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The War Lives On for America's Vets Copy link By Andrew Hirschfeld Copy link WHY YOU SHOULD CARE America's longest war is over. But is it, for the thousands of U.S. soldiers who've fought in Afghanistan and other conflicts globally? By Andrew Hirschfeld July23, 2021 America’s longest war is almost over. At least on paper. President Joe Biden has announced that the U.S. will complete the pullout of its troops from Afghanistan by August 31, days before the 20th anniversary of 9/11 — the cataclysmic terrorist attack on America that prompted the country’s military invasion more than 6,500 m...

/PRNewswire/ -- Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) applauds the recent introduction of the Comprehensive and Overdue Support for Troops (COST) of War Recognition...

Benefits for burn pit illnesses, hypertension from Agent Orange would be granted under new plan 2 hours ago Wind fans the flames of a burn pit at Combat Outpost Tangi in the Tangi Valley of Afghanistan on Aug. 31, 2009. (Staff Sgt. Teddy Wade/Army) Nearly all veterans who served in overseas conflicts in the last 31 years would be granted presumptive benefits status for a host of respiratory illness and cancers under a sweeping proposal to be introduced by Senate leaders next week. In addition, Vietnam veterans who suffer from high blood pressure would be granted the same presumptive st...

Marines dispose of trash in a burn pit in Afghanistan in 2012. (U.S. Marine Corps/Alfred Lopez) 13 May 2021 The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee's mammoth toxic exposure package will deliver presumptive care for 11 conditions for veterans sickened by exposure to burn pits and other toxins, Military.com has learned. The True Cost of War Recognition Act will be the culmination of a year's worth of bills proposed in the Senate, ranging from incremental improvements to delivering care and disability compensation to the estimated 3.5 million veterans exposed to burn pits abroad. It would be one o...