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Hillsborough, Fla. County Circuit Judge Michael Scionti presides over a virtual Veterans Treatment Court session on Zoom.

The Pandemic Is Affecting Veterans Courts, Making It Harder For Vulnerable Vets To Get Treatment

The pandemic is posing challenges for the more than 460 veterans treatment courts across the country. The courts seek to rehabilitate veterans charged…

Fort Bragg wildlife biologist Jessie Schillaci holds baby woodpeckers, which the Pentagon and its partners are working to protect on and near the base.

Bombs, Birds, and Butterflies Co-Exist As Pentagon Protects Rare Species

The U.S. military has joined forces with environmental groups to preserve natural habitats. More than 400 threatened and endangered species are…

Black and white Marines served side by side during the Vietnam War, as seen in this 1966 photo of a firefight with the Viet Cong. But racial tension was not uncommon throughout the armed services.

In 1969, The Military Thought It Had Eliminated Racism In Its Ranks. Then Troops Began Rioting

Camp Lejeune, N.C. was the first of several bases to experience racial violence during the Vietnam War. It led to major reforms in military racial…

U.S. Defense Department forensic anthropologists in Wonsan, North Korea examine the contents of boxes containing the possible remains of U.S. MIAs July 27, 2018.

After Generations Of Grief And Frustration, Families Of Korean War MIAs Are More Optimistic

Families hope advances in DNA technology and thawing U.S./North Korean relations will help the government recover and identify long-missing remains of…

Roger Belch of Crofton Industries - a marine construction and commercial diving company - talks with people attending a maritime career festival in Norfolk, Virginia on May 18.

To fulfill its growth plans, the Navy wants more young people to pursue careers in shipbuilding

The Trump Administration is hoping to revive the commercial shipbuilding industry while increasing the size of the Navy.

Afghan evacuees board a bus at Fort Pickett, Virginia in January 2022. Some 200,000 Afghans came to the United States as part of widespread effort to resettle people who worked with U.S. forces during the 20-year Afghanistan war, as well as members of their families. Those efforts have been slowed or stopped by the Trump Administration.

The Trump Administration's immigration crackdown has left thousands of Afghan allies without options

The Administration has slowed or stopped programs that allowed people who fought alongside the U.S. to come to America.

2 Female Graduates Set To Receive Army Ranger Tabs

The two women who made it through the Army's notoriously grueling Rangers training program are set to graduate Friday — the first women ever to pass Ranger School.

VA Changes Policy After ‘Daily Show’ Spotlights American Homefront Story

The Department of Veterans Affairs has announced it will allow more veterans to seek medical care closer to home. The policy change came less than 24…

Army veteran Catharine 'Cat' Jeter speaks outside the Legislative Building in Olympia, Washington in July. The rally called attention to veterans suicide and promoted medical marijuana to treat PTSD.

Experts Question A Common Statistic: Do 22 Veterans A Day Commit Suicide?

Veterans advocates, protesters, and even President Obama have cited the statistic that 22 veterans a day kill themselves. But the reality is complex.

52 years after he died in a Vietnam plane crash, Raul Guerra's memorial service was held at Risher Mortuary in Montebello, Cal.

A Fallen Vietnam Veteran Has Returned Home. The Water He Drank Helped Identify His Remains

Raul Guerra was adopted, so his DNA couldn't be matched to blood relatives. Scientists instead turned to an emerging technique that linked his bones to…

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