Marine who planned domestic terrorism attacks sentenced to 9 years in prison

Chance Brannon, 24, was motivated by neo-Nazi ideology when he threw a Molotov cocktail at a Planned Parenthood clinic in 2022, according to documents filed in federal court for the Central District of California.

Veterans who recruited troops for $65 million insurance fraud scheme sentenced to prison

Two veterans convicted for their roles in bilking more than $65 million from U.S. military health insurer Tricare have been sentenced and ordered to pay back millions of dollars, the Justice Department said Friday.

GOP Senate candidate in Montana builds campaign on once-secret Navy exploits

When Tim Sheehy completed Navy SEAL training in 2009 and shipped off to Iraq, the elite fighting force was not a household name. That all changed in 2011, when a SEAL team conducted the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, a shift that took Sheehy, now the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Montana, by surprise.

Missing Marge: Search expert sets sights on wreckage of famed fighter flown by WWII ace

Justin Taylan, director of the nonprofit search-and-recovery organization Pacific Wrecks, is preparing to lead a team to Papua New Guinea to locate one of the most famous aircraft from World War II: a P-38 named Marge flown by ace fighter pilot Richard Bong.

COVID killed 200 at NJ veterans homes, exposing failures; here’s how the state is responding

Widely criticized for failing to prevent the spread of COVID-19 that killed 200 inside the state’s three nursing homes for veterans, the Murphy administration on Wednesday outlined its plans to spend millions of dollars in improvements and create a new agency focused on veterans’ health.

VA secretary: ‘We’re at a critical moment for shaping and securing veteran health care’

The $369 billion spending plan that the Department of Veterans Affairs proposes for fiscal 2025 is “a maintenance budget” that tightens the workforce and pulls back on construction but continues to prioritize disability and health care benefits for veterans.

Increasing payments for survivors of military members, cutting red tape for veterans’ disability claims pushed in new bills

The House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs subpanel on disability assistance and memorial affairs examined several pieces of legislation that would modify existing regulations for determining disability and indemnity payments for veterans and their survivors.

At Tampa homeless veterans shelter, claims of racism and false identity

Military veterans arrive at New Beginnings of Tampa having survived war zones and months, if not years, of homelessness. But former staff and volunteers say founder Tom Atchison fostered a hostile workplace, hurling racist comments as they tried to serve the region’s most vulnerable.

‘Cost estimate is stratospheric’: House lawmaker blasts VA’s plan for multibillion-dollar supply management system

Lawmakers sharply criticized the Department of Veterans Affairs for failing to provide a budget or keep them informed about a plan to modernize its supply chain management system that is projected to cost as much as $15 billion.

Eligible veterans facing foreclosure to be offered ‘last resort’ VA plan to lower mortgage payments

The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to begin offering up to 40,000 veterans and troops who own a home and face foreclosure a VA-backed loan — a “last resort” refinancing tool to bring down their interest rates.

Marine veteran donates kidney to pool rival

It was a long journey for James Harris and Marine veteran Russ Redhead to become close enough that they now wear matching T-shirts that say “Kidney Buddies for Life.”

Battle of Ramadi fallen remembered at San Clemente’s Park Semper Fi on 20th anniversary

Veterans of Camp Pendleton’s 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines gathered over the weekend at Park Semper Fi in San Clemente to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Battle of Ramadi and remember 33 fallen troops.

FBI gate crash suspect, a Navy veteran, detained pending mental health evaluation

A man accused of trying to breach the gate at the FBI’s Atlanta headquarters a week ago will remain in custody while his mental health is evaluated.

Army Col. Ralph Puckett, Medal of Honor recipient and Ranger legend, dies at 97

Retired Army Col. Ralph Puckett, an Army Ranger who received the Medal of Honor for lifesaving heroics in the Korean War and the Distinguished Service Cross fighting in Vietnam, died Monday. He was 97.

Army veteran’s delayed lung cancer diagnosis leads to VA court settlement for his widow

The widow of an Army veteran whose lung cancer was not diagnosed for nearly two years after a “suspicious finding” turned up on a chest scan has received an $880,000 court settlement from a VA hospital.

Tuskegee Airman 2nd Lt. Ferrier White gets street named in his honor in Ohio

Elyria native and 2nd Lt. Ferrier White, a Tuskegee Airman who lost his life during World War II, was honored April 5 with a street sign at the corner of South Maple Street and Oberlin Road in Elyria, exactly 79 years after this death.

Proposed legislation would provide troops with one-on-one counseling as they prepare to leave the military

A bill before Congress would jumpstart benefits for separating troops by authorizing accredited veterans organizations to place counselors in Defense Department transition assistance programs designed for service members preparing to leave the military.

Army Ranger receives Silver Star for aiding fellow troops during battle made famous in ‘Black Hawk Down’

Retired Army Maj. Larry Moores has received the Silver Star Medal for valor in combat more than 30 years after his actions in the infamous 1993 Battle of Mogadishu in Somalia — the battle made famous by the 2001 film “Black Hawk Down.”

FBI gate crash suspect to remain in custody until Monday hearing

A man accused of breaching the gate of the FBI’s Atlanta headquarters made his first court appearance Wednesday and will remain in custody until another hearing next week.