Lawmakers revive push for veterans disability reform bill
The measure would allow medically retired military personnel to receive both their full retirement pay and VA disability compensation.
By Patricia Kime
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Veterans aren’t campaign props — Congress must start acting like it
"We hear endless speeches praising our service. But respect without action is meaningless," argues DAV National Adjutant and CEO Barry Jesinoski.
By Barry Jesinoski
Trump to go to Dover AFB for transfer of Guard members killed in Syria
President Donald Trump is going to Dover AFB Wednesday for a dignified transfer for the two Iowa National Guard members killed in an attack in Syria.
Iowa National Guard IDs soldiers killed in ambush in Syria
Both soldiers were deployed with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, which is currently conducting ongoing counter-terrorism operations in the region.
By J.D. Simkins
‘High-G maneuvers’ amid enemy missiles earn USAF pilot Silver Star
An Air Force squadron commander who led a history-making deployment to the Middle East was presented with the military’s third-highest combat award.
How a Nazi trial ended the just-following-orders defense for US troops
After Nuremberg, U.S. military policy stated troops have a duty to disobey orders “a man of ordinary sense and understanding would know to be illegal."
By Richard Sisk