Veterans

News4’s Mauricio Casillas has a look at the festivities.

Starting this week, veterans in crisis can now get free mental health care. It’s part of a new program from The Department of Veterans Affairs that aims to prevent suicides among veterans. For Loudoun County veteran Jarrad Davenport, it’s an issue that’s personal. “I had a good friend of mine who committed suicide and, you know, I think about...

A new program from Veterans Affairs aims to alleviate the financial barrier veterans face for emergency mental health care.News4’s Aimee Cho reports.

Two Dallas brothers who have dedicated their lives to preserving Korean War history say at least 1,000 names are misspelled and at least 500 service members’ names are missing on the new Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall of Remembrance in Washington, D.C.

During the annual Wreaths Across America, volunteers placed wreaths with red bows on fallen veterans’ tombstones in cemeteries across the D.C. area on Saturday.

Volunteers placed wreaths on graves of fallen veterans across the D.C. area on Saturday. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

President Joe Biden urged military veterans on Friday to take advantage of new healthcare opportunities under legislation that he signed in August. He promoted the aid as he visited a Delaware National Guard facility named for his late son, Beau.

Every winter, people across the country send cards and donations to members of the military and veterans in the hopes of bringing them some holiday cheer.

The last veteran of Mexico’s relatively small contingent of World War II veterans has died, Mexico’s Defense Department announced Thursday.

The family of a fallen World War II hero from New York City can finally get a bit of closure, after the soldier’s remains were identified nearly 80 years after he died during the war.

Federal health officials are conducting a new study to determine whether veterans once stationed at a now-shuttered California military base were exposed to dangerously high levels of cancer-causing toxins.

President Joe Biden signed legislation on Wednesday to give expanded benefits to veterans exposed to toxic burn pits.

The PACT Act will help veterans get disability payments without having to prove their illness was the result of their service. Other health care services will be expanded as well.

New legislation to provide medical coverage for veterans affected by toxic burn pits during their service is on its way to the president’s desk to be signed. News4’s Darcy Spencer spoke with veterans about what the legislation means for them and their families.

Republican senators blocked the bill last week after voting to pass it earlier this year.

Veterans from across the country have made their way to the U.S. Capitol to demand action on a bill to provide medical benefits to ex-service members who were exposed to toxic burn pits while serving overseas. News4’s Dominique Moody reports.

A bill that enhances health care and disability benefits for millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits has hit a snag in the Senate.

Twenty-five Republican senators who previously supported a bipartisan bill to expand health care for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits reversed their stance on Thursday.

The widely supported bipartisan measure looked to expand medical coverage for millions of combatants exposed to toxic burn pits during their service.

Entertainer and activist Jon Stewart ripped the 41 Republican senators who voted against the PACT Act, blocking a bill that would provide resources for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits. “Cowards, all of them.”