May 26, 2017 Illinois Marine veteran, 92, is 'something blue' at Missouri wedding Bill Lee Eblen, 92, a Marine Corps veteran, fulfilled his goal to be the “something blue” at his niece’s wedding in Missouri on May 13, 2017, after having pneumonia.
May 26, 2017 Pennsylvania veteran turns big trash into big business Jerry “JDog” Flanagan and his wife bought a jeep and took to the streets to drum up business for JDog Junk Removal and Hauling.
May 26, 2017 Army veteran, cancer survivor granddaughter gifted new home after devastating house fire Eight months after a devastating fire destroyed an Army veteran’s house, he and his cancer survivor granddaughter have a place to call home again thanks to generous donations from a local Maryland home improvement company.
May 26, 2017 Making Memorial Day truly memorial More than a century ago, the tradition on Memorial Day was to place flowers on the graves of the war dead. Over the years, that tradition has been lost to putting hamburgers on the grill and enjoying a three-day weekend with friends and family. But the traditions and meaning of the holiday are being revived thanks to the efforts of two groups of veterans.
May 24, 2017 VA fires embattled Louisiana director amid scandal, secret wait lists The director of the beleaguered Shreveport VA hospital in Louisiana has been fired following a three-year tenure filled with scandal including accusations of covering up a secret wait-list, creating severe staffing shortages and refusing to buy essentials like vital signs machines, linens or mattresses.
May 24, 2017 Lawsuit: VA contracting changes could cut jobs for the blind An advocacy group is suing the Department of Veterans Affairs, alleging the agency ignored a long-standing law when it changed contracting rules used for decades to give jobs to the blind.
May 24, 2017 Costs a question as VA plans mental care for discharged vets Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin is touting new efforts to expand urgent mental health care to thousands of former service members with less-than-honorable discharges.
May 23, 2017 House OKs revamp of VA appeals in bid to cut claims backlog The House has approved legislation to cut the time it takes for the Department of Veterans Affairs to handle appeals from veterans unhappy with their disability payouts.
May 23, 2017 Marine vet, girlfriend found dead in Belize were strangled, police say A U.S. marine veteran and his Canadian girlfriend, whose bodies were found Monday in Belize, died of strangulation, police said.
May 23, 2017 North Carolina Navy vet finds angry note after parking in veteran-designated space A United States Navy veteran said he found a hateful note left on his car after he parked it in a veteran-designated spot at a North Carolina supermarket.
