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U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Fox Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion traverse an obstacle course training event at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California, April 10, 2026. The O-Course is a series of obstacles designed to build recruits’ strength, agility, endurance and confidence. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Adrian Guerrero Martinez)

Should veterans get a ‘second look’ at long prison sentences after military service?

By Patty Nieberg

Posted Yesterday

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the Presidential Salute Battery, 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), participate in a ruck march followed by a door bundle airdrop retrieval during the 2026 Best Mortar Competition at Fort Benning, GA. April 9, 2026. The event tests Soldiers’ endurance and ability to locate and recover equipment delivered by aerial resupply. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Christopher Smith)

How an overhaul of federal layoffs could affect veterans

By Patty Nieberg, Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 15, 2026

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - JUNE 16: A military veteran leaves a Stand Down event designed to help veterans who are homeless or housing insecure on June 16, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. The semi-annual event helps veterans who are experiencing homelessness connect with services to find them housing. The event also connects veterans with agencies to help with medical services, food, clothing, and also helps veterans navigate the VA benefits system. There are an estimated 500 homeless veterans in the Chicago area, and 38,000 nationwide. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

VA staffing shortages led to failure to refer veterans to supportive housing, investigators find

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Apr 6, 2026

The future Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr.

Navy destroyer with grizzly bear battle flag pays tribute to heroic Marine

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 24, 2026

Brig. Gen. Todd Traver, deputy commanding general of the 807th Theater Medical Command, presents the Purple Heart to retired U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. 1st Class Christina Larson during her retirement ceremony at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, Feb. 20, 2026. Larson received the award for wounds sustained during a 2015 deployment to Afghanistan. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Mikayla Fritz)

Army reservist receives Purple Heart as she retires, a decade after combat

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Mar 19, 2026

Crews dismantle a homeless veterans encampment on San Vincente Boulevard in Los Angeles on Nov. 1, 2021. The encampment was set up outside of the 388-acre West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs campus. (photo by Al Seib / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images).

VA announces plan to put some veterans in guardianships

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Mar 15, 2026

MAYPORT, Fla. (JUNE 8, 2025) Sailors man the rails aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109), as they return to homeport, June 8. Jason Dunham, assigned to the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (HSTCSG), is homeported at Naval Sation Mayport, Florida, and returned following a nearly nine-month deployment to the U.S. European and Central Command areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Marieliza Rosales)

VA responds to worries about new focus on ‘telltale signs’ of fraud

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Mar 13, 2026

Recruits of Delta Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, spread out during a martial arts training session Aug. 27, 2015, on Parris Island, S.C. Keeping a safe amount of distance between recruits is one of many safety precautions taken during training. Delta Company is scheduled to graduate Nov. 13, 2015. Parris Island has been the site of Marine Corps recruit training since Nov. 1, 1915. Today, approximately 20,000 recruits come to Parris Island annually for the chance to become United States Marines by enduring 13 weeks of rigorous, transformative training. Parris Island is home to entry-level enlisted training for approximately 50 percent of males and 100 percent of females in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Vanessa Austin)

VA ‘invented new reasons’ to deny GI Bill benefits, lawsuit claims

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Mar 12, 2026

U.S. Marines participate in a simulated Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear exercise during the Force Headquarters Group Super Team Competition at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 23, 2023. During the multi-day competition, reserve units from all across the Marine Corps exercised their technical and tactical proficiencies by competing in events that highlighted offensive/defensive operations, patrolling techniques, combat marksmanship, physical endurance and small unit leadership. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Mitchell Johnson)

Senator blocks veterans benefits bill over cost in ‘dollars and cents’

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 9, 2026

Soldier waves an American flag

Fake veteran impersonated soldier to claim VA benefits, prosecutors say

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Mar 7, 2026

Senate authorizes Trump to award Recon Marine the Medal of Honor

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 4, 2026

Medals of Honor March 2026

These 3 soldiers will be awarded Medals of Honor

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 27, 2026

U.S. Soldiers with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team ruck march near the Cambridge Springs Readiness Center in Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania, Jan. 8, 2026. Soldiers complete ruck marches, usually a number of miles with a weighted ruck sack, to build military fitness and readiness. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Campbell)

VA to officially rescind controversial disability rule following outcry

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Feb 26, 2026

VA Disability Rule

VA has no plans of ‘ever doing anything’ about disability rule, official says

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Feb 24, 2026

In an abrupt about face, Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins said Thursday the agency was "halting enforcement" of a new rule that tied medication to a veteran's disability rating.

VA pauses new disability rule 2 days after announcing it

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 19, 2026

U.S. Marines and Sailors with 2d Battalion, 8th Marines, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division conduct a live-fire platoon attack during Service Level Training Exercise 4-25, on Range 410A at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, July 16, 2025. SLTE 4-25 is designed to be a challenging, realistic training environment that produces combat-ready forces capable of operating as an integrated Marine Air Ground Task Force across all domains of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Judith Ann Lazaro)

Concern and confusion erupt over new VA disability rule

By Patty Nieberg, Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 18, 2026