Veteran Affairs News

A Leavenworth soldier was killed Friday in Afghanistan, according to Associated Press reports, making the weekend a sobering one for more than one Kansas military family.

In the past week, at least seven American troops were killed in Afghanistan and eight in Iraq.

It was like an action movie. A young man held at night in a hotel, threatened with prison.

Veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq battling symptoms of post-traumatic stress syndrome are needed for a behavioral study at Highlands Hospital in Connellsville.

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The free trip to the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., being offered to World War II veterans is now being extended to veterans of other wars on a first-come, first-served basis.

An appeals court said that taxpayers cannot sue over the Department of Veterans Affairs' integration of religion into its health care programs for the nation's veterans.

When the mournful sound of bagpipes playing "America the Beautiful" subsided, only sobs and cries could be heard as the body of Army Staff Sergeant Alex R. Jimenez was carried into a church in Lawrence.

I am quoting FACTCHECK.org concerning the latest John McCain ad: "A new McCain ad says Obama 'made time to go to the gym, but canceled a visit with wounded troops.

Tia Christopher tells the California Legislative Women's Caucus on Tuesday that California and its counties must help address post-traumatic stress of military veterans.

UC Davis Cancer Center physicians today released results of research showing that Vietnam War veterans exposed to Agent Orange have greatly increased risks of prostate cancer and even greater risks of getting ...

Women make up 20% of all new recruits and more than 11% of the forces deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan.

Shouldn't we be using that money over here to fix our road and power infrastructure? Not to mention, shoring up social security, medicare, public education, Veterans Affairs medical care, and on and on... Or ...

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - A federal judge in East St. Louis said an Air Force veteran must spend 10 months in prison for defrauding the U.S. government of benefits.

UC Davis Cancer Center physicians today released results of research showing that Vietnam War veterans exposed to Agent Orange have greatly increased risks of prostate cancer and even greater risks of getting ...

Two 101st Airborne Division soldiers died during the weekend, one in Afganistan and the other in Iraq, according to Department of Defense news releases.

Disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs would reach veterans sooner, and with special swiftness for severely wounded veterans and their families, under legislation to upgrade the VA ...

Lidia Perez's "little yard sale" last weekend was supposed to raise some money to help John Martinek rebuild his home and life.

An Iraq war veteran who said he acted on reflex when he shot another man during a daytime brawl has been sentenced to 90 days in jail and two years probation.

A Columbia man has pleaded guilty in federal court to stealing $44,900 in Veterans Affairs pension benefits.