There’s one downer rule in place before Paul F. McCue, 98, can see his name on a bridge sign: he needs to have died first. “We want to see it done now, while he can still smell the roses with us,” said a man helping to organize the effort to honor McCue.

Retired Lt. Gen. Arthur Gregg, a trailblazing officer who became the Army’s first Black three-star general in 1977 and for whom the former Fort Lee in Virginia was renamed last year, died Thursday, according to the service. He was 96.

Retired Maj. Gen. William Mullen, who was found dead in the guest quarters at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms in June, died of a pulmonary embolism, authorities said Thursday. Mullen served as commanding officer at the installation from 2016 to 2017.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is coming under criticism from some lawmakers and impacted veterans about lengthy delays in fully implementing a clinical program meant to monitor the health status of 400 identified veterans who experienced “possible or probable” exposures to chemical weapons during the Iraq War.

A former commander of a Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Oklahoma will spend four years on probation after he pleaded guilty to stealing more than $40,000 from the organization’s bank accounts to use for his personal expenses.

A retired Army sergeant learned someone hit the jackpot — then he realized it was him.

The Trump campaign Wednesday released a letter signed by 50 Republican lawmakers who are military veterans that criticizes vice presidential candidate Tim Walz for what they called “egregious misrepresentations” of his time in uniform.

A national veterans’ support organization will honor Birmingham baseball legend Bill Greason with a special ceremony at Rickwood Field on Sept. 3, Greason’s 100th birthday.

More than a century after his combat death in France during World War I, Army Pfc. Charles McAllister will be buried with full military honors at Acacia Memorial Park in Seattle.

It’s the longest continuous study of Eli Lilly & Co.’s blockbuster drug Zepbound to date. Lilly and rival Novo Nordisk A/S are running a number of studies to convince cost-conscious insurers that weight-loss drugs are worth covering.

Early treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder for younger veterans may decrease the risk of developing insulin-dependent diabetes and lower the odds of an earlier death, a recently released study says.

A pair of Virginia college students set out to learn more abut World War II and were surprised to become very close friends with two veterans.

WWII aviators Anthony Di Petta, Wilbur Archie Mitts and Jay Manown Jr. were feared forever lost when their Avenger aircraft was shot down Sept. 10, 1944, in the South Pacific. Thanks to high-tech forensic analysis and recovery efforts, however, two of the heroes are now home—and a third is about to be.

More than $800 million in grants were awarded by the Department of Veterans Affairs to community nonprofits to help them find housing rapidly for veterans who are homeless or at immediate risk of losing their homes.

The remains of Army Pvt. William E. Calkins, missing in action since the Japanese invasion of the Philippines in World War II, have been accounted for, 81 years after his death in a prisoner of war camp.

Vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, continued criticism of his opponent’s military record and the current administration’s treatment of the military and veterans while emphasizing the Trump campaign’s primary messages about the economy and immigration during an appearance at a VFW Post in Pennsylvania.

More than 300 families attended the annual briefing on the Korean War and Cold War. They represent a fraction of the 7,500 presumed missing from the Korean War. Most will never get the answers they seek. “We are at the mercy of geopolitics,” said Kelly McKeague, director of the DPAA.

Family members, friends and press executives gathered Wednesday to mark the 12th anniversary of the abduction of Marine veteran Austin Tice. Those who spoke at the event expressed their impatience with promises from government leaders of a grand diplomatic effort that has led to no tangible results.

The pioneering pilots of the World War II unit now number only three. And as Tuskegee Airmen Inc. gathers for its annual convention, the national nonprofit looks to focus on its mission to cultivate the next generation of Black aviators through hands-on education programs.