Dozens of hospitals and outpatient clinics run by the Department of Veterans Affairs in cities along Florida’s Gulf Coast are shuttering buildings, canceling appointments and moving in-person visits to virtual exams as Hurricane Milton is forecast to strike the Tampa Bay area by late Wednesday.

Actor David Boreanaz participated in a USO mission immersion tour in the Washington, D.C. area, where he visited the National Museum of the Marine Corps and met military service members to get an exclusive look into their daily lives.

Soldiers deployed into the North Carolina mountains in recent days came from the 82nd Airborne Division and the 20th Engineer Brigade at Fort Liberty, N.C., and the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Ky.

A man who prosecutors say once served in the military is facing fraud and identity theft charges in a “truly shocking” scheme to steal from veterans in intensive care, according to the Justice Department.

The Marine Corps will soon deploy an unmanned, semisubmersible watercraft designed to move supplies and weapons across large ocean distances in waters surrounding Okinawa.

A better-than-expected 254,000 jobs were added to the economy in September, and the overall unemployment rate ticked down from 4.2% to 4.1%, said a bureau report released Friday. For veterans, the jobless rate fell from 3.5% in August to 2.7% in September, according to the report.

The remains of U.S. Army 1st Lt. Herman J. Sundstad, who fought in Burma during World War II as a member of the famed Merrill’s Marauders outfit, have been identified and returned to family members in Minnesota after 80 years.

Vietnam-era veterans exposed to nerve agents and hallucinogenic drugs in a classified military research program more than 50 years ago are appealing for retroactive disability benefits after a federal court ruling found their constitutional rights were violated.

Balatro, a spiced-up version of virtual poker, has become the video game surprise hit of the year. It has sold 2 million copies since its February release, and on Sept. 26, localthunk finally arrived on smartphone platforms.