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2 Marines of ‘MARSOC 3’ likely will retire with honorable discharges
In February, Gunnery Sgts. Josh Negron and Danny Draher were acquitted of manslaughter but convicted of drinking in violation of an order.
Legal victory and false hope?
Without changes to how the military views mental health, the Army's settlement over its mishandling of discharge upgrade requests may give false hope, the author of this commentary says.
By Jessica Lynn Wherry
Settlement will ease process for Army veterans looking to upgrade less-than-honorable discharges
Up to 50,000 veterans may benefits from the rule changes, advocates said.
VA should already care for veterans with bad-paper discharges, experts say
Congress is ooking into the issue of whether the VA is wrongfully denying services to veterand with bad-paper dischrarges.
To help stem the tide of veteran suicides, VA must stop turning away patients
While suicides soar, the VA is turning eligible veterans away from care, says the author of this commentary.
By Margaret Kuzma
Pentagon agrees to republish discharge and records corrections decisions
The decisions of several influential boards considering appeals from U.S. military personnel were removed last year from a public Defense Department website.
By Patricia Kime
Thousands of housing vouchers for veterans went unused last year, hurting efforts to end homelessness
Officials say staff shortages, rising rent costs are limiting how quickly payouts can be distributed.
Former soldier who was wounded in 2009 search for Bowe Bergdahl in Afghanistan has died
A retired soldier who was shot in the head while searching for Army Pvt. Bowe Bergdahl has died.
Veterans band together to give Vietnam Marine a proper burial
"Anyone who puts their life on the line for our country, to fight for our freedom, deserves more than to be thrown into a pauper's cemetery."
By Mark Rice, Ledger-Enquirer