New York National Guard troops deployed to different bases in Aghanistan will be featured on the "Veterans Segment" of New Rochelle-based WVOX radio's "Good Morning Westchester" program on July 4.

The special expanded edition, hosted by Bob Marrone, will air from approximately 8 to 9 a.m. with studio participation from U.S. Army veteran John Dunleavy, chairman [...]

A federal judge in San Francisco ruled Wednesday that although the Department of Veterans Affairs might have provided inadequate care or benefits to some veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, the department had not done so systematically, according to this report in the Los Angeles Times.

The report notes that "Veterans had sought a court order to [...]

This week marks the 60th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift, when American and British flyers began hauling countless tons of food and supplies into the divided German city in defiance of a Soviet blockade.

In what could be considered the first major battle of the Cold War, allied planes flew almost 300,000 missions into Berlin, delivering nearly 2.3 million [...]

That's what Major League Baseball is doing, with the announcement today that it is partnering with Welcome Back Veterans to honor and support service members returning from Afghanistan and Iraq with a major publicity and fund raising effort.

On July 4th weekend and Sept. 11, all major league teams will wear special "Stars & Stripe" caps and [...]

It's one of the cool things that happens in Westchester every summer.

The Hartsdale Pet Cemetery hosts its annual War Dog Memorial Celebration on Sunday, remembering the service and sacrifices made by thousands of four-legged veterans.

Ceremonies start at 1 p.m., when a wreath will be laid at the 1923 War Dog Memorial, which pays tribute to [...]

The Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America website is reporting that Congress and the White House have reached a compromise that will result in a World War II-style GI education bill for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans.

In a press release today, the IAVA, which has lobbied for the bill originally introduced by Senators Jim Webb (D- [...]

First, there was the Walter Reed debacle. Then came the memo from a Veterans Administration hospital administrator advising that as a cost saving measure, doctors should try to avoid diagnosing post-traumatic stress syndrome for service members returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Now comes word that our "friends" at the VA have been recruiting returning war [...]

A study by the U.S. Census Bureau found that women veterans earned higher salaries in 2005 than those who never served in the military, but worked more hours in a week and more weeks in the year.

The study, announced in a press release today, also found that male veterans also earned more than their non-veteran [...]

The Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America are sponsoring a petition on their website asking President Bush to sign the updated GI Bill that would give our newest generation of veterans the best education benefits available since World War II.

Bush has said he will veto the bill, fearing that it will make it difficult to [...]

White Plains will celebrate Flag Day a little early this year with a program for school kids at the city's Performing Arts Theater Thursday morning, followed by public festivities at Renaissance Plaza.

City Councilman Glen Hockley, a founder and organizer of the annual celebration, said the date was moved up from June 14 to allow [...]

Larry Kaufman, commander of Post 46 of the Jewish War Veterans, let us know that the Town of Somers will host a ceremony tonight to dedicate a plaque honoring all of the towns veterans at Bailey Park.

Members of all three of the town's veterans organizations are cordially invited to attend the 7 p.m. event, and [...]

I think the first time I met Bob Cypher was during the 1980s at a commemoration of the Revolutionary War's Battle of White Plains held at the Jacob Purdy House. I was writing about it for what was then still the Reporter Dispatch and Mr. Cypher was there because he was always there when it [...]

The Buffalo City Court, which established a drug treatment court in 1995 and a mental health treatment court in 2003, is now the first in the nation to have a veterans treatment court, according to this story in USA Today.

The defendants – military veterans or family members – have a chance to have criminal charges [...]

Four decades later, veterans who fought in the jungles of Vietnam received a formal apology from the government for the poor treatment and neglect they received when they came home. The government of New Zealand, that is.

I never realized that troops from other countries who soldiered in Vietnam were treated as badly as ours were [...]

 Last week I mentioned a Military Times story about an e-mail written by the coordinator of a Veterans Administration post-traumatic stress disorder suggesting that VA doctors not diagnose PTSD as a way of saving money.

Now comes an Associated Press report noting that the galling e-mail has raised the ire of a couple of U.S. Representatives, [...]