September 27, 2017 US soldiers welcome Afghan translator who saved their life: See the tearful reunion The soldiers who served with him in Afghanistan call him "Fred."
September 27, 2017 US veterans offered free mental health care through burgeoning nonprofit Cohen Veterans Network, which provides free medical care to veterans, has five locations and plans to open four more across the country.
September 27, 2017 VA running out of money for private health care program The Trump administration says the private-sector Veterans Choice health care program may need additional money as early as December to avoid a disruption of care for hundreds of thousands of veterans.
September 27, 2017 Homeless, 84-year-old war veteran twins say 'it's hell' after home foreclosed Clifford and Gary Koekoek, 84-year-old twins who've survived living under Nazi occupation and fighting in the jungles of Vietnam, are now in "hell" and sleeping in their car after a bank foreclosed on their California home in October.
September 27, 2017 VA has fired 500 employees since Trump took office, report shows The Department of Veterans Affairs has fired more than 500 employees since January 20, when President Trump took office, according to a list of job categories of employees recently disciplined or fired.
September 27, 2017 Ohio veteran can keep ducks to relieve PTSD, depression COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio veteran who sought to defy local law and keep pet ducks, that he says help relieve his post-traumatic stress disorder and depression, can now keep them.
September 27, 2017 89-year-old prisoners of war maintain life-long friendship Two men who were held captive in a POW camp in Korea are still meeting up every year to share stories, catch up and joke about their time in the U.S. Army.
September 27, 2017 House unveils plan to fix VA's budget gap as deadline looms A House committee has unveiled a plan that would allow the Department of Veterans Affairs to shift $2 billion from other programs to cover a sudden budget shortfall that threatens medical care for thousands of veterans in the coming weeks.
September 27, 2017 Homeless, 84-year-old war veteran twins helped by Veterans Affairs, donations from community Clifford and Gary Koekoek, 84-year-old twins who've survived fighting in the jungles of Vietnam and ended up sleeping in their car after a bank foreclosed on their California home, say they're "grateful" for the outpouring of support they've received since their story went national.
September 27, 2017 Purple Heart mystery solved: War hero's family reunited with medal missing for decades A Purple Heart medal found along a road in Nyack, N.Y., nearly a decade ago was reunited Sunday with a war hero’s family.
