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Price tag for VA’s new GI Bill online platform has jumped nearly $500M
VA officials said the original $453 million contract for the work has now been updated 25 times. The new price tag for the project is $932 million.
VA secretary to remain in role through end of term in January
A report Tuesday suggested Denis McDonough would step down after the election, which is Nov. 5.
US soldier plans to plead guilty to selling military information
Sgt. Korbein Schultz had initially pleaded not guilty to charges including conspiring to obtain and disclose military defense information and bribery.
Marine dies in Humvee rollover at California combat training center
The incident is the first Marine Corps on-duty ground vehicle fatality reported this year.
By Todd South
Former Navy research scientist gets 25 years for child exploitation
The defendant, who once worked for the Office of Naval Research, was found to have more than 600 sexually explicit photos and videos on his devices.
By Todd South
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.
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
Biden’s pardons still fall short for many LGBTQ veterans
Neither the White House nor the Defense Department could tell The War Horse exactly how many veterans will benefit — or why so many others are left out.
By Anne Marshall-Chalmers, The War Horse
Virginia lawmakers restore military tuition program funding, for now
Legislators repealed changes to a college financial aid program for military families and allocated $90 million to it for the next two years.
By Charlotte Renee Woods, Virginia Mercury
Family of aircraft carrier sailor who died by suicide files lawsuit
Master-at-Arms Seaman Recruit Xavier Mitchell-Sandor is one of at least three sailors that died by suicide aboard the carrier in April 2022.
By Diana Stancy