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Report: Vets wait decades for help on military toxic exposure issues
Advocates are pushing for reforms after finding that vets average a three-decade wait for full help with toxic exposure conditions.
Virginia lawmakers restore military tuition program funding, for now
Legislators repealed changes to a college financial aid program for military families and allocated $90 million to it for the next two years.
By Charlotte Renee Woods, Virginia Mercury
Navy clears Black sailors unjustly punished after 1944 deadly blast
Surviving Black sailors of the Port Chicago explosion had to pick up human remains and clear the blast site while white officers were granted leave.
By Tara Copp
US-built Gaza aid pier will be dismantled after troubled mission
Over 1,000 U.S. soldiers and sailors worked on detaching, repairing and reinstalling the pier in a mission fraught with weather and security problems.
By Lolita C. Baldor and Tara Copp
Military burn pit exposure not tracked properly, DOD watchdog warns
A new report looks at burn pits not created by U.S. personnel that are near military sites.
Forest fire at New Jersey Air National Guard range 80% contained
Heavy rain overnight helped firefighters gain more control over a forest fire burning at Warren Grove Range.
With Trump pick, JD Vance is first post-9/11 vet on major party ticket
Vance is the first veteran of the enlisted ranks to run on a major-party ticket since Al Gore in 2000.
After attempted Trump assassination, veteran groups urge calm
Vets groups united Monday to remind Americans that they all share a duty in “lowering the temperature” of today’s political discourse.
Looking for a mental health provider? Tricare’s directory may not help
Auditors posed as military beneficiaries and made covert calls to see if Tricare's mental health care providers were reachable and available as advertised.
By Karen Jowers
Quieting Discord: A new frontier in military leaks and extremism
From secret Pentagon leaks to radicalization in the military community, Discord is continuing to grapple with keeping bad actors off the popular platform.
Engineer charged with obstructing probe into deadly 2017 Marine crash
Fifteen Marines and a sailor died in the 2017 KC-130T transport plane crash near Itta Bena, Mississippi.
By Riley Ceder