Veterans Affairs officials are updating rules regarding benefits eligibility to include more individuals with other-than-honorable discharges. House lawmakers are moving ahead with plans to increase junior enlisted pay and military housing stipends, but the idea could face opposition in the Senate American and Filipino forces launched their largest combat exercises in years Monday in a show of allied firepower that has alarmed Beijing. A former Army financial adviser admitted to taking advantage of his role to swindle deceased troops’ grieving loved ones out of millions. Historically, policies involving the deportation of veterans have not always been closely followed. Three men stranded on an uninhabited Pacific island used palm fronds to spell out “HELP” on the beach, allowing Navy and Coast Guard aviators to spot them. In this op-ed, the author argues that organized efforts to address extremism in the military should be revitalized. By Samantha Olson
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