Steve Walsh
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American Homefront
Though military suicide has been a problem for decades, critics say the Pentagon hasn’t come to terms with the fact that anyone can potentially be at risk.
Carson Frame
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American Homefront
For disabled children of military parents, frequent moves can lead to schooling and health care gaps
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The service organization is closing some of its centers, opening new ones, and expanding its online programs to respond to funding reductions and troops' changing needs. -
States are mailing absentee ballots sooner and - in a few places - letting troops cast ballots online. Still, voter turnout among military personnel lags the general population.
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The Air Force is revamping the way it trains pilots so they can better respond to potential challenges from countries like China and Russia.
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The Defense Department is planning to eliminate Confederate names from bases and more than 1100 other things in the military. But it's not clear whether that will include an unusual display at West Point - a bronze depiction of a Ku Klux Klan member.
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AARP says military families and veterans are almost 40% more likely than civilians to become victims of scammers, and 80% of the attacks specifically take aim at their military benefits.
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This month, the Biden Administration hopes to expedite the process by eliminating temporary humanitarian parole and concentrating resources instead on permanent visas.
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Lawyers are aggressively advertising potential windfalls for people exposed to contaminated water at the base. But it's too soon to know how the claim process will play out.
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Archives, artifacts, and 'a lot of rocks': The Army Corps of Engineers is training veterans for jobsAn Army Corps of Engineers program teaches former troops how to do curation work, while also preparing them for jobs in other fields.
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The Future Soldier Preparatory Course hopes to give potential recruits who are just short of meeting U.S. Army physical or academic standards the small boost they need.
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As states across the country restrict abortion, President Biden and some other Democrats want to ease federal restrictions on the procedure.
The American Homefront Project collaborated with the PBS documentary series American Veteran to profile men and women who have served in the U.S. military.