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Army veteran Mike Monthervil (left) uses an adaptive controller to play video games as his VA recreational therapist Jamie Kaplan watches.

The VA Is Using Video Games To Help Disabled Vets Recover And Reconnect

Some VA medical centers have realized that helping vets get back in the game can also help with their recovery. On a recent afternoon, 26 year-old Mike…

The Trump Administration Wants A Bigger Army, Putting Pressure on Military Recruiters

The Trump Administration wants to grow the Army substantially, even as potential recruits get harder to find. That's putting more pressure on recruiters…

Army veteran Jesus Medina says exercising with his punching bag helps him release energy. Medina says he's still dealing with grief from his time in the military.

A New Study Has Found That Grief Is Common But Rarely Recognized In Veterans

The University of California, Irvine study found that combat exposure is almost as likely to cause grief as it is to lead to PTSD.Jesus Medina hits a…

A lawsuit alleges a racial disparity in VA benefits and says the VA isn't doing enough about it

Lawyers who filed the suit say agency records show the VA is more likely to pay claims from white veterans than from Black veterans.

Navy SEAL Bryce Henson, right, speaks into a bullhorn directed into the face of a pro-LGBTQ+ demonstrator at a rally in Orange, California, Sept. 7, 2023. A Navy investigation found Henson engaged in threatening behavior, but didn’t violate the Pentagon’s extremism rules.

A Navy SEAL's fight against LGBTQ+ policies tests the Pentagon's new extremism rules

The Navy stopped short of invoking the extremism rules against Bryce Henson, who has appeared at rallies alongside the Proud Boys and posted threatening messages online.

Air Force Maj. Gen. Phillip Stewart, left, conducts an inspections with Air Force Col. Charles Schuck at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida in November 2022.

Jury of generals finds Air Force general not guilty of sex assault in historic court-martial

Phillip Stewart is the first Air Force general to ever face a sexual assault jury court-martial. He was found not guilty of sexual assault, but guilty of other charges.

Greg Lowe, director of the Defense Civilian Training Corps at Virginia Tech, speaks to the senior class. The two-year pilot program prepares students for civilian careers with the military.

Amid federal cutbacks, a college program to train Pentagon civilian workers faces uncertainty

The Defense Civilian Training Corps serves as a "talent factory" for the Department of Defense.

VA officials may not have met ambitious goal to house 650 local vets in April

Officials with the Department of Veterans Affairs said they've met 12 of 13 promises to improve services for vets in Los Angeles, but it's not clear if…

Veterans now have shorter waits for disability claims through the Department of Veterans Affairs.

VA Makes Progress Reducing Wait Times for Benefits

The Veterans Administration has made progress reducing a backlog of disability claims, though veterans still have to wait several months for benefits.The…

Soldiers at Fort Stewart, Georgia undergo training on mold Sep. 12, 2022. Hundreds of non-commissioned officers participated in the program, which is part of an Army-wide initiative to encourage prompt reporting and cleaning of mold outbreaks.

After finding mold in thousands of places, the Army is training soldiers to recognize and report it

70,000 inspections yielded more than 2,100 findings of mold. Now, the Army has begun a service-wide initiative to detect and clean it up sooner.

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