Kenneth Aungst, a retired Army first sergeant, was honored by the 7th Army Training Command with its Good Neighbor Award at Tower Barracks in Grafenwoehr, along with nine German citizens for their support of the U.S. Army and local community. He is the first American to receive the award.
More than 80 years after joining the Army, 102-year-old World War II veteran Neil Korn was presented with five medals and awards for his military service to the U.S.
Earl Meyer, a Korean War veteran from Minnesota who still carries shrapnel in his leg from when he was wounded in combat, will finally get his Purple Heart medal, 73 years late.
Veterans and active duty service members suffering from post traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury or just needing a break to clear their heads have a new avenue to seek help as Soldiers Freedom Outdoors dedicated its new location Saturday at Camp Meridale.
Terry Anderson, the globe-trotting Associated Press correspondent who became one of America’s longest-held hostages after he was snatched from a street in war-torn Lebanon in 1985 and held for nearly seven years, has died at 76.
A pair of bills that aim to ease the lengthy appeals process for disability claims with the VA would keep the same judge on cases, track delays on pending claims and immediately notify veterans about missing or incomplete forms.
A N.J. town passed an ordinance amending rules about displaying flags, saying “town-owned flag poles are not intended to serve as a forum for free expression by the public and are for official purposes.” The ordinance allows the American flag, state and county flags, and military flags or POW/MIA flags.
Veterans in Florida who rely on hemp extract for pain issues may find themselves scrambling for alternatives. Access could soon be curtailed if Gov. Ron DeSantis signs a bill limiting the types of products that shops can sell.
The remains of a World War II soldier from Waterbury who was killed along with his entire bomber crew in 1944 have been identified and will be buried with full military honors in Middletown, a U.S. Department of Defense agency announced this week.
The remains of Army Pfc. Harry Jerele of Berkeley, Ill., were identified in December, about 81 years after he died of pneumonia at the Cabanatuan POW camp, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Thursday.
Experiments and testing on cats, dogs and primates by the Department of Veterans Affairs must end by 2026 under newly enacted legislation that lawmakers highlighted during a House subcommittee hearing.
A new ban that has stopped the Department of Veterans Affairs from taking away the gun rights of veterans who are found to be incapable of managing their own financial affairs will expire in six months, VA officials said.
How HBO transformed Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel ‘The Sympathizer’ into a limited series
A $14 billion internet subsidy program used by millions of veterans and their families will end June 1 unless lawmakers vote for its renewal.
Transgender American Veterans Association filed its second federal lawsuit in three months against the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for its refusal to provide gender-confirmation surgery in its health benefits package.
The Department of Veterans Affairs would be required to submit detailed data on abortions performed at its facilities under a bill introduced Tuesday by Sen. Tommy Tuberville.
With a flattop haircut, pointed opinions and a Midwestern sensibility, Whitey Herzog, an Army veteran, forged a Hall of Fame career managing Major League Baseball’s two Missouri teams by implementing a style that bears little resemblance to today’s game.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with a decorated veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq in a protracted fight with the government over 12 months of G.I. Bill educational benefits.
