VA shuttering underperforming clinics, addressing leadership shortcomings at others
The VA is closing underperforming clinics and addressing issues at troubled facilities, VA Secretary Doug Collins says.
By Patricia Kime
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Iran ‘skirmish’ has no effect on strong US economy, White House advisor claims
The rosy analysis was prompted by the monthly jobs report, which showed the jobless rate for all veterans came down from 4.1% in February to 3.9% in March.
By Richard Sisk
Veterans Affairs coronavirus deaths jump 13 percent over the weekend
The virus continues to be deadlier for VA patients than for the rest of the American population, with more than 6 percent of positive cases becoming fatal.
Dispatch from Rome: Please, let it not be us
The armed forces can serve as an example to be emulated during this time of political polarization, says the author of this commentary.
By Robert Bruce Adolph
I’ve reported on war for years. I’m more afraid now than I’ve ever been.
The author of this commentary says he did not expect to see the kind of unrest he experienced overseas in places like Michigan, Ohio and Kentucky.
By Carmen Gentile
Reinstate? Reassign? Navy to decide fate of fired aircraft carrier captain
The Navy’s top admiral will soon decide the fate of the ship captain who was fired after pleading for commanders to move faster to safeguard his coronavirus-infected crew on the USS Theodore Roosevelt.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press and Robert Burns, The Associated Press
Fort Rucker to resume flight training paused by coronavirus
The Army plans to resume flight training at an Alabama base where most pilot trainees have been grounded because of the coronavirus.
Fort Bragg soldiers make masks to fight coronavirus pandemic
It’s become a competition for the soldiers of 647th Quartermaster Company to see who can crank out the most face masks during a shift to protect against the coronavirus.
An open letter to our nation’s warriors during these trying times
If the current threat of COVID-19 reawakens feelings of helplessness, we may be at risk, says the author of this commentary.
By Dr. Shauna Springer
Cadets graduate in scaled-down ceremony after trying semester at Air Force Academy
Nearly 1,000 cadets graduated Saturday from the Air Force Academy in a scaled-down ceremony that capped a trying semester of virtual classes and solitary dorm-room meals due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Watch Vice President Pence speak at scaled-down Air Force Academy graduation
Making only his second trip outside Washington in the last six weeks, Pence will be speaking at a scaled-down ceremony in Colorado Springs.
By Zeke Miller, The Associated Press
The Theodore Roosevelt episode was no isolated incident, but a portent of worse to come
Unfortunately, this astonishing episode was no isolated incident, but rather another disturbing manifestation of the current administration’s drive to politicize the military.
By Andrew Milburn