to the VA secretary, according to the department.
Could the US Bring Back the Draft? Who Would Be Called First — and Who Qualifies Could the U.S. bring back the draft? Here’s how Selective Service works today, who would be called first and why only about...
VA Study: Ozempic, Other GLP-1 Drugs May Fight Addiction Across Every Major Substance For the more than 48 million Americans with substance use disorders, including a disproportionate share of veterans, GLP-1...
US Navy Sends Submarines Under Arctic Ice for 100th Time in Milestone Exercise The U.S. Navy has reached a Cold War-era milestone in the Arctic, deploying two Virginia-class submarines beneath the polar...
After the Knock on the Door: How TAPS Supports Military Families for Life After a service member dies, families face a lifetime of grief. TAPS founder Bonnie Carroll explains how the organization...
Exclusive: John Ripley, the Marine Who Blew Up the Dong Ha Bridge, to Receive the Medal of Honor More than 50 years after hanging beneath a Vietnam bridge to stop a North Vietnamese armored invasion, Marine Col. John...
![](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-05/1time%20joe%20don%20baker%20dies%201200.jpg?itok=9zJGYqiG "Joe Don Baker as Chief of Detectives Earl Eischied on the 1979 series "Eischied." (Columbia Pictures Television)")
