Israeli soldier captured 3 years ago shown alive in video
Israel on Friday released 19 Palestinian women prisoners after it received a two-minute videotape of kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit holding an Arabic language newspaper dated Sept. 14, 2009 — proof that Shalit is still alive three years after his capture. | 10/02/09 00:14:00 By - Cliff Churgin
Obama says 'no' to pensions for WW II Alaska guards
In a strongly worded message to Congress outlining its priorities for a military spending bill, the Obama administration today said it disapproved of including money for pensions for 26 elderly members of the World War II-era Alaska Territorial Guard. The Guardsmen were assigned to protect Alaska from the Japanese during World War II. | 09/25/09 18:18:29 By - Erika Bolsted
90-year-old SC man relives WW II parachute jump in Holland
In 1944, T. Moffatt Burriss was a paratrooper landing in a Dutch field. On Friday, he jumped into Holland again. "It brought back memories," he said. "But it was a little different back then. People were shooting at me." | 09/19/09 16:52:15 By - Jeff Wilkinson
On 9/11, remembering Lt. Cmdr. Otis Vincent Tolbert
Lt. Cmdr. Otis Vincent Tolbert, a naval intelligence officer, was killed in the Pentagon on 9/11. He's buried at Arlington National Cemetery, amid his Pentagon brethren who also died that day. In the years since, Tolbert has been honored in different ways, in many different places. | 09/11/09 17:07:00 By - Michael Doyle
GOP calls VA pamphlet a 'death book.' Experts say it isn't
While Republicans are calling a Department of Veterans Affairs health planning booklet a "death book" that encourages veterans to kill themselves or forgo care, ethicists and legal and medical experts say it's a reasonable attempt to help America's veterans plan for the end of their lives. | 09/02/09 17:21:00 By - Chris Adams
Marine killed in Afghanistan served country in many ways
Marine Sgt. Bill Cahir spent his life as a public servant. He served as a congressional staffer, as a journalist, as a political candidate and, finally, on patrol as a Marine reservist in Iraq and Afghanistan. | 08/31/09 19:12:00 By - Barbara Barrett
VA won't pay benefits to Marine injured by vaccine
It wasn't a bullet or roadside bomb that felled Lance Cpl. Josef Lopez three years ago after nine days in Iraq. It was an injection into his arm before his unit left the states. | 08/30/09 06:00:00 By - David Goldstein
Facing discharge, Air Force pilot fights military's expulsion of gays
Some 13,000 service members have been pushed out under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," and being outed by an unreliable source with an ax to grind has not been a mitigating factor. Just ask Lt. Col. Victor Fehrenbach, a decorated 18 year Air Force veteran. | 08/24/09 00:32:11 By - Dan Popkey
Is VA a model for health care? Hard to know, says CBO
The Department of Veterans Affairs has made significant improvements to its health system over the past two decades, but the fragmented way that most veterans receive medical care makes comparing the VA with other systems difficult, according to a new report. | 08/14/09 17:42:00 By - Chris Adams
Illinois man battles PTSD he brought home from Vietnam
Kenny Euge, 59, discovered his passion for sculpture as a soldier in Vietnam. It's his therapy for the post-traumatic stress disorder he brought home from the war. | 08/09/09 15:47:16 By - Mike Fitzgerald
U.S. rolls out new GI bill for Iraq, Afghanistan veterans
This month, the U.S. government is rolling out its most generous educational benefits in generations, providing the opportunity for a free college education to any Iraq or Afghanistan veteran under what is known as the post-9/11 GI Bill. The benefits are better in Texas than elsewhere. | 08/02/09 16:42:49 By - Chris Vaughn
Neighbors frown over military family's tattered American flag
Louis Haros knows that sun, wind and rain have taken their toll on the once-new flag. But the last thing he means is to show disrespect. He said that his love for his son, Paul Haros, and for his country, have kept it flying long after the first rips appeared. | 08/01/09 17:58:50 By - Denny Boyles
For today's soldiers, college is a mouse click away
When Sgt. 1st Class Rodney Varner's workday ended he went to college, taking classes in religion, math, environmental science and persuasive writing. But Varner never set foot on campus. Instead, he turned on his laptop computer and connected to the Internet from a military base in Afghanistan. | 07/29/09 15:22:04 By - Chuck Crumbo
Halfway on walk to West Coast, veteran stops to rest feet
Sinh Tho Nguyen left Atlantic Beach, Fla., in June, the starting point of his one-man, 2,600-mile patriotic parade. Resting for a few weeks on doctors' orders at his sister's home in Fort Worth, the Army and Texas National Guard veteran hopes to reach San Diego in November. | 07/28/09 15:37:23 By - David Casstevens
Sen. Murray seeks better care for support troops in Iraq, Afghanistan
Veterans of the unconventional wars in Iraq and Afghanistan could have an easier time obtaining benefits under an amendment authored by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. | 07/24/09 16:06:00 By - Brendan Doyle
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