Veteran Affairs News

Many of the patients who fill the day are bereft, angry, broken. Their stories are gruesome, their distress lasting, and the process of recovery exhausting.

An estimated 45,000 onlookers are estimated to have turned out for the annual Veterans Day Parade through the streets of downtown Hartford.

When then Gov. Ronald Reagan introduced returning POW John McCain at a speaking engagement in 1974, the future president asked, "Where do we find such men?" He was speaking of many veterans, when he answered, "We find them in our streets, in the office, the shops and the working places of our country and on the farms." In other words, President ...

An artist who painted two of Britain's last First World War veterans, including Henry Allingham from East Sussex, shortly before their deaths has gifted intimate final drawings of them to the nation.

Second World War veterans in the North East have been encouraged to return to the places where they saw action, with the help of cash from the Big Lottery Fund.

Here is a look at some of the victims. ___ Michael Grant Cahill Cahill, a 62-year-old physician assistant, suffered a heart attack two weeks ago and returned to work at the base as a civilian employee after taking just one week off for recovery, said his daughter Keely Vanacker.

There was the classroom presentation that justified suicide bombings. Comments to colleagues about a climate of persecution faced by Muslims in the military.

Today was the annual Veteran's parade in Plumerville, as part of the yearly festivities the organizers dedicated a memorial to Officer Joey Cannon who was shot in the line of duty earlier this year.

Graphic shows the number of active duty U.S. soldiers of the Islam faith as of Aug.

Two members of the South African National Defence Force have died in a parachute incident, the Ministry of Defence and Military Veterans said.

Next week, communities across Barry County will take time to honor the men and women who have served our country in the United States Armed Forces.

More than a month after a new fiscal year began Oct. 1, the House and Senate are still pressing to pass a group of bills to improve veteransa benefits and health programs, rolling them together in a oeomnibusa legislative packets.

An Army veteran admitted in federal court Friday that he plotted with his wife to bilk the U.S. government by faking paralysis after a car wreck to get disability benefits and avoid being deployed to Iraq.

There was a sea of red, white and blue in Rock Hill Friday during a tribute ceremony, honoring American war veterans at the Glencairn Garden.

An Army psychiatrist set to be shipped overseas opened fire at the Fort Hood Army base Thursday, authorities said, a rampage that killed 12 people and left 31 wounded in the worst mass shooting ever at a military base in the United States.

For all the forgettable Veterans Day sales, there's a trio of free-meal deals for military veterans that speak not just to the heart but the stomach.

A third Republican officially entered the fight Thursday to challenge Mark Schauer in next year's 7th Congressional District election.

Entertainment By John Mulderig Source: George Clooney stars in a scene from the movie "The Men Who Stare at Goats." The Army's Cold War-era experimentation with psychic and paranormal techniques of warfare provides the seemingly outlandish, yet fact-based premise for "The Men Who Stare at Goats" . Director Grant Heslov's adaptation of British ...

The first African-American to be elected mayor of Newton has received a congratulatory telephone call from President Barack Obama.

Second World War veterans are being urged to make sure they secure funding for commemorative trips to places where they fought.