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Bill would allow retroactive Purple Heart vets to transfer GI benefits
Lawmakers want to close a loophole preventing post-9/11 retroactive Purple Heart recipients from transferring education benefits to dependents.
By Ashley Murray, Washington State Standard
Pentagon accelerator cell to expand weapons production
The Joint Production Accelerator Cell would expand the role of officials who helped ramp up production of aid sent to Ukraine.
By Joe Gould
Commissary director to leave post March 31
When he was hired more than two year's ago, Bill Moore's mandate was to bring the stores 'into the 21st century.'
By Karen Jowers
The COVID-19 pandemic is ‘over’ — and the GI Bill needs to adapt
About 900,000 veterans and members of the military-affiliated community use the VA’s educational benefits annually to attend school.
By Colin Andersen
VA to get new authority over education benefits for future emergencies
The move comes in response to problems that surfaced at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in America.
China sends 71 planes, 7 ships toward Taiwan in 24 hours
The increased military activity came after China expressed anger at Taiwan-related provisions in a U.S. annual defense spending bill.
GI Bill fix for vets enrolled in defunct schools heads to White House
The changes will make clear just how much education benefits those students have remaining.
Know the difference between Montgomery, post-9/11 GI Bills before 2023
Understanding eligibility requirements for GI Bill benefits can be tricky.
By Harm Venhuizen
Midshipman on being Navy’s ‘Bill the Goat’ mascot: ‘Sure, why not?’
The Naval Academy's Bill the Goat is made up of a team of midshipmen.
By Sarah Sicard
Watch: Army 3rd Infantry Division ‘blows up’ Naval Academy goat
In the first of what is expected to be many biting short films to come, the Army’s 3rd Infantry Division blows up the Navy’s mascot.
By Sarah Sicard
Congress poised to back multiyear weapons purchases, LaPlante says
Congress is expected to expand U.S. weapons production to levels unseen since the Cold War.
By Joe Gould