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Colin Powell, first Black secretary of state, dies at 84 from COVID-19 amid cancer battle
CBS News - Mon Oct 18, 2021
Washington — Former Secretary of State Colin Powell died Monday morning due to complications from COVID-19, his family announced, amid an ongoing battle with cancer. More»

U.S. Navy engineer, wife charged with selling submarine secrets
Reuters - Sun Oct 10, 2021
WASHINGTON - A US Navy nuclear engineer and his wife have been charged with selling secret information about nuclear submarines to an undercover FBI agent who posed as an operative for a foreign country, the Justice Department said on Sunday. More»

Atlanta VA Begins Processing Mail That Sat for Ten Months Following Investigation
WSB-TV - Tue Sep 21, 2021
ATLANTA, Georgia — Thousands of pieces of mail were moved to a basement at the Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and left there for months. More»

Pentagon To Require COVID Vaccine For All Troops By September 15th
Associated Press - Mon Aug 9, 2021
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon will require members of the US military to get the COVID-19 vaccine by September 15, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press. More»

U.S. soldier arrested in plot to blow up New York City 9/11 Memorial
PBS - Tue Jan 19, 2021
HINESVILLE, Georgia - A US Army soldier was arrested Tuesday in Georgia on terrorism charges after he spoke online about plots to blow up New York Citys 9/11 Memorial and other landmarks and attack US soldiers in the Middle East, authorities said Tuesday. More»

General James Mattis Denounces President Trump, Describes Him as a Threat to the Constitution
The Atlantic - Wed Jun 3, 2020
James Mattis, the esteemed Marine general who resigned as secretary of defense in December 2018 to protest Donald Trump’s Syria policy, has, ever since, kept studiously silent about Trump’s performance as president. More»

Coronavirus survivors banned from joining the military
Military Times - Wed May 6, 2020
As the Defense Department negotiates its way through the coronavirus pandemic and its fallout, military entrance processing stations are working with new guidance when it comes to bringing COVID-19 survivors into the services. More»

FEMA Diverted Masks From Veterans Hospitals, VA Official Says
TPM - Thu Apr 30, 2020
The Federal Emergency Management Agency diverted masks from veterans hospitals and into the governments emergency stockpile, the executive in charge of the Department of Veterans Affairs claimed Saturday. More»

Army Veteran Has Prosthetic Legs Repossessed After VA Refuses to Pay for Them
Clarion Ledger - Fri Jan 10, 2020
COLLINS, Mississippi - A man walked into a nursing home for military veterans two days before Christmas, picked up Jerry Hollimans legs and left. More»

Pentagon chief fires top Navy Secretary Richard Spencer over SEAL controversy
Associated Press - Mon Nov 25, 2019
WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Mark Esper has fired the Navy’s top official, ending a stunning clash between President Donald Trump and top military leadership over the fate of a SEAL accused of war crimes in Iraq. More»

Some U.S. Troops May Remain In Northeast Syria To Protect Oil Fields
NPR - Mon Oct 21, 2019
The US may now keep some troops in northeast Syria, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Monday. More»

Three Suicides in One Week by Sailors from Aircraft Carrier USS George H.W. Bush
ABC News - Wed Sep 25, 2019
The deaths by suicide of three sailors serving aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush last week have led the ships commanding officer to urge his crew to come together and help shipmates in need. More»

Woman says father was bitten 100+ times by ants before death at VA Medical Center
WSB-TV - Wed Sep 11, 2019
ATLANTA, Georgia - "Overwhelmed, overwhelmed," Thats how Laquna Ross told Channel 2 Action News she felt after she found her dad with swollen, red bumps all over his body and his hands swollen when she visited him last week before his death at the Eagles Nest Community Living Center, a nursing home for veterans on the Atlanta VA Medical Center campus. More»

Oopsie! Air Force Jet Accidentally Fired a Rocket into the Arizona Desert.
CNN - Fri Sep 6, 2019
A routine training mission turned out to be anything but that aboard an Air Force plane in Arizona. More»

