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Shocking Report Claims 'At Least 40' Veterans Died After Being Put On 'Secret...

A stunning report published by CNN's Scott Bronstein and Drew Griffin Wednesday night claims "at least 40" veterans died awaiting treatment from the Phoenix Veterans Affairs Health Care system and many...

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Facebook Post Reunites A Vietnam Veteran With His Son

Even in the midst of war, some people find love.Such was the case for some U.S. soldiers who formed relationships with Vietnamese women during the Vietnam War. Some of these relationships resulted in...

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Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein Owned The Room At Last Night's Military Charity...

"This is Michael Moore," said Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein referring to the Bloomberg News reporter. "This is the thin, good looking guy. Not the fat–" "I think it's time to go. It's time to take...

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A Shocking Number Of US Veterans Die While Waiting For A Doctor's Appointment

James Pert had been through his share of life-threatening battles.A rough-hewn Marine, he had fought in Vietnam from 1968-1970, where, in addition to enemy fire, he was exposed to the toxic defoliant...

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Legendary Marine General Jim Mattis Explains What Makes This Generation Of...

General "Mad Dog" Mattis, the general who last year retired his post as commander of U.S. Central Command and finished a remarkable career of military service, is well known for his no-nonsense brand...

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CNN's Jake Tapper Grills White House Chief Of Staff: 'How Many Dead Veterans...

CNN’s Jake Tapper hit White House Chief of Staff Dennis McDonough hard over the Veteran’s Affairs scandal Thursday afternoon on The Lead.Tapper asked McDonough how it’s possible for President Obama to...

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Here Are Some Of The US Soldiers Killed In The Line Of Duty Since Last...

The U.S.'s decade-long operation in Afghanistan is winding down, but Americans are still fighting and dying overseas. Within the past year, from May 1, 2013 to May 20, 2014, a total of 121 U.S....

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3 Companies Taking 'Hire A Veteran' To A New Level

As we sit back and enjoy an extended weekend, barbecues, and better weather for the first time in months, we're also reminded that today isn't just the beginning of a work-shortened week, but a...

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Here's Why Veterans With PTSD Will Pick A Farm Over An Office

The first time Sonia Kendrick got out in her fields of tomatoes, cucumbers and corn, something magical happened.“It was as if the earth had grounded me,” she says.Kendrick served in the Army and...

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Here's What It Would Really Take To Fix The VA

During the home stretch of the 2008 presidential campaign, voters' focus fell squarely on the free-falling economy. But it's easy to forget that in the campaign's earlier days, veterans care was a hot...

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Report Outlines Shocking 'Systemic' Issues At Department Of Veterans Affairs

The inspector general of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs released a preliminary report Wednesday that identified "serious conditions" at the Phoenix health care facility at the heart of the...

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Congresswoman Almost Drives Witness To Tears During Heated Exchange On VA...

Republican Representative Jackie Walorski of Indiana almost drove a witness to tears during a meeting of the House Veterans Affairs Committee. Walorski questioned three VA officials during the...

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4 Things You Need To Know About The New Head Of The VA

President Barack Obama accepted the resignation of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki today, an enormous development in a widening scandal.But Shinseki’s departure puts the burden of leadership...

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Here's What Veterans Around America REALLY Think About The VA

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs became an explosive political story this week, culminating with the resignation of VA Secretary Eric Shinseki.The final straw appeared to be a report that...

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Here's A 6-Step Plan To Fix The VA Now That Shinseki Is Out

President Barack Obama had no choice but to accept Veteran Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki’s resignation.The VA inspector general’s interim report issued this week contained too many damning findings...

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D-Day Veterans Return to Normandy, 70 Years Later [PHOTOS]

Seventy years ago, they were young men thrust into one of the most significant events of the twentieth century. Now in their late 80s and early 90s, the veterans of D-Day are living connections to the...

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An 89-Year-Old British Veteran Escaped His Nursing Home To Attend D-Day...

An 89-year-old Second World War veteran told he could not attend today’s D-Day events in France went AWOL from his care home and was found 12 hours later in Normandy with comrades police have...

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The Military's Mental Health Epidemic Is Being Made Worse By The VA

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Nick D'Amico, a deeply troubled Army veteran, had been seeing a counselor every other week. But he found it next to impossible to get a follow-up appointment at the El Paso VA...

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VA Offers Appointment To Vietnam Veteran Two Years After He Dies

ACTON, Mass. (AP) — The Veterans Affairs Department is apologizing to a Massachusetts woman for offering an appointment to her husband almost two years after he died.Suzanne Chase, of Acton, tells...

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Here's How One Iraq Vet Dealt With Suicidal Thoughts And Turned His Life Around

Two years ago, I found myself in the bedroom of my apartment staring down the barrel of a shotgun. I was angry, depressed and just didn’t care about anything anymore.It’s not that I didn’t want to...

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