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VA expects 30K voluntary job cuts by October, erasing need for layoffs

More than 17,000 Veterans Affairs jobs have been eliminated or vacated since the start of the year.

By Leo Shane III

8 days ago

Supreme Court ruling gives extra payouts to some combat-wounded vets

The high court ruled that limits on the government's combat-related special compensation program unfairly took away support for injured vets.

By Leo Shane III

4 weeks ago

New program gives nondeployable sailors more opportunities to serve

The U.S. Navy's EMPLOY program will help sailors with an injury or serious illness continue to serve by placing them in vacant shore billets.

5 weeks ago

House panel pushes ahead $453 billion funding plan for VA next year

The appropriations plan would add more than $80 billion to the current VA funding level, giving the department its biggest budget ever.

By Leo Shane III

5 weeks ago

Hegseth, Collins promise fixes to post-military transition programs

VA and Pentagon leaders plan to review veteran transition programs to ensure separating troops are getting the support they need.

By Leo Shane III

7 weeks ago

DC military-air traffic control hotline hasn’t worked for over 3 years

The FAA confirmed the agency didn’t know the hotline hadn’t been working since March 2022 until after the latest near miss at Reagan National Airport.

2 months ago