Trump Administration: Citizenship no longer automatic for children of some US military members stationed overseas
CNN - Thu Aug 29, 2019
Washington, DC - The Trump administration is making it more difficult for the children of some US service members and US government employees living abroad to automatically become US citizens, according to a policy alert released Wednesday by US Citizenship and Immigration Services. More»

Hundreds witness veteran shoot and kill himself in VA waiting room
Military Times - Fri Apr 12, 2019
A horrific scene unfolded Tuesday in the waiting room of an Austin, Texas, Veterans Affairs clinic when a veteran reportedly shot himself to death in front of hundreds of witnesses. More»

Federal judge rules male-only draft is unconstitutional
CNN - Mon Feb 25, 2019
Washington - A federal judge who ruled the Selective Service Systems men-only registration unconstitutional late Friday rejected the reasoning of a 1981 Supreme Court decision, opting for the recent womens rights rationale of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the contemporary court. More»

Veterans Affairs Dept. tells Capitol Hill it won't repay underpaid GI Bill benefits recipients
NBC News - Thu Nov 29, 2018
For weeks, student veterans across the country have raised an alarm about delayed or incorrect GI Bill benefit payments, which the Department of Veterans Affairs has blamed on computer issues. More»

Veterans aren't getting their GI Bill payments - because VA's 50-year-old computer system broke
Washington Post - Wed Nov 14, 2018
Daniel Gorman knows what its like to return from war, and he wants to help fellow veterans come home, too: The former sailor turned New York National Guardsman is finishing a graduate degree in social work at Fordham University. More»

Atlanta VA quality drops to one of the worst in the nation
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Fri Sep 28, 2018
Atlanta’s VA Medical Center now ranks as one of the worst in the nation after the US Department of Veterans Affairs latest national assessment of hospital quality, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Channel 2 Action News have learned. More»

Vietnam demands Agent Orange compensation
Asean Economist - Sat Aug 25, 2018
Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry has repeated demands that Monsanto and other US firms pay compensation to the country’s numerous Agent Orange victims. More»

Air Force Veteran, 58, Protesting Against the VA, Sets Himself on Fire in Atlanta
Daily Mail - Tue Jun 26, 2018
A 58-year-old Air Force veteran from Georgia set off a homemade explosive device strapped to his chest outside Georgia Capitol. More»

DoD admits water at U.S. military bases contains cancer causing chemicals
Popular Military - Mon May 21, 2018
If you live on a military base and only drink bottled water, you’ve probably made a good call. More»

New report finds sweeping mismanagement at Atlanta VA hospital
WSB-TV - Sat Jun 17, 2017
DEKALB COUNTY, Georgia - A new inspector general report shows sweeping mismanagement at Atlantas VA hospital. More»

I feel totally betrayed": Pentagon orders soldiers to repay bonuses a decade after going to war
US Uncut - Sat Oct 22, 2016
The Pentagon is forcing veterans to repay thousands of dollars in enlistment bonuses ten years after their service, according to the Los Angeles Times. More»

Senate approves women registering for the draft
CNN - Tue Jun 14, 2016
Washington - Women may soon be required to register for the military draft. More»

House committee votes to require women to register for draft
PBS - Thu Apr 28, 2016
WASHINGTON - Women would be required to register for the military draft under a House committees bill that comes just months after the Defense Department lifted all gender-based restrictions on front-line combat units. More»

John Kerry expresses 'deep reservations' about all-volunteer military at Vietnam forum
Raw Story - Wed Apr 27, 2016
Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday he feels all Americans should find a way to serve their country, suggesting the need for a renewal in public service that could also affect the military. More»

Veteran Dies After Setting Himself On Fire Outside VA Health Clinic
Think Progress - Fri Mar 25, 2016
A New Jersey veteran has died after setting himself on fire in front of a state Department of Veterans Affairs clinic. More»

VA to Iraq war vet: 'We're not accepting any new patients'
USA Today - Wed Jul 1, 2015
Iraq war veteran Chris Dorsey figured that no one would believe he had been turned away from a US Department of Veterans Affairs clinic when he sought an appointment for post-traumatic stress disorder. More»

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