https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/racial-disparities-in-worker-promotions-at-veterans-affairs 2020-11-18T13:52:58+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/department-of-veterans-affairs.jpg?id=64868455&width=1200 Department of Veterans Affairs https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=64868458&width=1200 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/need-a-bank-account-vbbp-can-help 2021-02-24T16:31:47+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/bank.jpg?id=64875338&width=1200 Bank daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/veteran-suicide-deaths-rose-again-in-2018-va-report-shows 2020-11-17T21:23:04+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/veterans-crisis-line.png?id=64868552&width=1200 Veterans Crisis Line https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.png?id=64868559&width=1200 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/rare-look-at-the-most-secretive-and-hidden-special-ops-unit 2021-02-23T16:55:54+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/military-free-fall.jpg?id=64386558&width=1200 Military Free Fall daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/politics/biden-proposes-increasing-va-budget-by-5 2023-03-10T16:36:48+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/vabudget.jpg?id=64860773&width=1200 President Joe Biden’s budget proposal includes a request for $325.1 billion to fund the Department of Veterans Affairs. VABUDGET daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/army-reserves-northeast-commander-honors-fallen-in-brooklyn 2025-06-03T12:15:13+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/maj-gen-kris-a-belanger-commanding-general-of-the-u-s-army-reserves-99th-readiness-division-led-the-158th-annual-brooklyn.jpg?id=64864264&width=1200 Maj. Gen. Kris A. Belanger, commanding general of the U.S. Army Reserve’s 99th Readiness Division, led the 158th Annual Brooklyn Memorial Day Parade May 26 honoring those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. The borough-wide parade is sponsored by the United Military Veterans of Kings County. Maj. Gen. Kris A. Belanger, commanding general of the U.S. Army Reserve’s 99th Readiness Division, led the 158th Annual Brooklyn Memorial Day Parade May 26 honoring those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. The borough-wide parade is sponsored by the United Military Veterans of Kings County. daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/sfs-airmen-reflect-on-womens-influence-in-us-air-force 2021-04-06T13:43:01+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/sfs-airmen-reflect-on-womens-influence-in-the-air-force.jpg?id=64863061&width=1200 A group of female defenders from the 366th Security Forces Squadron at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. In 1985, women were officially allowed to join in the security forces career field, meaning no job under that career field could be banned from them. SFS Airmen reflect on women’s influence in the Air Force daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/covid-19-put-troops-in-a-state-of-isolation-suicide-risk 2021-01-15T22:29:35+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/advanced-individual-training-soldiers-wearing-face-masks-listen-to-maj-gen-dennis-lemaster.jpg?id=64860761&width=1200 Advanced individual training soldiers wearing face masks listen to Maj. Gen. Dennis LeMaster https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=64860758&width=1200 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/groundbreaking-day-for-desert-storm-memorial-announced 2022-06-07T14:01:30+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/stormcover.jpg?id=64871779&width=1200 A groundbreaking ceremony for the National Desert Shield Desert Storm Memorial will take place in Washington, D.C. on July 14. STORMCOVER daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/marine-corps-scholarship-foundation-65-million-gift 2023-01-07T19:28:37+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/mcsfcover.jpg?id=64864022&width=1200 The Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation has awarded more than 50,000 scholarships valued at nearly $185 million since it was founded in 1962 and is the nation’s oldest and largest provider of need-based scholarships for military children. MCSFCOVER daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/ny-army-guard-take-part-in-fleet-week-veterans-food-festival 2025-06-03T12:10:57+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/new-york-army-national-guard-recruiter-spc-standley-jean-baptiste-enjoys-street-food-from-the-farina-pasta-bar-food-truck-that.jpg?id=64864263&width=1200 New York Army National Guard recruiter Spc. Standley Jean-Baptiste enjoys street food from the Farina Pasta Bar food truck that was set up at New York City's South Street Seaport as part of the Veterans Food Festival held in the historic district on May 25, 2025 New York Army National Guard recruiter Spc. Standley Jean-Baptiste enjoys street food from the Farina Pasta Bar food truck that was set up at New York City's South Street Seaport as part of the Veterans Food Festival held in the historic district on May 25, 2025 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/supreme-court-unanimously-rules-for-combat-disabled-veterans 2025-06-17T13:56:44+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/courtcover.jpg?id=64864252&width=1200 : A person rests in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on