Not Just for US Veterans: 7 Medical Breakthroughs the VA Gave to the World With the VA facing job cuts, it's important to remind not only veterans, but also lawmakers, health officials and the...
Military Veterans Are Becoming the Face of Trump's Government Cuts and Democrats' Resistance As congressional lawmakers scramble to respond to President Donald Trump's slashing of the federal government, one group is...
One of the Last Surviving Tuskegee Airmen Remembers Struggle for Recognition Amid Trump's DEI Purge Col. James H. Harvey III, 101, was one of four Tuskegee Airmen who won the first U.S. Air Force Gunnery Meet in 1949.
Lawmakers Try Again on Bill to Give 50,000 Medically Retired Veterans Full VA Disability, Retirement Pay The Major Richard Star Act, which has been floated since 2020, has the support of more than 40 veterans' organizations and...
The Hidden Costs of Caregiving: Meet the Kids Taking Care of Wounded Veterans Kids that take care of their wounded veteran family members go unnoticed by government agencies like Veteran Affairs and are...
The Trailblazing Nurses Who Kept the Tuskegee Airmen Flying As the U.S. war machine churned to life during World War II, the need for manpower began to push the limits of the...
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/2025-03/va%20debakey%20legend%201200.jpg?itok=FugzVuVV ""The father of modern cardiovascular surgery," Dr. Michael E. DeBakey was a World War II veteran and helped create the modern VA medical system. (Dept. of Veterans Affairs)")
