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87,000 Vietnam Veterans May Qualify for $844 Million in Benefits. How Come Nobody Told Them? A…
In the span of just a few weeks, Marc McCabe traveled this summer to Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, California, and Texas. But the 74-year-old wasn’t on an epic retirement trip.As a pro bono veterans advocate, he was searching for…
I Became My Own Version of My Father. It Cost Me My Freedom.
Editor’s Note: This story was published in partnership with San Quentin News and was written during a writing seminar for incarcerated veterans in April hosted by The War Horse at California’s San Quentin Rehabilitation Center. Tens of…
A German Arrest Warrant, a Car Theft Ring, and a Smuggled Soldier’s Escape
I heard a shout, and two men barreled into my office like lions pouncing on a zebra, my sergeant hard on their heels. The big one was six feet-plus, a beefy nightclub bouncer in the gray-green uniform of a West German police officer. His…
‘I Had a Body Part Repossessed’: Post-9/11 Amputee Vets Say VA Care Is Failing Them The concerns of…
Travis Vendela died three times in triage and medevac, by his own account, after the lead Humvee he was directing in Iraq in 2007 drove over an improvised explosive device and blew off both of his legs. Scott Restivo lost his right leg…
I Used to Think That Going to War Was Romantic. It Seemed Like Another World.
Active-duty service members and veterans thinking of harming themselves can get free crisis care. Contact the Military Crisis Line at 988, then press 1, or access online chat by texting 838255. The Sergeant was living in a car when I met…
After Trump Assassination Attempt, Some Veterans Spread Misinformation. Others Pushed Back. We…
When the first shot rang out at the Trump rally in Butler County, Pennsylvania, Jondavid Longo recognized the sound. But his brain wouldn’t allow him to believe it. “I thought, ‘OK, this might be a firecracker, a balloon, or something,’”…
A Hollywood Bad Boy, a Near Brawl, and the Wild Blue Yonder Of all the scenarios I’d imagined when I…
In Vietnam—as in most wars with American involvement—singers, comedians, and bands often traveled to war zones to entertain the troops. These included performers from The Bob Hope Show, the multitalented Danny Kaye, and broadcaster and…
‘Another Kick in the Gut:’ Biden’s Pardons Still Fall Short for Many LGBTQ Veterans Neither the…
Andrew Espinosa was in his office in Boulder, Colorado, when the first message popped up on the Air Force veteran’s phone: Andy, is this finally the resolution you’ve been working for? President Biden had just announced he was “righting a…
Reunited Friends, a Missing Medal, and a Wrong Righted More than 50 Years Later
In the fall of 2000, I received a phone call from an unrecognized number with an unfamiliar area code and decided to answer.“Is this Tigerman?” asked a voice on the line.
I thought for a second before answering.
“Is this LT?”
He knew he’d…
How a 4,000-Word Coast Guard Email Erupted Into a Reckoning of Military Sexual Assault The Coast…
The profanity-laced email that landed in thousands of Coast Guard inboxes this past May wasn’t intended to foment a rebellion in the nation’s most under-the-radar branch of the military. It wasn’t meant to get cited in a congressional…
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