Report Redefines How Care and Services Are Provided WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs has released the second in a series of annual reports from its Gulf War Veterans Illnesses Task Force, outlining how the department will address the concerns of Veterans deployed during the Gulf...

How to Get Tax Credits for Hiring Veterans for Businesses
  The VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011, enacted Nov. 21, 2011, provides an expanded Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) to businesses that hire eligible unemployed veterans and for the first time also makes the credit available...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 3, 2012 New Online Enrollment Application Available for Servicemembers To Be Introduced at Demobilization Sites Nationwide WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs partnered with the First Army at Camp Shelby, Miss., to launch a streamlined version...

VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 – GI Bill for Unemployed Veterans Age 35-60 If you are an unemployed military veteran, you may be eligible for a new GI Bill / career training program: the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 was created to help veterans gain marketable skills to more easily find a job....

President Obama calls for TRICARE Fee Increases President Obama recently released a $4.4 trillion deficit-reduction plan, and military benefits were a large part of the proposed cuts. Increases to TRICARE fees were included in the President’s plan, in addition to proposed...

VA Accidentally Releases Vets' Personal Info January 21, 2012 Stars and Stripes|by Leo Shane III WASHINGTON -- More than 2,200 veterans had their personal information accidentally posted on the genealogy website Ancestry.com...

Veteran’s Disability Benefits Under Attack Again! by Jere...

Veterans Day Honors Service, Sacrifice By...

August 31, 2011 Courtesy of VA.gov
Over $2.2 Billion in Retroactive Agent Orange Benefits Paid to 89,000 Vietnam Veterans and Survivors for Presumptive Conditions WASHINGTON – Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki announced today that more than $2.2 billion in retroactive...

Disability Payments to Former Spouse? Sgt. Shaft | August 09, 2011
Courtesy of Military.com


Dear Sgt Shaft: I am in the middle of a divorce after 18 years of marriage. I receive service-connected disability...