In taking on the backlog of benefits claims at the VA, Jon Stewart's team engaged in the "greatest paper hunt of all time."
The American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association (AOPA) told reporters on Tuesday afternoon that it would provide prosthetics to the estimated 20 to 25 victims of the Boston bombings who lost limbs.
This past fall, the Army found out the results of a probe meant to determine if psychiatrists were reversing soldiers' PTSD diagnoses to save the government money by denying them medical retirements. Months later, they still don't want anyone knowing what's in those files.
Gail Collins on preschool promises, Isaac Chotiner on Jonah Lehrer's profitable apology, Stan Chu Ilo on why the next pope should be African, Meghan Daum on Amazon's algorithms of love, and Jonathan Rue on what the U.S. owes its soldiers.
Authorities still have no motive in the killing of Navy sniper Chris Kyle, but most signs seem to point the post-traumatic stress disorder as a possible culprit.
The first solider to survive after losing all four limbs in the Iraq war has been live-tweeting his recovery from a Baltimore hospital room. Here's what we know about him so far — aside from the fact that he is, you know, amazing.
Still, the Pentagon argues that suicide rates among military personnel are statistically lower than average.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
People in America agree on two things, Jon Stewart said last night on The Daily Show: popcorn is corn and counts as a vegetable and we should help veterans.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
A feature that ran Tuesday on The Associated Press, in which combat veterans share their impressions of the war in Iraq now that the U.S. mission there is over, does exactly what that wire service is best at: Collect interesting information and present it simply and directly, without editorial comment.
The break the presidential candidates took from attacking each other ended not all at once, but in pieces Monday, mostly at the campaign staff level. On Tuesday, all niceness will end at the candidate level, too, as Romney will call Obama an appeaser.
Today in Ad Watch: President Obama attacks Mitt Romney for sending jobs to China and a veterans group accuses a Montana Senate candidate of preferring to raise his own pay rather than fund prosthetic limbs for injured soldiers.
The backlash over NBC's decision to remove Ann Curry from The Today Show is already starting, and the person leading the charge is an Iraq war veteran.
Oliver North is in hot water after attributing a quote in one of his columns to the wrong Vietnam war veteran, and now we know the quote belongs to a Vietnam veteran who's also a journalism professor, and that North lied about how he came across the quotation in the first place.
President Obama and Mitt Romney don't just want veterans to love them -- they want the adoration that comes with being the candidate most loved by the troops.
Today in Ad Watch: The wars of Mitt Romney's record at Bain Capital continue with a new ad from President Obama's Super PAC and a response from Romney. Plus, Obama reaches out to seniors and veterans.
For some troops returning from deployment, transitioning back to civilian life involves road rage, and trying to shake the idea that the Toyota Corolla in the next lane is trying to blow you to bits.
South Carolina's Jim DeMint initially the only senator who opposed passing a portion of President Obama's job's plan that gives businesses tax credits for hiring veterans.
A bill giving businesses tax credits for hiring military veterans became the first part of President Barack Obama's sweeping American Jobs Act to pass the Senate on Thursday.
The U.S. Air Force has disciplined three officials at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware after whistle blowers reported that they had mishandled the remains of American soldiers killed overseas.
New ad focuses on how much Paul loves veterans
British sailor watched German fleet surrender in 1918
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