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On Veterans Day, Former Troops Speak About Their Lives After The Uniform

To commemorate Veterans Day, the American Homefront Project talked with former service members about their time in the armed forces ... and…

Members of the Jacksonville, N.C. Rolling Thunder chapter pass a flame during a cememony honoring prisoners of war and troops missing in action.

50 Years After Vietnam, POW/MIA Movement Counts Its Successes - One At A Time

In the Vietnam War era, Americans became more interested in recovering missing troops -- largely because of the activism of some military families.In the…

8 year old Victoria Jenkins boards a bus to attend school outside of San Antonio, Texas. Victoria is nonverbal and relies on a motorized wheelchair and assistive communication devices.

For disabled children of military parents, frequent moves can lead to schooling and health care gaps

When service members move from base to base, they sometimes find it takes too long for their child's new school to begin providing special education services.

Cpl. Fabian Purvis is leaving the Marines, and he's looking to land a job with the San Diego Sheriff's Department.

Pentagon Strengthens Transition Program For Departing Troops

Traditionally, the military did little for departing troops except hand them discharge papers. But in recent years, it has enacted a mandatory program to…

Gen. William J. Gothard (right) receives a spent shell casing as part of his 2014 retirement ceremony at Fort Jackson, S.C. Gothard says his 36 years of service left him with hearing loss and tinnitus.

The Pentagon Has Settled A Lawsuit Over Allegedly Defective Earplugs. Now Veterans Are Suing, Too.

The settlement with earplug manufacturer 3M has focused attention on service-related hearing loss, one of the most common health problems among veterans.A…

Crews erect a new Fort Liberty sign outside one of the base's gates in June 2023, as the Fort Bragg name was officially replaced. The military spent more than $6 million on the change, which is now being undone.

In reinstating the name of Fort Bragg, the Army hopes to skirt a ban on Confederate namesakes

The base, known as Fort Liberty since 2023, originally was named for Confederate General Braxton Bragg. The Army says it now will be named for a World War II private, Roland Bragg.

The USS America (LHA 6) in the South Pacific.

Lessons from Overseas Military Voters

Voting by mail is nothing new for military service members. Deployed worldwide at any of the nearly 800 foreign bases, military personnel are offered...

Crews change the lettering on a sign at Fort Hood, Texas in preparation for the May 9 renaming of the base to Fort Cavazos.

Latino leaders hope Fort Hood's new name also helps reform the base's culture

Fort Hood, the sprawling Army base in Central Texas, will be redesignated Fort Cavazos May 9. The new name honors the Army’s first Hispanic four-star general.

Michael Bullers at his new home in El Monte, Calif. Prior to moving in, Bullers had been homeless since being kicked out the Navy for drug use in 1993.

'Bad Paper' Discharge Can Lead to Homelessness, Hopelessness

Service members with Other-Than-Honorable discharges receive no veterans benefits and are much more likely to become homeless. But the military has no…

Air Force personnel and civilian volunteers worked side-by-side on Christmas Eve 2019 to operate NORAD's Santa tracking hotline. In 2020, the operation will be scaled back because of the pandemic.

NORAD Preps For A Scaled-Back Version Of Its 65 Year Tradition: Tracking Santa

Personnel from Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs will try to fill in for the volunteers who normally field children's phone calls on Christmas Eve.

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