June 5, 2025 in Washington, DC. ) COURTCOVER daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/guardsman-is-1st-scholar-in-residence-at-army-history-center 2021-04-06T13:30:27+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/guardsman-is-1st-scholar-in-residence-at-army-history-center.jpg?id=64863057&width=1200 Capt. Jonathan Bratten, command historian for the Maine National Guard, gives a presentation in 2020 to a high school history class as part of the Maine Army National Guard's History Outreach Program. Bratten has been selected as the U.S. Army Center of Military History's first scholar in residence. Guardsman is 1st scholar in residence at Army history center daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/get-help/mental-health/service-dog-jackson-supports-his-veteran-as-she-faces-ptsd 2024-10-10T13:11:17+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/jacksoncover.jpg?id=64865769&width=1200 Service dog Jackson supports his veteran as she faces PTSD. JACKSONCOVER daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/honoring-the-fallen/navy-divers-at-pearl-harbor-greatest-salvage-in-history 2021-06-04T15:49:10+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/navy-diver.jpg?id=64864021&width=1200 Navy Diver daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/multi-day-event-to-welcome-home-vietnam-veterans 2023-05-02T23:29:15+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/welcomecover.jpg?id=64870186&width=1200 The second wave of combat helicopters of the 1st Air Cavalry Division fly over an RTO and his commander on an isolated landing zone during Operation Pershing, a search and destroy mission on the Bong Son Plain and An Lao Valley of South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. The two American soldiers are waiting for the second wave to come in. WELCOMECOVER daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/feature-article/a-vietnam-veterans-christmas-in-laos 2020-11-18T21:43:39+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/mac-v-sog.jpg?id=64870898&width=1200 MAC-V SOG https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=64870905&width=1200 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/delaware-dmv-allows-veteran-indicator-on-drivers-license 2022-12-09T15:45:13+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/the-delaware-division-of-motor-vehicles-now-allows-united-states-veterans-or-the-national-guard-to-add-a-new-veteran-indicator-t.jpg?id=64870917&width=1200 The Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles now allows United States veterans or the National Guard to add a new veteran indicator to its driver’s license or identification card. daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/inside-the-va/dav-pushes-veterans-affairs-transparency-layoffs-budget-cuts 2025-03-25T14:06:46+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/midwintercover.jpg?id=64864188&width=1200 VA Secretary Doug Collins addresses the DAV’s 2025 Mid-Winter Conference at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, Virginia on Feb. 23, 2025. MIDWINTERCOVER daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/respite-care-program-now-available-across-the-country 2021-02-22T17:54:44+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/care.jpg?id=64859106&width=1200 Care daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/news/national-guard-soldiers-discharged-for-white-nationalist-tie 2020-11-18T21:15:20+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/richard-spencer.jpg?id=64869352&width=1200 Richard Spencer https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=64869356&width=1200 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/women-veterans/soldier-is-1st-female-guard-m1-abrams-tank-master-gunner 2023-01-18T15:55:21+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/tankcover.jpg?id=64857748&width=1200 Staff Sgt. Elizabeth Cox, left is the first female Army National Guard soldier to graduate the Army National Guard Warrior Training Center’s M1 Abrams Master Gunner course. TANKCOVER https://www.audacy.com/media-library/tankinside.jpg?id=64857747&width=1200 Army Staff Sgt. Elizabeth Cox TANKINSIDE daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/rand-study-there-are-14-3-military-caregivers-in-the-u-s 2024-09-26T14:01:28+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/randcover.jpg?id=64869549&width=1200 14.3 million Americans provide care to a wounded, ill, or injured service member or veteran, according to a study by RAND released Sept. 24, 2024. RANDCOVER daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/university-of-maryland-global-campus-veterans-showcase 2020-11-18T21:57:19+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/hansen.jpg?id=64869366&width=1200 Hansen https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=64869369&width=1200 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/usps-guidelines-shipping-military-holiday-care-packages 2020-11-18T23:03:45+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/cover-image.jpg?id=64859714&width=1200 Cover Image https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=64859705&width=1200 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/employer-week-raytheon 2020-11-19T01:30:37+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/cover-image.png?id=64864419&width=1200 Cover Image https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.png?id=64864424&width=1200 