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Volunteer Veteran Service Officers Hugh Reid (right) and Eric Isaksen help a veteran file a disability claim at American Legion Post 327 in Norfolk, Virginia.

The VA is facing a growing number of claims as a key PACT Act deadline approaches

The law passed last year makes millions of veterans eligible for new benefits, including post 9/11 vets who were exposed to burn pits.

Chief Aviation Boatswain's Mate Ryan Cuppernall leads SafeTALK suicide training in Norfolk, Va. on Aug. 9, 2023. SafeTALK is a three-hour course that trains sailors and civilians how to prevent suicide.

A Pentagon report finds that troops' suicides are often preceded by legal or administrative troubles

About a quarter of all suicide deaths occur among troops caught up in legal or administrative battles - sometimes for minor infractions.

Former Air Force medic Lisa Thompkins is among the veterans living at the West L.A. VA's tent encampment.

A New Strategy For Veteran Homelessness: A Tent Camp Outside The West LA VA

The VA sanctioned encampment provides basic services to homeless veterans amid the COVID-19 pandemic. It's drawn mixed reactions from homeless…

Marine Lance Cpl. Richard Carmichael disposes of trash in a burn pit in Afghanistan in this 2013 photo.

'Burn Pits' Pose Possible Health Risk for Troops -- And Pose Challenge for Scientists

So-called "burn pits" were common at U.S. military outposts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Legislation in the Senate would create a center to study the effects…

Instructor Andy Bershad shows New York National Guard members how to assess a patient. Forty Guard members are training to become EMTs to assist understaffed nursing homes.

In COVID-weary New York, the National Guard is getting medical training to help in nursing homes

In a sign of how desperate some states are for health care workers during the pandemic, New York has begun teaching EMT skills to National Guard members.

Mike Bernicchi (left), who served in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria, records his oral history with interviewer Martin Medart at the Military Heritage Museum in Punta Gorda, Fla.

An Oral History Boom: Hundreds of Groups Are Recording Veterans' Stories

Encouraged by a Library of Congress initiative, volunteers and non-profit groups around the country are recording and preserving veterans' voices.At the…

Alena Knauss stands in the laundry room of her home, which she's been renovating and re-tiling. She placed the initials "R" and "A" in the tile for herself and her husband Ryan, who was killed in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan August 26.

'He Just Wanted To Serve His Country': A Widow Mourns One Of The Last Troops To Die In The Afghanistan War

More than 2,400 U.S. service members were killed in the Afghanistan war. The Pentagon said Army Staff Sgt. Ryan C. Knauss - who died from injuries suffered in the Kabul Airport bombing - was likely the final one.

Army veteran Adam John Halvorsen and his girlfriend, Angela Del Castillo, were the first participants in a Safe Parking Program on the West Los Angeles VA campus.

In L.A., Homeless Vets Now Can Sleep In Their Cars At The VA

In the first program of its kind in the nation, the West Los Angeles VA has opened its campus to veterans who sleep in their cars. Officials say it's a…

Retired Drug Enforcement Administration agent Mark Coast says the agency discriminated against him and other agents because they served in the military.

Federal Workers Say Their Jobs Were Threatened Because They Served In The National Guard Or Reserves

Federal law protects the civilian jobs of National Guard and Reserve troops when they deploy. But federal employees allege the government itself doesn't…

Theresa Larson, who's now a physical therapist in San Diego, struggled with eating disorders when she was in the Marines.

Eating Disorders In Military Occur With 'Surprising Frequency'

Thousands of service members suffer from anorexia, bulimia, or other eating disorders. At greatest risk: those who are young, female, and under combat stress.

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