Veterans

President Joe Biden signed the Paws Act into law on Wednesday. The bill connects veterans struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder with service dogs.

A co-sponsor of the bill said similar programs have shown “great results” with veterans and that “we want to give that access to even more people.”

Veterans and families who have lost loved ones in Afghanistan tried to come to grips with the way America’s longest war drew to an end at a candlelight vigil in Boston’s Seaport Monday night.

Republican Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday warned that the government’s collapse in Afghanistan had “needlessly endangered Americans and our allies” and pledged that Massachusetts is prepared to help refugees fleeing the country now under Taliban control. In a pair of morning tweets, Baker criticized “mismanagement” in the buildup to the crisis that has unfolded in recent days, when the...

The White House announced a plan for deported veterans to return to the United States including a plan for citizenship.

Gold Star family members and veterans in New England are among those asking Congress to move forward on an already approved plan to build a Global War on Terrorism Memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring more than 7,000 veterans. A bill introduced in the Senate by Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa — a veteran who spent time in Kuwait during…

Veterans and Gold Star family members in New England and beyond are asking Congress to move forward on an already approved plan to building a Global War on Terrorism Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Research compiled by the Costs of War Project at Brown University found an estimated 30,177 active duty personnel and veterans who have served in the military since 9/11 have died by suicide, compared with 7,057 killed in post 9/11 military operations.

Gov. Charlie Baker has again filed a bill intended to honor veterans lost to service-related illnesses, including PTSD. The bill would establish the Massachusetts Medal of Fidelity, which would be presented by the Massachusetts National Guard to the families of veterans who lost their lives to service-related illnesses and injuries. The legislation would authorize the state to honor service members…

After more than a year of isolation, American veterans are embracing plans for a more traditional Memorial Day.

“Veterans are absolutely planting roots in communities across the country,” said Chris Birk, director of education at Veterans United, a lender for homebuyers.

Ahead of Memorial Day weekend, the Vermont National Guard and state leaders paid tribute to fallen Guard members by rededicating a monument in their honor after it was recently relocated to ease access. “The more accessible the better,” said Heather Sheehan, whose husband, Kevin Sheehan, died 17 years ago. Sheehan, a staff sergeant from Milton, served with the Vermont National…

Here’s how restaurants are giving back to those who serve our country.

The Massachusetts Senate voted Thursday to approve a $400 million bond bill to pay for a new facility to replace the existing Holyoke Soldiers’ Home, the site of one of the nation’s deadliest coronavirus outbreaks at a long-term care facility. The vote comes two weeks after the House voted unanimously to pass their own version of the $400 million bond…

A Vermont mom is celebrating the opening of a nonprofit wellness and recreation center named for her late son. Josh Pallotta was a soldier whose death by suicide in 2014 inspired his mother to want to help other military service members experiencing post-traumatic stress. “It’s surreal to see this,” Val Pallotta said of the new Josh’s House in Colchester’s...

A nonprofit wellness and recreation center was opened by a mother who lost her son to suicide when he came back from service.

A Vietnam veteran’s lucky coin is on its way to Afghanistan, the latest leg of an extraordinary journey that spans several decades and seven military deployments

A Vietnam veteran’s lucky coin is on its way to Afghanistan, the latest leg of an extraordinary journey that spans several decades and seven military deployments

The commitment of Vietnam War veteran Alan Alter, now 71, was the result of a sequence of trickle-down oversights starting at the top and trickling down to the local level.

Lawmakers are poised on Thursday to dig into whether staff and labor issues might have exacerbated a catastrophic COVID-19 outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home. A legislative committee convened to investigate the tragedy that led to the deaths of at least 76 veterans early in the pandemic who resided at the home will hold a hearing focusing on testimony from…