January 31, 2019 Man who repeatedly scammed veterans out of retirement, disability pay fined $1: report A man accused of swindling veterans of their retirement and disability benefits for more than 7 years has been ordered to stop engaging in illegal pension poaching and told to pay $1 as part of a settlement.
January 30, 2019 Austin cops donate heating unit to vet in need, 92 Louis Hicks is a 92-year-old vet, who lives in an East Austin, Texas house that’s been his home for 83 years, and thanks to Austin police, he no longer has endure winter in the cold.
January 29, 2019 Strangers who attended Air Force veteran’s funeral ‘came together as Americans,’ says organizer The thousands of strangers who responded to an online viral appeal to attend the Texas funeral of a Vietnam War-era Air Force veteran “came together as Americans,” says a biker who helped spread the word about the event.
January 28, 2019 Thousands answer call to attend 'unaccompanied' Air Force vet's Texas funeral Thousands of strangers responded to an urgent appeal to attend Monday's funeral for an Air Force veteran from Texas.
January 25, 2019 Flipped-over American flag set right after sharp-eyed Missouri cop, an Air Force vet, gets firefighters' help A Missouri police officer and Air Force veteran enlisted the help of the local fire department to fix an American flag that was accidentally hanging upside-down in Missouri on Saturday outside a local business.
January 24, 2019 Army vet's Trump T-shirt made fellow gym patrons feel 'uncomfortable,' report says The owner of a gym in Missouri asked an Army veteran to not wear a Trump T-shirt during his next visit, saying the shirt was making other gym patrons feel "uncomfortable," according to reports.
January 19, 2019 Funeral for Vietnam War vet, 77, who died alone, draws hundreds of mourners A U.S. Army veteran who served in Vietnam -- who recently died alone in his New Jersey home but had no known relatives -- was honored Friday by more than 1,000 strangers in a funeral service steeped in military tradition.
January 18, 2019 Memorial honoring fallen Navy SEAL, Medal of Honor recipient is restored following vandalism A new memorial honoring a Navy SEAL and Medal of Honor recipient was unveiled at a park in New York on Thursday, months after a teenager vandalized the original monument, shattering it into pieces.
January 16, 2019 Navajo Code Talker Alfred K. Newman dead at 94 "Navajo Code Talker Alfred K. Newman passed away at 94 years old this past Sunday. Newman served with 1st Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division during WWII, including Iwo Jima, Guam, and other island campaigns. Semper Fi, Marine.
January 16, 2019 Former Marine files $1M suit over strip search, calls it 'demeaning,' 'degrading,' violation of her rights A former Marine Corps sergeant has filed a $1 million federal lawsuit, claiming her civil rights were violated in 2017 when sheriff's deputies from an Illinois county strip-searched her.