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Members of the Colorado National Guard help monitor network traffic and advise the Secretary of State's office during the Nov. 2018 election. The Guard is once again helping protect elections against cyberattack in 2020.

States Are Deploying National Guard Cybersecurity Teams To Prevent Election Interference

More than 30 states have asked the National Guard to help safeguard the 2020 election from cyber threats.The officials in charge of making sure America's…

Advocates hold an outreach event near Camp Lejeune, N.C. in April 2022, a few months before President Biden signed legislation allowing veterans, family members, and others to file claims for exposure to toxic water on the Marine Corps base.

Facing a deadline, more than 300,000 claims have been filed in the Camp Lejeune toxic water case

A variety of health problems have been linked to contaminated water on the North Carolina Marine Corps base between 1953 and 1987.

Nangialy Nang spends time with his youngest daughter in their San Antonio apartment. Nang worked as an interpreter for U.S. forces starting in 2007. He was ultimately evacuated from the country in 2021 along with his family. He worries he could lose everything because of his immigration status.

They helped American troops in Afghanistan. Now, they want to stay in the U.S.

A temporary program that allowed tens of thousands of Afghans to live in the U.S. is scheduled to expire this summer. The Biden Administration's plan to extend it is generating mixed reactions.

Henry Chamberlain shows some of the wood carvings that he makes, even at age 93.

POW's Suffering Didn't End When World War II Did

In 1945 President Harry Truman declared Sept. 2 as Victory Over Japan Day. Japan surrendered aboard the USS Missouri. It was the official end of World W...

Veterans Bobby McGee, Michael Horsley, and David Lee Murphy Jr. were forced to find new schools when ITT Tech shut down.

Veterans Risk Homelessness, Losing Tuition After ITT Tech Shutdown

Military veterans were among the people most affected by this month's shutdown of ITT Technical Institutes. More than six-thousand former service members…

Shawn Campbell helps Justin Herris get back on the boat after a dive at the Circle of Heroes military memorial off the coast of Clearwater, Fla.

For Some Veterans, Underwater Adventures Bring Solitude And Therapeutic Benefits

A growing number of programs try to treat PTSD by getting veterans into nature, even deep under the sea. But there's little scientific evidence that…

Members of the California Army National Guard assemble emergency food kits at the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank.

Amid Long Domestic Deployments, Guardsmen And Reservists Push For Equity In Benefits

Even as members of the Guard and Reserve are seeing longer and more frequent deployments, they don't always receive the same retirement, education, and…

Marines carry men wounded in a 1966 firefight in Vietnam.

VA Prepares for PBS Vietnam Documentary; It May Trigger Some Vets' PTSD

The ten-part documentary by filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick is at times graphic, and people who work with veterans say it may trigger traumatic…

Protesters demonstrate outside a U.S. Marine base on Okinawa. The U.S. plans to greatly expand the base in the rural fishing village of Henoko.

Despite Longstanding Local Opposition, The U.S. Is Expanding Its Okinawa Military Base

The United States and Japan have been allies and strategic partners since World War II, but an effort to move and expand a Marine Corps base in Okinawa is…

VA Acknowledges 'Breach of Trust' Over West LA Campus

The VA apologizes for misusing real estate in West Los Angeles. Instead of using all the land to serve veterans, the VA leases some of it to a television…

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