Veteran-owned CBD company aims to help

Extract Labs aims to give veterans an alternative form of coping with stress such as PTSD with CBD products.

VA ordered to provide hundreds of additional shelter beds, build nearly 2,000 housing units for homeless veterans in LA

The Department of Veterans Affairs must establish hundreds of additional shelter beds within 18 months and build another 1,800 units of subsidized apartments by 2030 after a federal court ruled the agency has failed to comply with an agreement to develop a Los Angeles campus with housing for disabled homeless veterans.

Bobby Body seeks to recruit fellow veterans to para powerlifting after fourth place in Paris

Army veteran who was medically discharged after a knee injury turned to powerlifting in 2014 after a therapist told him to work out his aggression.

Marine veteran Salazar helps in crunch time as US wins gold in wheelchair basketball

Marine veteran Jorge Salazar has been aiming for gold since starting wheelchair basketball in 2013 after losing his legs below the knee during an IED blast in Afghanistan in 2012. The victory Saturday sealed the U.S. program’s three consecutive Paralympic gold.

Marks to head home from Paralympics with plenty of silverware

Army sergeant first class earns her fifth silver medal of Paris Paralympics games in her final race Saturday, while watching her world record fall.

Marine veteran’s series of comebacks results in silver medal

Dennis Connors launched four attacks after falling behind on climbs to take second in men’s T1-2 race at Paris Paralympics.

DOD overhauls jobs program to emphasize immediate employment for transitioning service members

The Defense Department is overhauling SkillBridge, its job training program for transitioning service members, with tougher requirements for employers, the creation of a centralized tracking system to measure outcomes and a greater focus on moving participants into full-time work after an internship.

Senators push $15M bill to study birth defects in children of veterans exposed to toxic chemicals

The generational effects of chemical warfare agents and other hazardous materials on the descendants of service members would be evaluated under a bill to fund $15 million in research on birth defects identified in the children and grandchildren of toxic-exposed veterans.

Driving every mile of the world’s largest yard sale

Dating back nearly four decades, the Route 127 Yard Sale snakes through Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio and Michigan.

Veterans groups, lawmakers call on Supreme Court to hear Air Force vet’s suit on military medical malpractice

The Feres Doctrine has been used to prevent military medical malpractice lawsuits since 1950 and has even limited the ability of people to bring military rape cases to civil courts. Nearly two dozen veterans advocacy groups want to change that.

Czech man’s tireless mission finds kin of US troops killed in obscure WWII fight

Suppression of information in Cold War-era Czechoslovakia left many generations in the dark about the WWII combat in their lands, including an obscure battle that left dozens of Americans dead.

‘The right thing to do’: Marine’s son returns mementos collected during Battle of Okinawa

Lt. Col. Patrick Cichon found several Japanese mementos in 2005 in a wooden chest that belonged to his father, Marine Corps Sgt. Casimir Joseph Cichon, who served during World War II’s Battle of Okinawa. Believing it was “the right thing to do,” the younger Cichon was able to personally return the items this summer to two Japanese museums and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force.

Americans walk the paths their loved ones took while liberating Belgium 80 years ago

Alfonso Coppola was one of the first American troops to enter Belgium during World War II to free it from Nazi occupation. On Monday, Philip and Loretta Coppola stood on the same road their father marched on, joining the commemoration of Belgium’s liberation 80 years ago.

Czechs, Slovaks honor 41 American WWII airmen who perished in little-known battle

American families and friends joined Czechs and Slovaks on Monday to commemorate 80 years since a tragic air battle that took the lives of 41 Army airmen during World War II.

Veterans survive crash, Seine swim to finish Paris Paralympics course

Volunteers who surrounded Howie Sanborn encouraged him to stop after he crashed with less than 0.6 kilometers left in the men’s PTWC triathlon of the Paris Paralympics on Monday morning.

Army veteran Symons, US advance to wheelchair rugby final in Paris

Army veteran Mason Symons advanced on Sunday evening to the wheelchair rugby gold-medal match with a 50-43 victory over Great Britain.

‘It’s a duty I owe this generation’: WWII vet spends final years bearing witness to sacrifices of the war

As an 18-year-old Navy yeoman 2nd class, Arthur Grabiner served during World War II aboard the USS Laurens, an attack transport ship that took part in amphibious assaults in the Pacific. At age 98, he is determined to devote this final chapter of his life to sharing memories of his wartime service.

Tanks and thanks: 80 years later, Belgian city honors US WWII troops with parade

Some 200 World War II military vehicles rolled through the streets of this southwestern Belgian city on Sunday, marking 80 years since U.S. soldiers helped free it from Nazi occupation.

Army veteran Tabansky defeats world No. 1 to win archery gold at Paralympics

Jason Tabansky, 41, won gold in the men’s individual W1 competition at the Invalides.