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The first Veterans Community Project campus in Kansas City, Mo. features 49 tiny homes for homeless veterans. The organization hopes to have similar villages in eight cities by the end of 2022.

Tiny Home Projects Are Expanding, Offering Homeless Veterans Independence And Security

In cities nationwide, groups addressing veteran homelessness by replacing the traditional shelter model with tiny homes.

English Professor Hilary Lithgow leads a discussion among about a dozen veterans and active-duty troops at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill during the Warrior-Scholar Project's 2021 "Academic Boot Camp."

For Veterans Starting College, 'Academic Boot Camps' Ease The Transition To The Classroom

The Department of Veterans Affairs has partnered with the Warrior-Scholar Project, a non-profit group that runs the camps at major universities around the U.S.

At a Sept. 14 virtual town hall meeting, Fort Bragg Curator and Archeologist Linda Carnes-McNaughton, Retired Major General Rodney Anderson, and Fort Bragg Garrison Commander Scott Pence listen to comments from citizens about possible new names for the base.

The process of replacing Confederate names on military bases has begun, but likely will take years

A federal commission is soliciting ideas to rename Fort Bragg, Fort Hood, Fort Rucker, Fort Lee, and several other military posts named for Confederate officers.

17-year-old Matthew Oh, whose father is in Army intelligence, has moved eight times. He said his family's latest move to South Korea was "a very dark time."

A new survey found isolation and frequent moves are harming military teens' mental health

The study of military dependents found more than 40 percent reported low mental well-being, often because of separations and a lack of connections in their lives.

Private First Class Clifton Hicks, veteran of the U.S. Army.

American Veteran: From eager recruit to conscientious objector

From an eager recruit to a conscientious objector, Clifton Hicks recalls how his deployment to Iraq in 2003 fundamentally changed his relationship to the military.

Real estate agent Leslie Alford says the housing market near Ft. Riley, Kansas has been "crazy" this year,” with “a whole lot less houses for sale, a whole lot more competition for them, and higher prices.”

In hot real estate markets, buyers using VA mortgages can have a hard time competing for homes

Troops and veterans sometimes are hurt by misconceptions about VA mortgages, or they encounter sellers who don't want their home to go through a VA appraisal.

Sesame Street characters Rosita, Elmo, and Wes perform in “Great Things,” a music video about how to process the emotions that can occur after experiencing bias.

'Sesame Street' Takes On A New Challenge: Teaching Military Kids About Racial Justice

As part of a special project targeted at military kids, Sesame Workshop and its Muppets are tackling the subjects of race, diversity, and discrimination.

Employees at the VA Medical Center in Grand Island, Nebraska take part in a December 2020 employee vaccination event. The VA now is ordering more than 100,000 of its health care workers to get vaccines by mid-September or risk losing their jobs.

The VA Is Mandating Vaccines For Its Health Care Employees, But Enforcement May Be A Challenge

The Department of Veterans Affairs said its frontline health workers must get vaccinated by mid-September or they'll lose their jobs.

Army veteran Scot Pondelick says Venus, his PTSD service dog, has helped him feel more comfortable spending time in public and around groups of people.

For the first time, the VA is helping some veterans with PTSD get service dogs

Congress has mandated a pilot program that will pay to train service dogs and place them in veterans' homes.

Medical staff stand outside the Durham, N.C. VA Medical Center. The doors lead to a separate area of the hospital that contains the COVID-19 testing clinic, which helps keep COVID patients away from the main clinics.

As COVID affects the VA medical staff, they're working longer hours and juggling new duties

At the VA - the nation's largest health care system - dozens of hospitals have had to implement "contingency standards" since the omicron wave began.

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