The American Homefront Project
The American Homefront Project features reporting on military life and veterans issues.
We're visiting bases to chronicle how troops are working and living. We're meeting military families. We're talking with veterans to learn about the challenges they face. We cover major policy issues at the Pentagon and Department of Veterans Affairs, and we report on family issues service members and veterans experience in their daily lives. From the youngest military recruits to the veterans of World War II, we're reporting in-depth stories about Americans who serve.
Funding for The American Homefront Project comes from The Corporation for Public Broadcasting
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A Pentagon program that helped thousands of veterans become classroom teachers is winding down. Advocates say the program should be saved. -
The VA's sports clinics introduce veterans to adaptive activities to help them recover from injuries and make fitness a part of their lives. -
The Army is emphasizing a simple way to improve troops' readiness: making sure they get enough sleepA study found that the Pentagon is doing a lot to improve troops' sleep habits, but more needs to be done. -
The new program is designed to fast-track the enlistment process for recruits who lack high school degrees. -
Scientific advances have allowed the Army to identify about 200 sets of remains each year - dating back to World War II. But the passage of time has complicated the process of finding families to accept the remains. -
Hamas' elaborate tunnels in Gaza have brought attention to underground warfare, but it's a tactic used by many other potential U.S. adversaries. -
The VA now pays for IVF treatment for unmarried and LGBTQ veterans. But they still must prove their fertility problems are service-related. -
Shipbuilders are pursuing a variety of measures to find more workers, including a marketing partnership with Major League Baseball. -
Each threatened shutdown can lead to stress in the military community about missing paychecks and losing access to federal programs. -
A lack of barracks space - as well as poor living conditions in some barracks buildings - are contributing to complaints about sailors' quality of life.