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/military/woman-honors-husbands-wwii-service-four-decades-after-his-death 2020-11-19T01:44:17+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/cover-image.jpg?id=64869334&width=1200 Cover Image https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=64869336&width=1200 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/nike-pulls-betsy-ross-flag-over-colin-kaepernick-concerns-did-she-design-it 2020-11-19T01:56:57+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=64869341&width=1200 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/paratrooper-helped-liberate-french-town-portrayed-in-film 2024-06-04T13:10:19+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/boardcover.jpg?id=64862575&width=1200 Paratroopers from the Army's 82nd Airborne Division in England board the C-47 aircraft that will drop them in and near the town of Sainte-Mere-Eglise in Normandy, France, in the early morning hours of June 6, 1944. BOARDCOVER daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/deborah-sampson-dressed-man-fight-american-revolution 2020-11-19T04:11:16+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/cover-image.jpg?id=64869315&width=1200 Cover Image https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=64869317&width=1200 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/honoring-the-fallen/army-tanker-1st-lt-baskind-has-been-accounted-for-from-wwii 2024-06-04T16:28:04+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/t-u-s-army-1st-lieutenant-nathan-b-baskind-28-of-pittsburgh-pennsylvania.png?id=64862557&width=1200 t U.S. Army 1st Lieutenant Nathan B. Baskind, 28, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania t U.S. Army 1st Lieutenant Nathan B. Baskind, 28, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/thunder-run-staff-sgt-stevon-booker-posthumously-awarded-distinguished-service-cross 2020-11-19T03:30:56+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/staff-sgt-stevon-booker-posthumously-awarded-distinguished-service-cross.jpg?id=64869326&width=1200 Staff Sgt. Stevon Booker posthumously awarded Distinguished Service Cross https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=64869327&width=1200 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/vetcare/va-dod-expand-health-care-for-veterans-living-in-new-york 2024-04-25T14:05:54+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/vadodcover.jpg?id=64857785&width=1200 Veterans, soldiers, cadets, and other beneficiaries can now receive care from the Keller Army Community Hospital on the West Point Army Installation and at the VA Hudson Valley Health Care System in New York. Pictured is KACH's Emergency Department. VADODCOVER daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/ex-blackwater-contractor-sentenced-life-iraq-shootings 2020-11-19T00:09:44+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/in-this-june-11-2014-file-photo-former-blackwater-worldwide-guard-nicholas-slatten-leaves-federal-court-in-washington-after-t.jpg?id=64869343&width=1200 In this June 11, 2014 file photo, former Blackwater Worldwide guard Nicholas Slatten leaves federal court in Washington, after the start of his first-degree murder trial. https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=64869342&width=1200 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/marine-corps-commandant-allows-memos-be-leaked-influence-diversion-funds-border-wall 2020-11-19T03:30:57+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/cover-image.jpg?id=64869328&width=1200 Cover Image https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=64869331&width=1200 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/news/joachim-peiper-glamorized-by-army-facebook-page 2020-11-18T21:15:19+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/german-field-officer-joachim-peiper-1915-1976-of-the-waffen-ss-circa-1940-he-is-wearing-the-iron-cross-awarded-to-him-in-1.png?id=64869353&width=1200 German field officer Joachim Peiper (1915 - 1976) of the Waffen-SS, circa 1940. He is wearing the Iron Cross awarded to him in 1940. https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.png?id=64869354&width=1200 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/tuskegee-airmen-exemplified-resilience-selfless-service 2020-11-19T04:25:16+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/cover-image.jpg?id=64869329&width=1200 Cover Image https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=64869325&width=1200 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/coworking-spaces-create-opportunities-for-military-spouses 2021-05-06T15:47:28+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/coworking-spaces-create-stability-opportunities-for-military-spouses.jpg?id=64862561&width=1200 Anna Nordley, an Army spouse and senior accounting manager for the USO, discusses her experience using a military spouse coworking space on Fort Belvoir, Va. The coworking space program was designed to provide military spouses a comfortable and professional workspace outside their homes and a training venue for employment and entrepreneurial opportunities. Coworking spaces create stability, opportunities for military spouses https://www.audacy.com/media-library/coworking-spaces-create-stability-opportunities-for-military-spouses.jpg?id=64862563&width=1200 The first military spouse coworking space at the Fort Belvoir USO Warrior and Family Center, Va., is now open for visitors. The coworking space program was designed to provide