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WEBA former junior officer in the Navy who died a year ago hiking a California mountain was buried at sea this week from the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, where he once served.
Harris visits North Carolina, in second trip to areas ravaged by …
WEB14 hours ago · Vice President Kamala Harris took her second trip in four days to a hurricane-ravaged state, meeting with victims and first responders in North Carolina on Saturday as the administration combats ...
Vietnam-era veterans exposed to nerve agents and hallucinogens …
WEB1 day ago · Vietnam-era veterans exposed to nerve agents and hallucinogenic drugs in a classified military research program more than 50 years ago are appealing for retroactive disability benefits after a ...
Facing military setbacks, Tehran may look to the bomb, analysts …
WEB21 hours ago · People visit the remains of an Iranian missile near the Dead Sea, south of the Israeli city of Arad, on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. (Heidi Levine/The Washington Post) BEIRUT — It has been one ...
Israel expands its bombardment in Lebanon as tens of thousands …
WEB22 hours ago · Israel expanded its bombardment in Lebanon on Saturday, hitting Beirut’s southern suburbs with a dozen airstrikes and striking a Palestinian refugee camp deep in the north for the first time as ...
VA to create program that offers legal help to veterans denied …
WEB4 days ago · The Department of Veterans Affairs on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, disclosed a plan to establish a grant program to fund legal organizations assisting veterans who are trying to access benefits after ...
Dockworkers may have negotiating advantage in strike against US …
WEB4 days ago · The 45,000 dockworkers who went on strike Tuesday for the first time in decades at 36 U.S. ports from Maine to Texas may wield the upper hand in their standoff with port operators over wages and ...
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WEBVeterans can get quicker emergency medical exams with a Department of Veterans Affairs nurse under a new program that aims to keep patients out of non-VA emergency rooms and urgent care centers ...
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WEBCommuters driving to the U.S. Army base that is home to the service’s headquarters for Europe and Africa could be in for a delay Thursday resulting from preparations for an afternoon anti-war ...
House committee OKs bill that boosts disability pay for many …
WEBJun 21, 2023 · The Major Richard Star Act would allow veterans medically retired from the military for combat-related injuries before serving 20 years to receive full retirement pay and disability compensation ...