Veterans

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Steven Price testifies at the Texas House of Representatives this year, and a photo from his time stationed in Panama in the early 1980s.

A veteran’s service in Panama isn’t covered by the VA. There are hundreds like him.

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Dec 1, 2025

Pentagon officials threatened Monday to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in the Navy after a Nov. 18 video urging troops to refuse “illegal” orders.

Pentagon threatens to court-martial senator who told troops they can refuse ‘illegal orders’

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Nov 24, 2025

The FDA recalled a drug prescribed by VA doctors to veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder nightmares.

Drug used to treat PTSD nightmares recalled for cancer risk

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Nov 6, 2025

Soldiers in military fatigues in the desert, with figures visible in the background, in the Saudi–Iraqi neutral zone on the border between Saudi Arabia and the Iraq, 1991. (Photo by David Turnley/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)

Long-dismissed ‘Gulf War Illness’ finally recognized with international medical code

By Drew F. Lawrence

Posted on Oct 8, 2025

Philadelphia, PA, USA - November 8, 2015: The U.S. Army Drill Team performs a demonstration for officials gathered at Independence Mall, in Philadelphia, PA, on November 8, 205, for the inaugural Philly Veterans Parade. (photo by Bastiaan Slabbers)

One VA staffer rubber-stamped benefits at 20 times the normal rate. That could be bad news for vets.

By Drew F. Lawrence

Posted on Oct 7, 2025

Michigan Shooting

Service records released on two Marine veterans involved in weekend violence

By Jeff Schogol, Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 29, 2025

U.S. Marines Lance Cpl. Kaitlyn M. Erkson, an intelligence analyst with the Aviation Combat Element, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command, and Sgt. Sean S. Saball, a data noncommissioned officer with the Command Element, SPMAGTF-SC, mix paint during a visit to Casa Misericordia orphanage for girls with disabilities in Comayagua, Honduras, Oct. 28, 2017. Service members with SPMAGTF-SC volunteered their time playing with the children, handing out toys and school supplies, and painting the orphanage. The Marines and sailors of SPMAGTF-SC have donated over 7,000 hours of community service to local communities throughout Central America during their six-month deployment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ian Leones)

VA may have sent 35,000 veterans ‘erroneous’ warnings about home foreclosure

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Sep 5, 2025

Frank S. Wright Promoted To Sergeant

Legendary Marine Raider finally promoted to sergeant at 100

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 3, 2025

A man, who was later arrested for assaulting law enforcement with a sandwich, interacts with Border Patrol and FBI agents along the U Street corridor on August 10, 2025, in Washington, DC. U.S. President Donald Trump ordered an increased presence of federal law enforcement to Washington, DC in an effort to curb crime. (Photo by Andrew Leyden/Getty Images)

Air Force veteran hit with felony sandwich assault

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Aug 16, 2025

A Combined Action Program Marine and a Navy corpsman using diesel fuel to burn the human waste from Combined Action unit Papa Three's outhouse in Cam Hieu village, Quang Tri Province, Vietnam, on September 20, 1967. (Photo by Ed Palm Photo/Getty Images)

Federal watchdog calls out lack of research on burn pits in Vietnam

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Aug 7, 2025

Marine with folded flag

Marine veteran’s body was hidden in a closet for eight months

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 26, 2025

Medical Marijuana For Veterans

Legislation would allow VA doctors to talk to veteran patients about medicinal cannabis

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 10, 2025

The painting, “Operation Phantom Fury — Fallujah 2004,” is intended to capture the uncertainty of urban combat.

A Marine veteran recreated a hell house from the Battle of Fallujah on canvas

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 8, 2025

Veterans disaster relief group rushes to Texas after floods

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 7, 2025

Close-up on a man gambling online using a mobile app on his cell phone while drinking beer at the pub

Gambling addiction in the military may be going unnoticed, advocates warn

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jul 3, 2025

Soldiers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment conduct fast rope insertion training from a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter assigned to Alpha Company, 2-158 Assault Helicopter Battalion, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. on Aug. 3, 2023. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Riley Botz, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade)

Veterans Crisis Line workers juggled multiple chats and texts with veterans, watchdog says

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jul 2, 2025