Irving Peoples was a ranger in the U.S. Army from 1979 to 1984, including a stint in a peacekeeping group in Lebanon. After his service, Peoples returned home to Jersey City, and for decades afterward,… Read More
On Feb. 14 President Obama signed into law the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans (SAV) Act. SAV is aimed at reducing military and veteran suicides and improving access to quality mental-health care for… Read More
Gulf Coast veterans will have a chance to display their creative and artistic abilities in the local competition of the 2015 National Veterans Creative Arts Competition March 5 in Biloxi, Miss. Hosted by the Department… Read More
Far fewer veterans than expected are taking advantage of a new law aimed at making it easier for them to get private health care and avoid the long waits that have plagued Department of Veterans… Read More
A doctor working at an outlying community outpatient clinic managed by the Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial Veterans Affairs Medical Center said he is as confused as his patients over the rules of the VAs new… Read More
PORTLAND, Maine Roger Goodoak looks for people who often dont want to be found, on the edges of a society that doesnt often want to see them. He drives the streets of Portland in a… Read More
OAKLAND (CBS/AP) – The Oakland office of Veterans Affairs improperly filed and then lost about 14,000 unprocessed veterans benefit claims, some dating back to the 1990s, a federal government investigation found. The unprocessed informal claims… Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. Four of the nations leading veterans service organizations AMVETS (American Veterans), DAV (Disabled American Veterans), Paralyzed Veterans of America (Paralyzed Veterans) and the VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) released The Independent Budget for… Read More
The Veterans Affairs Department fired about 2,572 employees in fiscal 2014 up from 2,264 in fiscal 2013, according to numbers from the Office of Personnel Management. The 13 percent increase comes as the agency works… Read More
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD, is one of the most common mental health disorders affecting veterans of all ages. Whether it is the only condition from which a veteran suffers, or it is part of… Read More