Military Times — Veterans Hub

Military and veterans news outlet · Military Times newsroom (Sightline Media)

The daily news record for the military community, and its Veterans hub is where benefits, VA policy, and oversight land first: inspector-general findings, pay and COLA changes, and the human stories behind the numbers. Publishing daily — its hub carried multiple new stories on Oct. 23, 2026 alone. When a VA story breaks nationally, it is usually here within hours, in plain language a family can act on.

Why we carry them. The fastest reliable wire for what VA did today — the daily check against the department’s own announcements.

Start here — their essential work

• Marine sniper veteran visits Ukraine to meet man behind 2,069-meter shot (2026-10-23) — A former Marine scout sniper travels to a Ukrainian front-line unit to meet the marksman behind a 2,069-meter shot — and to film what that war is doing to the men fighting it.
• The flight nurses of the Pacific who saved thousands of Marines (2026-10-23) — Twelve Navy flight nurses evacuated 2,393 wounded Marines from Iwo Jima in 1945 — a story recovered from family boxes and Navy archives in a new history.
• Tom Skerritt, Air Force veteran and ‘Top Gun’ star, dies at 93 (2026-10-23) — The Air Force veteran turned actor is remembered — including a public tribute from VA Secretary Doug Collins.
• Errors in disability cases for ‘painful scars’ resulted in overpayment: VA watchdog (2026-10-22) — VA’s inspector general estimated errors in about 38% of reviewed painful-scar disability decisions — roughly 17,900 cases, with about $5.6 million in overpayments; VA disputes the sample’s reach.
• Trump, Putin negotiate release of US Air Force veteran from Russian prison (2026-10-22) — Air Force veteran Stephen Hubbard, 74, was released after more than four years in Russian custody, in a deal the administration says involved no exchange.
• Here’s the 2027 cost-of-living increase for retirees, veterans (2026-10-14) — The 2027 COLA is 3.6% — the biggest in four years — applying to military retired pay and to VA disability, clothing, and survivor benefits.

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