For several decades, the cremated remains of more than two dozen American Civil War veterans languished in storage facilities at a funeral home and cemetery in Seattle. But thanks to the sleuthing of an organization that finds, identifies and inters veterans, the ashes were recovered and most were given a burial service with military honors at a cemetery in Washington state. The remains of several others were sent to be reburied near family in Maine, Rhode Island and elsewhere.

Delmar Dreaming Bear, a 73-year-old Vietnam veteran, believes stable housing would help him heal, and there is ample rental assistance available for homeless veterans. Yet records show that the VA San Diego Healthcare System has at least temporarily denied him a housing voucher on the grounds that he’s too ill to live independently.

U.S. Army Sgt. John O. Herrick, a Kansas soldier killed during D-Day who was recently accounted for after 80 years, will make his final journey home to Emporia on Nov. 8.

Using scrub brushes, buckets and hoses transported to the site by a National Park Service truck, the volunteers spent nearly an hour cleaning the memorial in preparation of Veterans Day.

The U.S. is providing about $425 million in new military aid to Ukraine that includes air defense interceptors, munitions for rocket systems and artillery, armored vehicles and anti-tank weapons, the Pentagon announced Friday.

VA leaders told Congress in September that they needed $3 billion immediately to close a budget gap or veterans would lose their monthly benefits on Oct. 1. Instead, the VA has a surplus of $5.1 billion from fiscal 2024, according to two lawmakers.

Eastwood, 94, is the kind of living legend that has even the most seasoned veterans a little starstruck. Some major names lined up to be directed by him in his latest drama.

Butler Martin made his mark as a barrier-breaking World War II Marine who trained under challenging conditions in the segregated South. He died Sept. 27 at age 101.

The mural is just one of many tributes Eastport resident Elizabeth Buck has erected in memory of her son, Danny Buck, who served in the Navy from the early 2000s until his death by suicide in 2019.

Norfolk is home to one of the country’s oldest American Legion posts, but after several rent hikes and moves, it might not make it through the holidays without the community’s help.

Retired Cmdr. Everett Alvarez Jr., now 86, was captured Aug. 5, 1964, while on a bombing mission near the North Vietnam-China border. He survived beatings, torture and starvation during 3,113 days of captivity.

Asheville VA workers visited hundreds of veterans in the days and weeks after the storm. Workers went out in “tiger teams” — small groups of specialized care professionals — to check on high-risk veterans and see what they might need.

Two lawmakers are looking to codify the Veterans Experience Office within the VA after the office expanded outreach to women veterans, created a mobile app and, according to the VA, improved trust by 25%.

Straining to conquer a peak in the snowcapped Southern Alps of New Zealand with 16 strangers and $1 million at stake, Master Sgt. Ladeania Jackson felt right at home.

Approximately 25% of veterans — numbering more than 4 million — live in rural or highly rural areas. Transportation problems account for 1.8 million missed VA medical appointments annually, costing the agency about $4.4 billion a year.

In its effort to combat veteran homelessness, Tunnel to Towers Foundation broke ground Tuesday on its Detroit Veterans Village in Southfield.

Country music duo The War and Treaty has been nominated for many awards and has several hits, but the road to fame started in an unlikely place.

Jataya “Jay” Taylor was forced to abandon her dream of a military career just three years after joining the Marine Corps, when the usual bumps, sprains and other scrapes from training did not heal normally but grew worse.

When game studio Firaxis wanted to include famous Shawnee Tribe leader Tecumseh to its Sid Meier's Civilization series, it went straight to the tribe for advice. And a voice.