A group of former American military officers and diplomats who served in Kyiv are teaming up with a Ukrainian winery owner to bring a taste of the Black Sea coast to a U.S. audience.

The Department of Veterans Affairs can continue to fill thousands of vacancies in its health care workforce despite a federal hiring freeze ordered by President Donald Trump, the VA said Thursday. There were roughly 40,000 vacancies at the VA at the end of 2024.

If passed, the bipartisan Aviator Cancers Examination Study (ACES) Act would direct the Secretary of the VA to study cancer incidences and mortality rates among aviators and aircrew who served in the Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.

Decades of investigation yielded nothing until a recovery team in May and June 2024 discovered life support equipment, aircraft wreckage and bone tissue at a site in Quang Binh Province, Vietnam.

Bob Uecker was an Army veteran and the voice of his hometown Milwaukee Brewers who earned the moniker “Mr. Baseball” and honors from the Hall of Fame after a short playing career.

“Lefty,” as she was known to many, was lauded for breaking down racial barriers and for her lifelong dedication to preserving the legacy of African American military pioneers.

The Senate confirmation hearing for Doug Collins to be the next secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, which was scheduled for Tuesday morning, has been delayed for a week as the FBI completes a required background check.

Findings showed nearly 55% of 2,654 veterans whose records were studied by the VA and who took their own lives had reported pain problems in the year before they died.

Diagnoses for mental disorders among U.S. service members increased nearly 40% in a five-year period that partly overlapped with the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report that military researchers say demonstrates a growing need for health services.

“I see natural burials as another way for veterans like myself to give back to our country and community. Guys I served with did not enlist for the recognition,” says one Marine Corps veteran whose near-death experience caused him to consider his own mortality.