From burn pits to power plants, we are hearing more and more about troops who have been exposed to toxins while serving our country overseas.

If we want to ensure that we have a strong, capable fighting force, we need to help America's youth succeed academically, graduate from high school and obey the law.

My sister Fran's cancer appeared at the beginning of January. She felt tired, bloated, and had an unusual feeling of fullness, and immediately thought her term in Iraq was the culprit.

Two weeks before his second deployment to Iraq last September, Army Specialist Michael DeVlieger broke down. "At first, I thought it was something th...

The ugly issue of the misconduct of some U.S. troops in a war zone must be addressed before sending more soldiers and Marines into Afghanistan.

McCain has a very clear, long, and illustrious history of not supporting troops and veterans one bit.

This Saturday, 25,000 volunteers from all 50 states will contact one million Americans and ask them to sign a petition urging the next Congress to bring U.S. troops home from Iraq within one year.

WASHINGTON — Soldier suicides this year could surpass the record rate of last year, Army officials said Thursday, urging military leaders at all...

There was a news item today about a group of college presidents who have signed on to an effort to "rethink" the drinking age in America. While not e...

A collage hangs on the wall of the 6th floor Oncology Ward 65 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Proudly amongst the staff photo's is the former P...

We are no longer embarrassed to talk about mental health issues like post-traumatic stress disorder for our brave soldiers. They deserve the best care and this new Center will be the core of that effort.

The apathetic tone towards returning soldiers seems to be the status quo of a majority of Americans who have forfeited their backbone for the comforts of ignorance.

The military has finally, after nine months, announced the results of its probe into the death by gunshot of a gay soldier in Afghanistan.

Next Mothers Day, I don't want to be organizing yet another rally of Mothers Against War in Washington DC and lamenting the state of our dysfunctional...

Word emerged yesterday of another mysterious, non-hostile fatality in Iraq. His name is Jeremiah Hughes.

If you want to know why McCain is called a patriot, it's because in the all-volunteer military era he can claim special exemption from common sense in the name of past service.

What caused Alyssa Peterson to put a bullet in her head in September 2003 after just a few weeks in Iraq? And why were the press and the public not told about it?

She is still officially listed among the "nonhostile -- accident" victims. So the mystery remains.

The mother of a U.S. soldier killed in Iraq this past January filed a lawsuit yesterday against KBR, the defense contractor that was in charge of inspecting the wiring at the base where a soldier died -- from electrocution.

One Iraq death haunts me, above all others: Alyssa Peterson was one of the first female soldiers killed in Iraq -- and she died by her own hand after objecting to interrogation methods used on prisoners.

Three U.S. soldiers were killed in an apparent rocket or mortar attack near Nassiriya in southeastern Iraq on Wednesday, the U.S. military said. Anot...

My daughter got a mother who came back damaged -- not by military combat, but by the hands of contractors.