Tag: Veterans

House Passes Bill to Expand Health Benefits for Burn Pit Exposure

WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday passed a bill that would make millions of veterans who were exposed…

In Ukraine, U.S. Veterans Step In Where the Military Will Not

A democracy came under attack. The United States saw a threat to an ally and also to the…

After Six-Decade Hiatus, Experimental Psychedelic Therapy Returns to the V.A.

The Department of Veterans Affairs recently began offering psychedelic substances to patients as a part of clinical trials,…

These Veterans Started Businesses Inspired by Their Deployments

Over two decades of war, American service members overseas looked across the rubble, the destroyed fields and the…

Gurkha Veterans Fight a Colonial-era Legacy Still Shaping Nepal

KATHMANDU, Nepal — In one corner of Nepal’s capital, young men are going through the final preparations in…

A General Fights to Destigmatize Mental Health Issues: ‘There’s a Shame if You Show Weakness’

WASHINGTON — Maj. Gen. Ernest Litynski has received numerous awards and decorations during his nearly three decades in…

American Veterans Join the Fight in Ukraine

Hector served two violent tours in Iraq as a United States Marine, then got out, got a pension…