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Report: Vets wait decades for help on military toxic exposure issues
Advocates are pushing for reforms after finding that vets average a three-decade wait for full help with toxic exposure conditions.
VA claim errors result in $100 million in incorrect payments: watchdog
Overpayments and underpayments to veterans occurred because processors did not consistently follow policies and procedures, a watchdog report found.
Marine Corps veteran Paul Whelan freed in US-Russia prisoner swap
The United States and Russia completed their biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history Thursday in a multinational deal that set two dozen people free.
William Calley, leader of notorious My Lai massacre, dead at 80
He was the only U.S. soldier convicted for his role in the Vietnam War atrocity in which U.S. troops killed hundreds of Vietnamese civilians.
Navy christens destroyer for Marine who jumped on grenade in Vietnam
The family of a fallen Navy Cross recipient christened the future guided-missile destroyer Patrick Gallagher at a ceremony in Maine.
Veterans push for psychedelic therapy, but MDMA application struggles
Veterans have spent years lobbying for the use of psychedelic drugs to treat PTSD, but a critical review of MDMA has put the therapy's approval in doubt.
By Matthew Perrone
Remains of airman from World War II bombing mission identified
U.S. Army Air Force Staff Sgt. Ralph H. Bode was a 20-year-old tail gunner aboard a B-24H Liberator when it was shot down over Kassel, Germany, in 1944.
Opinion
MDMA-assisted therapy could save veterans and families. Like mine.
Our guest opinion writer, a military spouse, argues that the U.S. government should allow the use of MDMA to treat post-traumatic stress disorder.
By Elaine Brewer
After decades paying out-of-pocket, WWII veteran finally gets benefits
A 103-year-old WWII veteran who’s been paying his medical bills out-of-pocket is finally receiving his veterans benefits after 78 years.
How would Project 2025 impact troops and veterans?
A political playbook for what the next Republican administration could look like suggests major changes for troops and veterans.
Jon Stewart pushes VA to help veterans sickened after uranium exposure
The comedian is pushing the Biden administration to fix a loophole in a veterans aid bill that left out some of the first troops who responded after 9/11.
By Tara Copp