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Congressional candidates MJ Hegar (right) and Gina Ortiz Jones speak at the LBJ Presidential Library in June. Both are military veterans seeking their first political office.

Dozens Of Veterans Are Running For Congress. But Does Military Service Prepare Them For Politics?

Veterans now make up less than 20 percent of Congress, compared with about 75 percent in the 1960s. Some high-profile candidates are trying to reverse…

Army veteran Russel Keyser shakes hands with his dog, Artemis, outside of his Ronkonkoma, NY home. Keyser says the dog helps him deal with the effects of PTSD.

Can Service Dogs Help Veterans with PTSD? The VA Is Skeptical

A growing number of veterans are acquiring service dogs to help cope with PTSD. But the VA won’t pay for them and says their effectiveness hasn’t been…

Government Data Hack Called 'National Security Disaster'

The recent hack of data held by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management has raised concerns that the identities of undercover intelligence officers…

Veterans seek employment at an Army Corps of Engineers career fair in Sacramento, Cal. in April 2016.

Minority Veterans, Ranks Growing, Need Help With Benefits and Services

Racial and ethnic minorities make up an increasing share of the military, yet face added obstacles when seeking to access veterans benefits, according to…

Freedom Home and Electronics closed all its stores after being the target of state and federal investigations. It once had more than a dozen stores near military bases, including this one in Norfolk, Va.

Young Service Members With Steady Paychecks: Frequent Targets of Consumer Scams

Since 2011, more than 30,000 service members have filed federal complaints about consumer scams. Regulators say troops are frequent targets of predatory…

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.

Sage Decker, an Army veteran with 16 years of experience fighting wildfires, leads a training session put on by Team Rubicon and the Bureau of Land Management.

After Leaving the Service, Veterans Find a New Mission Fighting Wildfires

The Bureau of Land Management has partnered with Team Rubicon - a veterans group - to train former service members to fight wildfires.Sand and gravel…

Navy Lt. Commander Jeff Raunig, a physician, weighs his options under the new military retirement system. 'Med school doesn't teach you that much about economics,' he said.

Service Members Face New Retirement Options, But Some Feel Unprepared To Choose

About 1.7 million troops are eligible to switch from a traditional pension plan to a blended plan that works more like a 401(k). But some lack the…

Veterans and their families demolish a wooden foot bridge in Biscayne National Park.

Scientists Are Trying To Measure The Value Of Outdoor Service Work For Transitioning Veterans

Congress is considering legislation to encourage "outdoor therapy" for veterans with injuries or post-traumatic stress. Volunteer groups are already…

Clinical Manager Danielle Floyd looks through a journal at A Woman’s Choice in Danville, Virginia. The clinic provides the book for patients to write messages to other who will come after them.

In states with fewer abortion restrictions, providers are seeing a growing number of service members

A longstanding federal ban prevents military doctors from performing abortions in most cases, leaving troops to seek the procedure at private clinics.

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