Music as meditation: Guitars for Vets provides outlet, peace

Guitars for Vets provides a “social outlet” to veterans by offering 10 weeks of guitar lessons and an acoustic guitar upon graduation.

Amendment backing full VA hospital in New Hampshire clears House

The U.S. House of Representatives approved an amendment to a Pentagon spending bill to pave the way for a full-service Veterans Affairs hospital in New Hampshire on Wednesday.

Veterans’ advocates warn of low morale amid LA deployment: ‘This is not what we signed up for’

Veterans’ advocates who are in direct contact with troops and their families say they are deeply concerned about the morale of the roughly 4,100 National Guard members and 700 U.S. Marines deployed to Los Angeles amid protests against immigration raids.

ICE detains Marine Corps veteran’s wife who was still breastfeeding their baby

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detained the wife of a Marine Corps veteran in Louisiana during her immigration appointment in New Orleans.

Nonprofit launches monthly food distribution for DC military community, veterans

“The food need is significant here” in Washington because of the economy and cost of living, the CEO at Soldiers’ Angels told Stars and Stripes.

Former Stars and Stripes journalist who played kazoo on ‘Woodstock’ album dies at 77

David Allen, a Navy veteran and longtime Stars and Stripes journalist who reported from Guam and Okinawa for nearly two decades, died after a prolonged battle with cancer at the age of 77.

Longtime educator for Defense Department schools in South Korea, England dies at 80

Don Miller, a mathematics and computer science teacher who spent more than three decades serving Defense Department students overseas, died at his home in Camas, Wash., at the age of 80.

Military veterans serving in the House demand congressional approval for more attacks against Iran

The veterans, all Democrats, did not indicate which war powers resolution they will back as lawmakers across Capitol Hill race to make their voices heard in the aftermath of the U.S. military’s strikes against Iran’s major nuclear facilities.