Dozens of hospitals and outpatient clinics run by the Department of Veterans Affairs in cities along Florida’s Gulf Coast are shuttering buildings, canceling appointments and moving in-person visits to virtual exams as Hurricane Milton is forecast to strike the Tampa Bay area by late Wednesday.
Actor David Boreanaz participated in a USO mission immersion tour in the Washington, D.C. area, where he visited the National Museum of the Marine Corps and met military service members to get an exclusive look into their daily lives.
The nonprofit Foundation for Defense of Democracies issued a report warning of attempts by Tehran to present false content for American audiences that is critical of the U.S. election process and U.S. foreign policy.
Soldiers deployed into the North Carolina mountains in recent days came from the 82nd Airborne Division and the 20th Engineer Brigade at Fort Liberty, N.C., and the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Ky.
A man who prosecutors say once served in the military is facing fraud and identity theft charges in a “truly shocking” scheme to steal from veterans in intensive care, according to the Justice Department.
The Marine Corps will soon deploy an unmanned, semisubmersible watercraft designed to move supplies and weapons across large ocean distances in waters surrounding Okinawa.
A better-than-expected 254,000 jobs were added to the economy in September, and the overall unemployment rate ticked down from 4.2% to 4.1%, said a bureau report released Friday. For veterans, the jobless rate fell from 3.5% in August to 2.7% in September, according to the report.
The remains of U.S. Army 1st Lt. Herman J. Sundstad, who fought in Burma during World War II as a member of the famed Merrill’s Marauders outfit, have been identified and returned to family members in Minnesota after 80 years.
Vietnam-era veterans exposed to nerve agents and hallucinogenic drugs in a classified military research program more than 50 years ago are appealing for retroactive disability benefits after a federal court ruling found their constitutional rights were violated.
Balatro, a spiced-up version of virtual poker, has become the video game surprise hit of the year. It has sold 2 million copies since its February release, and on Sept. 26, localthunk finally arrived on smartphone platforms.
A relatively new Marine Corps rotational force has arrived in the Philippines for its third six-month deployment, just as the longtime U.S. ally engages in a test of wills with China.
A former junior officer in the Navy who died a year ago hiking a California mountain was buried at sea this week from the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, where he once served.
Tim Walz and JD Vance need to stop using their military service for political gain. They must to rise to the occasion and honor the sacrifices of our veterans by fighting for the care and support they deserve. The future of our veterans — and the strength of our country — depends on it.
The Department of Veterans Affairs on Tuesday disclosed a plan to establish a grant program to fund legal organizations assisting veterans who are trying to access benefits after they did not receive an honorable discharge.
At 99 years old, former President Jimmy Carter is an early riser and likes to talk politics, the presidential race and the Atlanta Braves in the morning. His extraordinary life has largely settled into a quiet regimen. Carter turns 100 on Tuesday.
Veterans can get quicker emergency medical exams with a Department of Veterans Affairs nurse under a new program that aims to keep patients out of non-VA emergency rooms and urgent care centers for treatment of medical problems that require immediate attention.
At least a dozen VA employees improperly accessed the medical records of vice presidential nominees JD Vance and Tim Walz this summer, investigators found.
Kris Kristofferson, a singer-songwriter whose trove of country-pop hits such as “Me and Bobby McGee” and “Help Me Make It Through the Night” pushed him to the forefront of American popular composers and whose gritty-voiced, easygoing sex appeal propelled him to starring roles in Hollywood, died Sept. 28 at his home in Maui. He was 88.
Masamitsu Yoshioka, who was widely acknowledged as the last remaining witness to the Pearl Harbor attack from the side of the Imperial Japanese forces, died last month at the age of 106. As a bombardier, he launched a torpedo during the attack that hit the battleship USS Utah where 58 men lost their lives. “I think of the people who died because of me,” he said.