NEW YORK (Reuters) - Texas veterans must wait "extraordinary amounts of time" to get the federal benefits they earned, which costs them and ...
Department of Veterans Affairs offers grave finding service on handheld devices Want to find a veteran's grave? Get out your "smart" phone. The ...
Veterans Affairs Department said to be implementing suicide prevention programs The Veterans Affairs Department appears to have stepped up its suicide prevention efforts. The agency's inspector took a look at 24 facilities and found they generally met new requirements like appointing suicide ...
Highlights of a study commissioned by the Pentagon and the Veterans Affairs Department to combat tobacco use in the military. Findings: _ Tobacco is used by fewer than 20 percent of Americans compared with more than 30 percent of active-duty military personnel ...
Gen. Douglas MacArthur had his signature corncob pipe. Soldiers got cigarettes in their C-rations during World War II. Even today, America's war on tobacco seems to have largely bypassed the military. Now a proposal to make the forces smoke-free is drawing strong ...
Veterans Affairs Department to routinely offer HIV testing on voluntary basis The Veterans Affairs Department on Monday began offering routine HIV tests to veterans who receive medical care. Under the new policy, veterans must verbally consent to the test, and they can ...
