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WEBArmy reservists lied about performing funeral ceremonies — and stole $100,000, feds say. A Louisiana man is the latest former U.S. Army reservist to plead guilty in a fraud scheme that scammed ...
Marine Corps Museum’s final galleries show history of Marines …
WEB2 days ago — The galleries — 20,000 square feet combined — cover 50 years of Marine Corps history from the end of the Vietnam War to present day. The galleries tell stories of Marines in combat operations ...
VA to create program that offers legal help to veterans denied …
WEB2 days ago — “The primary purpose of the grant program is to provide certain legal assistance to former service members to assist them in gaining access to VA benefits,” according to the proposed rule.
Ukraine’s east buckling under improved Russian tactics, superior ...
WEB1 day ago — More enemy soldiers arrived, some in armored vehicles. Russian support fire with drones and artillery poured down on the outgunned Ukrainians, said Andrii Bilozir, the senior sergeant for the unit ...
VA rolls out virtual ER exams to compete with community …
WEB3 days ago — The initiative, which follows a pilot program with more than 61,000 veterans, is to counter a shift by an increasing number of veterans to get their emergency care at non-VA hospitals and walk-in ...
Advocates urge lawmakers to up pay rates for vets who are unable …
WEBJun 12, 2024 — Veterans advocacy groups on Wednesday urged House lawmakers to update eligibility rules and payment rates for a little-known program that gives a tax-free monthly benefit to veterans who are ...
‘Continue the healing’: How thousands of ... - Stars and Stripes
WEBNov 6, 2022 — Jan Scruggs, founder of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, makes a rubbing of a name on the memorial’s wall. The Wall of Faces, a project to find a photo for each of the more than 58,000 ...
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 ...
Navy | Stars and Stripes
WEBNavy’s ‘digital quarterback’ aircraft plagued by untracked deficiencies, IG finds. The inspector general said the Navy is set to spend $22 billion to acquire 80 E-2D aircraft and has already ...