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George Pettigrew leads a virtual Reader's Theater event for Kansas City veterans. Among those who read their original works Heather Smoot, who served in the Air Force.

For these veterans, poetry and prose help treat the moral injury of war

In Kansas City, the Moral Injury Association of America sponsors a writing group that’s worked with thousands of veterans and family members since 2014.

The concert band of the 42nd division of the New York Army National Guard performs holiday music at Warrior Ranch in Calverton, N.Y. Dec. 3, 2022.

After a slow recruiting year, states are trying new ways to attract people to the National Guard

The National Guard fell about 9,000 troops short of its goal in 2022. Some states are improving their outreach and incentive plans to try to counter that trend.

Members of the 44th Medical Brigade work with a robotic dog manikin during a Tactical Combat Casualty Care exercise at Fort Bragg, N.C., July 14, 2026. The medics are being trained to provide battlefield care for wounded military working dogs.

The Army is training medics to treat a different kind of patient: Wounded dogs on the battlefield

The Army is cross-training medics and working to improve its practices for canine casualty care more broadly to meet the new challenges of warfare.

At a drive-through vaccination site in Elizabeth City, N.C., Tech Sgt. Steven Simpson of the North Carolina National Guard administers a COVID-19 vaccination as Maj. Hollis Guenther gives the next recipient instructions about the vaccine.

To Speed Up COVID-19 Vaccinations, Leaders Are Turning To The National Guard

More than a dozen states have called up the National Guard to help at vaccination sites, and Joe Biden may mobilize Guard units nationally.

Clinical psychologist Miatta Snetter (right) speaks to Marine Corps veteran Sherry Pope at the Fullerton College Veterans Resource Center. Snetter says woman sometimes feel uncomfortable around male veterans at the VA.

Program Seeks To Serve Female Veterans Who Feel Uncomfortable at the VA

A new program in Los Angeles is trying to provide female veterans with health care outside the VA, which some consider a male dominated environment.Denise…

Air Force cadets sit 8 feet apart from each other during their graduation ceremony in Colorado Springs, Colo. Spectators were not allowed, and cadets didn't march on stage to receive their diplomas.

Seated 8 Feet Apart With No Audience Present, Air Force Cadets Celebrate Their Graduation

Vice President Mike Pence addressed the cadets in person, but parents and others were limited to watching the ceremony online.Speaking to a class of…

Just six percent of California legislators have served in the military, one of the lowest percentages in the U.S.

Are Expensive Elections Keeping Veterans From Running For Office?

A new report from the American Enterprise Institute shows there aren't many military veterans in California's state legislature, even though more vets…

Navy Nurse Anesthetist Christine Maclan hangs an intravenous drip while preparing the operating room for surgery. While nurse anesthetists can work independently in the military, they must work under a doctor's supervision at the V.A.

The VA Wants To Give Advanced Nurses More Autonomy

The Department of Veterans Affairs wants to allow specially trained nurses to do some things that doctors do now. That might reduce wait times for…

Bob Krafty was just out of his teens when he was offered temporary duty at Edgewood Arsenal in 1965.

Decades After Secret Chemical Tests, Veterans Await Notification and Medical Care

Top secret Army experiments exposed thousands of veterans to potential chemical and biological weapons. Some are still waiting for follow up medical…

Soldiers gather for a 2019 awards ceremony at Fort Bragg, N.C. The base is one of 10 that Pentagon leaders say they are open to renaming.

If The Military Renames Southern Bases, Whose Names Should Replace The Confederate Generals?

With the call for changing the names of 10 Southern military bases gaining momentum in Washington, the question is starting to arise in Washington - and…

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