mental health
When Female Veterans Return Home
First Lieutenant Brie Zeiger tried to stifle her fear as the C-130 transport plane she was riding in began its descent toward Forward Operating Base …
October 29, 2018
9:07 am
Category: National
employment
VA joins Military Spouse Employment Partnership
Today the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Board of Veterans’ Appeals (BVA) announced it is advancing employment opportunities for military spouses through by joining
October 26, 2018
11:04 am
healthcare
Veterans, this Saturday, take back unused drugs
A teenager “borrows” her grandmother’s pain pills. He can’t sleep…so “just one more pill.” She gives her husband some of her old “leftover pain pills.”
October 26, 2018
7:00 am
healthcare
Discounted dental insurance coverage for Veterans
VA has selected Delta Dental of California and MetLife to once again offer private insurance coverage for the VA Dental Insurance Program (VADIP). Veterans who
October 25, 2018
7:00 am
education
Best for Vets Colleges: The best schools for military students in 2019
Active-duty and veteran students make up nearly 8 percent of the student population at Georgia Southern University, the No. 1-ranked school on our list. (Katherine
October 22, 2018
8:25 am
healthcare
Impaired Vision Services extend My HealtheVet care to blind and low vision Veterans
Clyde Jackson, a U.S. Army and Vietnam War Veteran (pictured above), has been managing his health care with VA Impaired Vision services for ten years.
October 18, 2018
7:00 am
mental health
VA Struggles To Reach Other-Than-Honorable-Discharge Vets In Need Of Help
VA says 115 vets with other-than-honorable discharges received mental health care last year under a new program. Veterans advocates say it’s a tiny fraction of
October 18, 2018
2:02 am
Trump presents Medal of Honor at White House
President Trump honored retired Sgt. Major John L. Canley, a decorated veteran from the Vietnam War Views: 22
October 17, 2018
2:03 pm
George W. Bush, Laura Bush to Be Honored for Work With Vets
Former President George W. Bush and former first lady Laura Bush have been named this year’s recipients of the National Constitution Center’s Liberty Medal for
October 17, 2018
12:28 pm
employment
Actors and athletes have agents to help them find work. Now vets with PTSD can too.
Staff Sgt. Robert Simonovich takes cover during a combined mission with the Iraqi army in Lutafiyah, Iraq, on April 16, 2007. Simonovich was wounded days
October 17, 2018
12:15 pm
Vietnam veterans
‘This Is Us’ hired a legendary Vietnam veteran to be a military advisor
If you enjoy one of the saddest best shows currently on broadcast television, then you’re in for a good cry treat — NBC’s This Is
October 17, 2018
11:57 am
What It’s Like to Live in a National Cemetery: A Look at Cemetery Lodges
59 of our national cemeteries have lodges on property. In most cases, they are used as administration buildings or by Veteran Service Organizations. In five
October 16, 2018
1:43 pm