spouses a comfortable and professional workspace outside their homes and a training venue for employment and entrepreneurial opportunities. Coworking spaces create stability, opportunities for military spouses https://www.audacy.com/media-library/coworking-spaces-create-stability-opportunities-for-military-spouses.jpg?id=64862568&width=1200 Anna Nordley, an Army spouse, performs her duties as a senior accounting manager for the USO at a military spouse coworking space on Fort Belvoir, Va. Coworking spaces create stability, opportunities for military spouses daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/military/staff-sgt-michael-ollis-posthumously-receives-distinguished-service-cross 2020-11-19T01:57:01+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/cover-image.jpg?id=64869339&width=1200 Cover Image https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=64869338&width=1200 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/national-guard-probing-congressmans-criticism-governor 2020-11-19T04:25:16+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/cover-image.jpg?id=64869322&width=1200 Cover Image https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=64869319&width=1200 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/military-couple-opens-cafe-to-promote-a-healthy-lifestyle 2021-09-28T22:07:06+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/clean-eatz-allows-people-to-eat-healthier-and-live-a-healthy-life.jpg?id=64857770&width=1200 Clean Eatz allows people to eat healthier and live a healthy life. Clean Eatz allows people to eat healthier and live a healthy life. daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/wwii-letter-returned-veteran-70-years-latera-letter-written-70-years-ago-was-returned-95 2020-11-19T01:30:36+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/cover-image.jpg?id=64859960&width=1200 Cover Image https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=64859963&width=1200 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/wwii-vet-meets-warrior-canine-connection-namesake 2021-12-22T16:50:02+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/wcccover.jpg?id=64860614&width=1200 Warrior Canine Connection service dog in training Bucci is named after World War II veteran Al Bucci. The two recently met in Maryland. WCCCOVER https://www.audacy.com/media-library/wcc.jpg?id=64860621&width=1200 World War II veteran Al Bucci, 98, smiles as he interacts with his Warrior Canine Companion namesake, Bucci. WCC daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/honoring-the-fallen/pvt-james-loterbaugh-m4-sherman-tanker-accounted-for-wwii 2025-03-14T17:06:59+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/u-s-army-pvt-james-g-loterbaugh-35-of-roseville-ohio.png?id=64857161&width=1200 U.S. Army Pvt. James G. Loterbaugh, 35, of Roseville, Ohio U.S. Army Pvt. James G. Loterbaugh, 35, of Roseville, Ohio daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/almost-4000-cookies-delivered-boost-service-member-morale 2021-12-22T17:40:26+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/almost-4000-cookies-delivered-to-boost-service-member-morale.jpg?id=64860622&width=1200 Volunteers deliver cookies to the Camp Humphreys military police at the Department of Emergency Services Dec. 20, 2021. Almost 4,000 cookies delivered to boost service member morale https://www.audacy.com/media-library/almost-4000-cookies-delivered-to-boost-service-member-morale.jpg?id=64860624&width=1200 Contessa Ramos (right) places a box of cookies into a cart at the Four Chaplains Memorial Chapel prior to delivering them to staff duty locations on Camp Humphreys Dec. 20, 2021. Almost 4,000 cookies delivered to boost service member morale daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/rags-honor-votevets-hand-out-uss-mccain-shirts-trump-fourth-july 2020-11-19T01:30:30+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/cover-image.jpg?id=64859956&width=1200 Cover Image https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=64859961&width=1200 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/education/fund-run-raises-amount-in-support-of-veterans 2023-12-21T16:10:34+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/fundcover.jpg?id=64857185&width=1200 UMGC staff attend the FUNd Run pep rally in Adelphi, Maryland. FUNdCOVER daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/military/chairman-honors-wwii-army-nurse-others 2020-11-18T13:37:07+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/army-2nd-lt-regina-benson-a-member-of-the-army-nurse-corps-during-world-war-ii-poses-for-a-photo-1944.jpg?id=64867917&width=1200 Army 2nd Lt. Regina Benson, a member of the Army Nurse Corps during World War II, poses for a photo, 1944. https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=64867910&width=1200 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/former-secretary-navy-ray-mabus-worries-about-us-and-iran-tension 2020-11-19T01:30:34+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/cover-image.jpg?id=64859948&width=1200 Cover Image https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=64859954&width=1200 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/ken-brock-and-pam-are-walking-across-country-wounded-warrior-project 2020-11-19T03:03:18+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/ken-brock-pam-and-crowd.jpg?id=64859951&width=1200 Ken Brock, Pam and crowd https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=64859958&width=1200 daily