A Marine Corps veteran is being heralded in Yuma, Ariz., for his quick reaction in disarming a would-be robber Wednesday at a gas station convenience store, according to the Yuma County Sheriff’s Office.

Many of the claims hitting the backlog are from veterans suffering from bladder cancer, hyperthyroidism and Parkinson’s-like symptoms stemming from their exposure to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War. Congress passed a measure at the start of 2021 that placed those conditions on the presumptive list for VA benefits.

Iraq War veteran Cody Ayon has served the community of Deming, his country, and his heritage, and is sharing that service, his culture, and life in a PBS documentary that will air nationally on Oct. 26, 2021.

The VA was the first federal agency to mandate that its employees be vaccinated against the coronavirus. There are 420,000 employees at the agency, and most workers had until Oct. 8 to provide proof of vaccination to their local VA Occupational Health Office.

Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough vowed Wednesday to get all homeless veterans living in the area known as “veterans row” in Los Angeles into housing by Nov. 1.

The hall of fame honor, which began in 1992, is awarded to Ohio servicemen and women for the tremendous work — both professionally and philanthropically — they accomplish following their military careers, said Deborah Ashenhurst, director of the Ohio Department of Veterans Services.

An Army veteran who was wounded in Iraq is accused of fraudulently receiving over $1 million in federal benefits after claiming for more than a decade that he was paralyzed.

Army Cpl. Robert C. Agard, who was 19 when he died in the Korean War, the fate of his life and his remains are now certain.

The crime happened nearly 40 years ago, but it still stung: Burglars broke into Gus Allbritton's home one day while he was at work as a sheriff's deputy, and they stole one of his most treasured possessions.

The Department of Veterans Affairs abandoned its initial search for someone to lead its massive health care system and is starting the process over again, the agency announced.