The total grant awarded by the National Cemetery Administration, an agency within the Department of Veterans Affairs, is $3.9 million.

An Army Reserve veteran who was the driving force behind last year’s sweeping reform of health care for toxic exposure was awarded nearly $2.5 million in a Texas courtroom after a jury agreed he was forced out of his job as a Texas state trooper because of war-related illnesses.

Although they describe themselves as “old guys in tights,” the 70-some cyclists on a cross-country journey from Washington state to Maryland feel they have a duty to help fellow veterans.

Lt. Col. Andrew Mettler – an F/A-18 Hornet pilot based at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort who died in a crash during a training flight near MCAS Miramar, Calif., on Aug. 24 – was remembered as a hard worker who cared about people and his fellow Marines and possessed a “warrior’s spirit.”

During the midst of the Revolutionary War, when 13 colonies were fighting for independence from Britain, Vermont declared its independence from New York. Now, nearly 250 years later, Marine veteran Jon Pierowicz is pursuing another effort to split NY through his nonprofit “Upstate Independence.”

Medals of Fidelity were presented by Brig. Gen. Frank Magurn of the Massachusetts National Guard to seven spouses and one daughter of deceased service members from western Mass. The medals were created as part of the SPEED Act, which provides a range of assistance to military families.

A five-day bike ride through Central and Southern Illinois honoring fallen men and women of the U.S. military stopped in Effingham as families along for the ride shared memories of the loved ones they lost.

More than 80 years after Pfc. Glenn Harris death, the fallen soldier is finally coming home.

Roughly 70% of veterans older than 70 who do not have enough to eat are not using government food assistance programs, according to a research report released this week.

For some, it would be their first time seeing the war memorials — a physical tribute to battles fought, lives lost and sacrifices made to guard the nation’s freedom. But as quiet fell over the airplane, they prayed like it would be their last time.