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VA secretary worries mistrust, awareness holding back benefits claims
Only a small number of vets eligible for PACT Act benefits have applied.
Benefits for burn pit illnesses, hypertension from Agent Orange would be granted under new plan
The ambitious legislative package is expected to be formally unveiled next week.
CID overhaul: A civilian director will oversee criminal probes; officers to become special agents
A new officer special agent career field will be created to oversee enlisted special agents, and the military police officers who oversee them now will be replaced as those new officer agents mature.
By Kyle Rempfer
Troops exposed to Agent Orange outside of Vietnam could be in line for presumptive benefits
A new measure introduced Thursday would cover veterans who served in Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia during the Vietnam War.
Spc. Vanessa Guillen case could be Army CID’s ‘Tailhook scandal’
A congressional hearing came one week after two proposals to reform CID were outlined in briefing documents obtained by Army Times.
By Kyle Rempfer
CID agent sought puffer fish toxin before poisoning his wife, charges allege
An Army CID agent has been charged with murdering his wife using poison.
By Kyle Rempfer
Adding high blood pressure to list of presumptive Agent Orange illnesses a key focus for lawmakers this year
The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee chairman said he is dismayed that the issue hasn't already been settled.
VA secretary promises ‘urgency’ in implementing new Agent Orange presumptive benefits rules
But Denis McDonough did not offer a specific timeline on when veterans will see changes put in place.
Army CID is burned out and mismanaged by military police leadership, special agents say
Military police officers are "trying to run CID units like normal Army units, and that is absolutely impossible to do," one special agent said.
By Kyle Rempfer
Fort Hood report highlights Army CID’s failings there, and possibly elsewhere
The base CID detachment was “basically being used as a training ground,” said a former FBI inspector who served on the committee. “They had a difficult time, and it’s not their fault.”
By Kyle Rempfer