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The VA was given millions to help combat veteran suicide but has done hardly...
The Veterans Administration spent less than 1% of the $6.2 million set aside for suicide prevention outreach programs, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.The most...
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The family of America's oldest living WWII veteran is asking for prayers...
The family of Richard Overton, America's oldest living World War II veteran, is asking for everyone to pray for his recovery. The 112-year-old was hospitalized on Wednesday with pneumonia.Born May 11,...
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Trump's potential pick for defense secretary ran for president as a Democrat...
Former Democratic presidential candidate Jim Webb is rumored to be under consideration to become President Donald Trump's next defense secretary, according to The New York Times.During a presidential...
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Veterans working for the federal government receive paychecks for zero...
Thousands of military veterans serving in the US government are receiving paychecks for zero dollars during the ongoing government shutdown."It's a tough time out here right now, a lot of uncertainty...
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A civilian commentator said women shouldn't serve in all combat jobs, and US...
In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, contributor Heather Mac Donald argued against the full integration of women into US combat units.She highlighted an incident she heard about where male Marines started...
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This Army veteran is suing the company that made 'defective' earplugs for the...
Texas combat veteran Sgt. Scott D. Rowe is suing 3M Company, which he claims knowingly produced and sold problematic earplugs to the US military.3M Company settled last summer for $9.1 million with the...
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The Navy is denying $963 billion in claims by veterans and their families who...
The Secretary of the Navy said he is denying thousands of claims from veterans and their families who were exposed to contaminated drinking water.The claims amount to $963 billion, but the secretary...
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1 in 10 homeless adults are veterans, here’s how you can help them and others...
Cold temperatures can be life threatening, especially to the homeless population. The polar vortex that's brought below-freezing temperatures to many major cities in the US has already led to a number...
View ArticleOhio Rep. Tim Ryan is running for president — here's how mindfulness helps...
Ohio congressman Tim Ryan announced he's running for president in the 2020 election. After going on a mindfulness retreat in 2008, Ohio Congressman Tim Ryan has become a vocal advocate for the practice...
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Trump says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is right that the Veterans Affairs...
President Donald Trump said he agrees with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the progressive freshman, that the Department of Veterans Affairs "isn't broken." "Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is correct,...
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A 2020 candidate who served in the Marines says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and...
Rep. Seth Moulton, a Massachusetts Democrat and 2020 presidential candidate, said he disagrees with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's and President Donald Trump's arguments that the Department of...
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez insists the Veterans Affairs administration isn't...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez again insisted that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) isn't broken and argued that the healthcare system should be fully funded and protected from privatization...
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After an 'Honor Flight' to DC to visit the nation's war memorials, a...
Frank Manchel, a 95-year-old World War II veteran, died on a flight from Washington, DC, to San Diego, California, on Sunday.He was on his way home after an all-expenses-paid trip to DC honoring WWII...
View ArticleThis giant 1950s town replica in California is a new kind of treatment center...
Glenner Town Square looks like a 1950s town, but it's actually a treatment center in Chula Vista, California for people with Alzheimer's disease and dementia.The center uses reminiscence therapy to...
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'We were sitting ducks': One of the last living D-Day veterans recalls the...
Seventy-five years after the D-Day landings, the number of veterans who took part in the invasion is dwindling.Retired Army Col. George Westlake, 100, is one of them, reaching the Normandy coast in the...
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An American D-Day veteran reunited with his long-lost French love, 75 years...
K.T. Robbins met Jeannine Pierson in 1944, when he was 24-year-old soldier and she was 18.After 75 years, the pair was reunited when Robbins traveled to France to commemorate the 75th anniversary of...
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A 94-year-old who missed his graduation to go fight in WWII finally got his...
William Wagner, a 94-year-old Chicago native and World War II veteran, graduated with the Class of 2019 at Tilden High School on Thursday.He joined the Navy in June 1943, missing his graduation day in...
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Beto O'Rourke unveils 'war tax' plan to ensure veterans are taken care of...
Beto O'Rourke is calling for a "war tax" to be imposed alongside newly authorized wars to ensure the health care of veterans is taken care of. The tax would be directed at households without current...
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Roughly 40% of veterans do not trust Trump to make wise decisions about war...
Roughly four in 10 veterans do not trust President Donald Trump to make wise decisions regarding the use of military force or nuclear weapons, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. This...
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Most American veterans say the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were 'not worth...
Strong majorities of American veterans and the general public say the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq weren't worth fighting, according to a new poll. A Pew Research Center survey found 64% of veterans...
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