From space to barbed wire, museums welcome military families for free
The Blue Star Museums program is again offering free admission to currently serving military members and up to five family members this summer.
By Karen Jowers
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How does military life affect teens? Landmark study aims to find out.
"Our military youth have unique voices rooted in their military life experiences."
By Karen Jowers
‘A national outrage’: Lawmakers seek solutions to food insecurity in military, veteran families
Should junior enlisted families receive automatic SNAP benefits for six months after leaving the military?
By Karen Jowers
Billet cuts affecting military medical facilities and patients, lawmaker says
'We’ve seen them lose access to quality care.'
By Karen Jowers
Civ-mil relations are local
The answer to today’s civ-mil crisis is for our communities and military professionals to move towards local belonging and integration, says the author of this commentary.
By Mitch Fossum
General education: What Austin can learn from Mattis’s rocky relationship with Congress
Austin must work with Congress to win support for President-elect Joe Biden’s national security budget and priorities.
By Joe Gould
Report documents poor virus response in Pennsylvania veterans home
State data shows at least 42 residents of the 292-bed Southeastern Veterans’ Center have died of the virus, the most among the six state-run veterans’ homes.
‘Race matters’: Austin advocates tout his historic candidacy in the face of other concerns
Advocates of Lloyd Austin for defense secretary are asking lawmakers to think hard about another topic: the general’s race.
By Joe Gould
Pentagon shuts down numerous entrances, Armed Forces Retirement Homes to turn away visitors
The AFRH changes are effective immediately.
By J.D. Simkins
VA locks down nursing homes to prevent COVID-19 infections; department tracking six cases
VA is hoping the Draconian measures will protect more than 65,000 vulnerable veterans from infection.
By Patricia Kime
VA promises new plan to address needs of growing population of elderly vets
The new strategic plan will be released by the end of the month.
GAO: VA must improve plans for providing long-term care to aging veterans
The VA must set tangible goals to ensure it can care for future aging veterans, the Government Accountability Office says.
By Patricia Kime