• ED Celebrates Public Service Recognition Week

    ED Celebrates Public Service Recognition Week

    New Media Analyst

    Teachers, firefighters, police officers, government employees, military—day in and day out these public servants work tirelessly for citizens across the country. To celebrate Public Service Recognition Week (May 6-12) and the positive impact these individuals’ work has on our lives, we are dedicating this month’s #AskFAFSA Office Hours to our nation’s public servants.

  • White House Moves to Ensure Accountability in Veterans Education

    White House Moves to Ensure Accountability in Veterans Education

    Military and Veteran students have increasingly become the target of [...]

  • Student Vets Group Outs Schools with Revoked Charters

    Student Vets Group Outs Schools with Revoked Charters

    A few weeks ago, we reported that Student Veterans of [...]

  • On VA’s Mental Health Wait Times

    On VA’s Mental Health Wait Times

    When Brian Chevalier was killed in an explosion during a [...]

  • Back from the Abyss, and Ready to Serve Again

    Back from the Abyss, and Ready to Serve Again

    Air Force Veteran, Mission Continues fellow

    When my volatility finally erupted, I couldn't understand the fear and anger on peoples’ faces. I ran the streets for a very short while but the people out there made it clear I needed to go. Even though I felt dirty and low down in my heart, I still carried myself with the dignity and honor that the military provided me. Anyplace I went, except for Afghanistan and Iraq, I felt like a fish out of water.

  • A Growing Need for Student Veteran Support

    A Growing Need for Student Veteran Support

    We’ve discussed Veteran education a lot in the past week, [...]

  • Adequate Time

    Adequate Time

    U.S. Army Veteran

    The VA is dragging their feet with the claims process—if they are under staffed and cannot handle what is required of them to process these claims in a respectable amount of time, our Government Leaders should step in and do what it takes to make sure we are taken care of.

  • VA Takes Action to Address Post-9/11 GI Bill Concerns

    VA Takes Action to Address Post-9/11 GI Bill Concerns

    Since the Post-9/11 GI Bill was enacted in 2008, VA [...]

  • Personalized VA Health Benefits Book Now Available

    Personalized VA Health Benefits Book Now Available

    I would be impressed if any Veteran could sit and [...]

  • Getting to Know Our American Indian, Alaska Native Veterans

    Getting to Know Our American Indian, Alaska Native Veterans

    U.S. Army Veteran

    VA’s Office of Tribal Government Relations was created in January of 2011 to connect with tribal leaders of federally-recognized Indian tribes, pueblos, bands, villages, and nations to better provide services and benefits for a unique population: American Indian/Alaska Native Veterans—and we’ve made progress.

  • Presidential Memorial Certificates, the best little program in VA

    Presidential Memorial Certificates, the best little program in VA

    The Presidential Memorial Certificates Program Manager, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

    The Presidential Memorial Certificates program has printed and delivered more than fourteen million certificates honoring the memory and sacrifice of honorably discharged deceased members of our nation’s armed forces. But be honest, have you ever heard of PMC?

  • Advice: File Your Claims and Get Your Benefits

    Advice: File Your Claims and Get Your Benefits

    Vietnam War Veteran

    To all of you Vets, Vietnam or otherwise, please don’t give up. You are entitled to benefits if you were affected by the wars exposure. Don’t wait like I Idid—file your claim and get your benefits. You deserve them. It took me a long time to realize that.