The number of unresolved disability claims has soared this year, prompting protests from veterans groups and members of Congress. The American Legion said in late June that the number was approaching 1 million claims, but Department of Veterans Affairs officials dispute that figure.
Under the plan announced Monday by President Obama, rank-and-file employees with VA's Veterans Benefits Administration will be asked to suggest, through a Web-based computer program, how to reduce the department's backlog.
The Department of Defense moved this week to dramatically reduce the number of recognized religions, faiths...
The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, stripped nine navy officers including women and Black service members...
The House Armed Services Committee adopted a provision for the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)...
The US military attacked a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean on...
