Army secretary addresses report of Fort Hood Independent Review Committee Fort Hood has garnered international attention after 28 soldiers assigned to the post died in the past year. The most prominent was Spc. Vanessa Guillen’s alleged murder by a fellow soldier who then died by suicide. As a captain, I was stationed at Fort Hood. …
VA dedicates Morovis National Cemetery WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) today dedicated a new 247-acre national cemetery in Morovis, Puerto Rico. This is the sixth VA national cemetery to be dedicated in 2020, and the 153rd VA National Cemetery overall. VA Secretary Robert Wilkie along with Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs Randy …
This week I was given an incredible statistic: Just 20 years ago, VA served a little more than 150,000 women Veterans. This was before 9/11, an event that prompted so many American men and women to enlist and defend their country. Today, VA is serving more than 740,000 women Veterans. That’s more than four times …