The Senate approved legislation early Saturday to extend the federal budget into the spring, averting a government shutdown. ...

Opinion: In this opinion piece, Al Lipphardt of VFW responds to a recent Economist article that labeled veterans' benefits as ...

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Jon Basara wanted to be the perfect Marine, but mental and physical trauma from war put him on a different path. View our ...

When Justin Kelley graduates today from Marine Corps boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina, he’ll be a gunnery sergeant.

The project was scheduled to take 10 years and cost $16 billion. Nearly eight years later, only six of VA’s 170-plus medical ...

Col. William Wright has been arraigned for a second time on charges related to alleged misconduct with a cadet.

It’s not enough to post on social media once a year to demonstrate to our friends and colleagues that we care, only to forget ...

Editor’s note: This report contains discussion of suicide. Troops, veterans and family members experiencing suicidal thoughts ...

Tourists walk by a sign near the Statue of Liberty during the U.S. government shutdown in 2013. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP) A ...

Sgt. Jordin Foth, center, a Lindsborg, Kansas, native reenlists in the surf at Camp Pendleton, California. (Sgt. Anabel Abreu ...

The cost-of-living adjustment is significantly less than last year’s, which at 8.7% was the largest bump in four decades.