veterans

Anthony Weeks, 88th Force Support Squadron veteran affairs benefits advisor, briefs students about the Transition Assistance Program Oct. 21, 2016 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Transition Assistance provides workshops and mandatory pre-separation counseling for those transitioning from the military. (U.S. Air Force photo by Michelle Gigante)

Military transition programs focus on education rather than employment

Oversight of all federally-funded transition programs is “weak and fragmented,” and there is little evidence that transition employment programs are…

Defense

The Capitol building in Washington, D.C.

Too many CRs will have catastrophic effects on DoD, Air Force official says

Federal Newscast

Healthcare, TAP big concerns for military to civilian transition

Defense News

Air Force/Senior Airman Karla Parra

Memorial Day look at the undercounted veterans who die by suicide from the battlefield

Veterans Affairs

Mark Steffe, president & CEO, First Command Financial Services, Inc.

More than ever, military members and their families need a dose of financial literacy education

Defense

Veterans Affairs told it should stop posting disciplinary actions on its website

Federal Newscast

Tom Temin

Rolling Thunder 2019, motorcycles, bikers

My immersion in Rolling Thunder 2019

Tom Temin Commentary

House VA committee worried agency failing to curb sexual harassment at facilities

Federal Newscast

VA IG: Decentralization to blame for housing stipend, IT shortfalls

Veterans Affairs

Tea for you and a taste of Valor

Federal social worker mends lives, one veteran at a time

Women of Washington

Trillions spent, trillions more projected to fund War on Terror

The Defense Department estimates Congress has appropriated something like $1.7 trillion for war-related expenses since Sept. 11, 2001. Neta Crawford at…

Federal Drive

Veteran medical care not always the best, one attorney notes

Attorney Trey Thatcher joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to outline his case against a VA medical center in Tennessee.

Federal Drive

Some young veterans need more from government

Commentary

If the administration took time to think about veteran hiring in a more holistic way, it could offer some veterans who have traditionally struggled to find good jobs an opportunity to build a career in a stable job with good pay and benefits.