San Antonio has a chance to finally get a direct flight to Washington D.C. in the new FAA reauthorization bill. There’s a possibility of one of five new routes connecting the Alamo City to the nation’s capital.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs dedicated new headstones Thursday for 17 Black soldiers who were wrongly blamed for a deadly Houston riot. The ceremony took place at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery with some of the soldiers’ descendants in attendance.
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A lack of barracks space - as well as poor living conditions in some barracks buildings - are contributing to complaints about sailors' quality of life.
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A new study by the Cohen Veterans Network finds that military couples often battle loneliness on the home front.
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The Sunday afternoon announcement came just weeks after Austin was diagnosed with prostate cancer in December and hospitalized for a procedure.
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Congress is considering whether to override a VA policy that critics say deprives veterans of their gun ownership rights and deters them from seeking care. Veterans may be reported to the FBI’s background check system if they can’t manage their finances.
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The Transgender American Veterans Association is suing the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, two years after the department said it would provide gender affirmation surgery.
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The three fallen soldiers were all reservists assigned to the 718th Engineer Company in Fort Moore, Ga. Meanwhile, the number of those wounded by the attack rose to more than 40.
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After more than 80 years, remains of a Navy sailor killed at Pearl Harbor aboard the USS California were identified and flown to Massachusetts for burial this weekend with full military honors.
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Texas National Guard soldiers are blocking Border Patrol agents from reaching part of the border in Eagle Pass. It’s Texas’ latest challenge to federal authorities on immigration. Now some Democrats in the Texas congressional delegation are mulling ways to enforce federal law.
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A Pentagon report finds that troops' suicides are often preceded by legal or administrative troublesAbout a quarter of all suicide deaths occur among troops caught up in legal or administrative battles - sometimes for minor infractions.