Veterans

A Virginia veteran was killed, and two other adults and two children were hurt, when a driver fleeing from police on I-95 crashed through express lane gates into oncoming traffic on Thursday, police say. News4’s Drew Wilder reports.

They served and protected our country and now they are getting protected from COVID-19.  Residents of military retirement community Falcon’s Landing who wanted to be vaccinated have received their second dose of the vaccine. It was one of the first places to have an outbreak.  With residents and staff vaccinated, the retirement community will scale back some restrictions on...

A success story at a senior living center. All residents and staff of a military retirement community who wanted to be vaccinated have gotten their second dose of the vaccine. And as Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder shows, many of them will soon start their new normal

The commitment of Vietnam War veteran Alan Alter, now 71, was the result of a sequence of trickle-down oversights starting at the top and trickling down to the local level.

A Vietnam veteran’s lucky coin is on its way to Afghanistan, the latest leg of an extraordinary journey that spans several decades and seven military deployments

A Vietnam veteran’s lucky coin is on its way to Afghanistan, the latest leg of an extraordinary journey that spans several decades and seven military deployments

The COVID vaccine has arrived at our region’s two biggest veterans hospitals. Scott MacFarlane reports that only a fraction of the workforce will get this first round of doses.

The observance ceremony in honor of the 79th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor was moved online this year over coronavirus concerns.

News4’s Megan McGrath reports on a group looking for “puppy parents” to help prepare dogs to be companions for veterans.

The National Museum of the United States Army in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, is opening its doors on Veterans Day.

A couple of military vets are on an unusual mission to create “700 MPH Bourbon,” and they’ve got the barrels of bourbon and a fighter jet to pull it off.

The Army Museum opened on Veterans Day as a tribute to soldiers past and present. Chris Gordon reports.

Maureen Elias cherished her time serving in the Army, but a career-threatening injury meant she had to pivot to a new path. News4’s Aimee Cho shows us how this veteran took a career of service, to a whole new level.

The National Park Service is marking Veterans Day by giving veterans and Gold Star families lifetime free access to all the country’s national parks. Angela McConnell of the Northern Virginia Veterans Association said this will improve her quality of life. She served 22 years in the military with the Army, Army Reserves and Air Force. “The ideas around, you know,…

Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder explains how veterans and Gold Star families can visit national parks free forever.

This year’s Stand Up for Heroes fundraiser is going virtual for the first time and The Boss will once again be there

A local photographer is honoring service members this Veterans Day by taking their headshots for free. News4’s Aimee Cho reports.

News4’s Melissa Mollet has the story of how a Virginia community banded together to solve a decades-long mystery and reunite a veteran’s family with his long-lost uniform.

A group of strangers banded together to find clues and tell one soldier’s story

Tens of thousands of veterans and service members stationed at military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan say exposure to trash fires or “burn pits” has left them with breathing problems and other chronic illnesses, including cancer. They are fighting for health benefits, but say the United States Department of Veterans Affairs is turning its back on them. Veterans say everything...