While VA doctors cannot prescribe cannabis, which is banned under federal law, a measure in the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act would let them discuss it as an alternative health care treatment in states that have legalized medical marijuana.

Mindfulness uses breathing, movement, listening, visual or other exercises to help people focus on the present moment and surroundings.  

Veterans and pets are some of the most likely groups to be adversely affected by fireworks, which can cause anxiety and be “unnerving”.

A veteran who died in Chicago without any recollection of their life was recently memorialized in a funeral service with military honors nearly a decade after dying. Investigators identified Reba Caroline Bailey, who served in the Women’s Army Corps in the 1960s, through postmortem fingerprints.

Surgeons at the University of Miami implanted a Neuralink chip in the brain of a paralyzed military veteran as part of an FDA-approved clinical trial. So far, it seems to work: video shows the veteran using his mind to wirelessly play a video game.

Skeletal remains found abandoned in Michigan 28 years ago have been identified this week as Benjamin Harrison Fountain, a World War II veteran who was born in Virginia in 1926 and later lived in West Virginia and Detroit.

The case involved $80 million in refunds for illegal overdraft fees charged to service members and other customers. Navy Federal stopped the practice in 2022 and had partially refunded customers. 

The organization builds six to 10 affordable homes every year, one of which is reserved for a local veteran family.

Former Navy SEAL Matt Maasdam said he’s running for Congress as a Democrat, aiming to challenge first-term Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett in mid-Michigan’s tossup 7th District.

Drawing on his experience as an Army doctor, Dr. Giordano organized a new trauma unit at George Washington University Hospital where he treated President Ronald Reagan after he was shot during an assassination attempt in 1981.