‘Infrastructure is the weapon’: Inside the race to build portable interceptor factories
As the Iran war drives global demand for interceptor drones, defense startups are betting they can fit a production line into a shipping container.
Veterans
Fewer service members died by suicide in 2024 than year prior, report finds
The report on 2024 suicides found a decrease in the total force suicide rate, though active component rates have steadily increased from 2011 to 2024.
All veterans, their spouses and caregivers eligible to get COVID vaccine through VA under newly-passed bill
The new bill would make more than 20 million individuals eligible to get doses through VA.
Retired Green Beret assaulted cop with flagpole during Capitol riot, charges allege
After McKellop’s military service ended in 2010, he worked as a contractor in Iraq, according to a person familiar with the case.
FDA-regulated study shows promise for using marijuana to treat veterans with PTSD
The first-of-its-kind study took years to get approval.
Hollywood is looking for veteran writers like you
You could be the next Adam Driver.
Lawmaker wants to strip benefits from veterans involved in January’s attack on Congress
Rep. Ruben Gallego says that individuals who attacked the government should not be able to receive military benefits from it.
VA to launch full review of electronic medical records overhaul amid concerns over project’s progress
The 12-week review will look at issues with the new system but will not consider abandoning the project.
New push aims to ease burden for military spouses transferring professional licenses
Funds will help address license reciprocity in the fields of teaching, social work, cosmetology, massage therapy and dentistry/dental hygiene.
Woman finds long-lost WWII and later dog tags on Alaska beach
The beachcomber found two dog tags within weeks of each other and has returned both to relatives of the deceased soldiers.
WW II veteran’s dying wish went viral. Then came his outdoor birthday party
The 97-year-old World War II veteran put on the uniform that went viral and ambled down the grass to the waterfront park within Mediterranean Manors in Dunedin, Florida, where he lives.
