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Corrita Concon shops at the commissary at the Los Angeles Air Force Base about three times a week. She estimates she saves about 30 percent compared with local supermarkets.

After Decades, Military Commissaries Ready For Big Changes

The stores offer low prices for service members and retirees. But taxpayers pay more than a billion dollars a year to subsidize them.Military…

A gravestone for a German POW in the San Antonio VA cemetery. The stone is engraved with a swastika and an inscription that references Adolf Hitler.

After Initially Saying It Wouldn't, The VA Now Will Remove Nazi Symbols From Two Veterans Cemeteries

The stones, engraved with swastikas, mark the graves of German POWs who died in the United States during World War II.The Department of Veterans Affairs…

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…

Participants in Oxnard Family Circle's Adult Day Healthcare program get transportation to and from home on weekdays.

As America's Veterans Grow Older, The VA Faces A Long-Term Care Crisis

The number of veterans in the VA healthcare system who are 70 or older is expected to grow 30 percent in the next eight years. On a recent morning in…

1st Lieutenant Edie Meeks, veteran of the U.S. Army.

American Veteran: 'So different than what we thought it would be'

Edie Meeks joined the Army Nurses Corps in 1968 and deployed to Vietnam, but her year treating wounded soldiers left her bitter about the war and conflicted about her service in the Army.

Soldier with the 18th Airborne Corps catch a quick nap during an exercise at Fort Liberty, N.C. Army commanders are more systematically encouraging sleep as a performance enhancer.

The Army is emphasizing a simple way to improve troops' readiness: making sure they get enough sleep

A study found that the Pentagon is doing a lot to improve troops' sleep habits, but more needs to be done.

Eating Disorders In The Military: ‘No One Understands This’

American Homefront reporter Patricia Murphy joins Bill Radke on KUOW's "The Record" to talk about eating disorders in the military. The discussion follows…

President Obama signs the 2010 law repealing 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell.'

Four Years After Repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' Much Is Left Undone

More than four years after the military’s discriminatory policies against gay and lesbian service members ended, veterans advocates say the Pentagon has…

Kathi Dugan, 73, retired from the Navy after 30 years. Her parents are both buried at Arlington National Cemetery, but Dugan may not be able to join them if the Army proceeds with a plan to cut eligibility for in-ground burials.

Arlington National Cemetery Is Filling Up, So The Army May Limit Who Can Be Buried There

Many former troops consider an Arlington burial their final veterans benefit. But space for in-ground burials is getting scarce, so some vets may be steered toward cremation instead.

New York Assistant Attorney General Deanna Nelson (right) assists a soldier after leading a presentation about identity theft at Fort Drum, New York in 2017.

With steady paychecks and a nomadic lifestyle, military personnel are frequent targets for scams

AARP says military families and veterans are almost 40% more likely than civilians to become victims of scammers, and 80% of the attacks specifically take aim at their military benefits.

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