US Army names air defense system after soldier killed in VietnamThe Army is naming its short-range air defense system after Sgt. Mitchell William Stout, who saved lives in Vietnam.By Jen Judson7 hours ago
VA to add male breast cancer, two other conditions to presumptive listThe addition of three new cancers to the list of conditions presumed to be caused by military service will speed up disability benefits for some vets.By Leo Shane III36 hours ago
VA urges mortgage firms to extend foreclosure pause until next yearA moratorium on foreclosures of VA-backed home loans is set to expire at the end of the week.By Leo Shane III2 weeks ago
VA says its trust scores among veterans are at highest level everMore than four in five veterans surveyed said they trust the department's programs and outreach efforts.By Leo Shane III2 weeks ago
Pentagon mulls special pay boost to fix health care personnel shortageOfficials blamed the shortage on an inability to set competitive pay and other instances of bureaucratic red tape slowing the onboarding of workers.By Molly Weisner2 weeks ago
The group aiming to stop ‘endemic’ suicide among Native American vetsA group recently launched a program to address a rise in suicide among American Indian and Alaska Native veterans.By Jonathan Lehrfeld3 weeks ago
He saw Dachau’s horrors — now, this vet warns against Holocaust denial100-year-old WWII vet Hilbert Margol was a part of the 42nd Infantry Division that liberated the Dachau concentration camp on April 29, 1945.3 weeks ago
She was America’s first woman POW in Vietnam — and was never foundIn 1962, Dr. Eleanor Ardel Vietti became America's first female prisoner of war in Vietnam. She's still unaccounted for.By Claire Barrett3 weeks ago
Veterans of one of Vietnam’s most dangerous jobs recount their missionVeterans of LRRP units talk about how they got into the military, and took jobs in Long Range Recon — one of the most dangerous jobs in Vietnam.By Staff Reports3 weeks ago
Exposed to Agent Orange at US bases, vets face cancer without VA helpA proposed VA rule would allow compensation to veterans for Agent Orange exposure at 17 U.S. bases, but some say certain bases are missing.By Hannah Norman and Patricia Kime, Daily Montanan3 weeks ago
American vets for Ukraine launch group for sustained supportThe recently launched group American Veterans for Ukraine wants to drive up public support for Ukraine.By Jonathan Lehrfeld3 weeks ago
VA wants vets to submit benefits claims before looming summer deadlineThe VA wants vets who submitted an 'intent to file' to finish submitting their benefits claims before many hit a summer deadline.By Jonathan Lehrfeld3 weeks ago