Veterans

Revered abolitionist Harriet Tubman has been posthumously awarded the rank of general.

President Biden spoke at the last Veterans Day event of his presidency at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday.

After working at a crowded and dangerous internment camp in Iraq, Air Force Staff Sgt. Heather O’Brien brought home with her anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder. A bouncy labradoodle and a Kansas City-area program helped her get back on her feet. Dogs 4 Valor, operated through an organization called The Battle Within, helps retired veterans and first responders in the...

Veterans Day will be recognized with parades, flyovers, a tribute during Monday night’s NFL game at SoFi Stadium and more in Los Angeles County.

The 65th annual salute to veterans will take place Monday morning at Forest Lawn in the Hollywood Hills. John Cádiz Klemack reports for the NBC4 News at 6 a.m. on Nov. 11, 2024. 

Many veterans who’ve started small businesses tell a similar story: Their military service prepared them mentally for the task, but they were at a disadvantage when it came to the financial part.

The federal holiday of Veterans Day falls on Monday, Nov. 11, for 2024. The day, which honors living veterans who served in the military, dates back to 1919.

In appreciation of Veterans Day on Monday, Nov. 11, businesses will honor active-duty and retired military with all sorts of deals.

Both Veterans Day and Memorial Day have significant meaning to many veterans, members of the U.S. armed services and their families.

United States Army Sgt. Charles E. Young Jr. died in a prisoner-of-war camp in the Philippines in July 1942. Christian Cázares reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 25, 2024.

The POW, who died at age 32, were in the Philippines for 82 years. 

Larry Schlesinger, a WWII Army veteran, celebrated his 103rd birthday Saturday surrounded by generations of family and friends, reflecting on over a century of life. Kathy Vara reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Oct. 6, 2024.

A WWII veteran celebrated his 103rd birthday with family and friends Saturday, reflecting on over a century of life.

Federal Judge David O. Carter ruled Thursday that the ballpark is incompatible with the mission of the VA and that the property can be better used to build housing for homeless vets. Conan Nolan reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Sept. 26, 2024.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs must lock down UCLA’s Jackie Robinson Stadium on the VA’s West Los Angeles, a federal judge ordered.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs must lock down UCLA’s Jackie Robinson Stadium on the VA’s West Los Angeles campus at noon Thursday, a judge says. Video broadcast Thursday Sept. 26, 2024 on Today in LA

In a hard-hitting, sometimes-shocking ruling that blasts the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for “turning its back” on the disabled veterans it was designed to help, a federal judge today ordered additional permanent housing on the agency’s West Los Angeles campus.

A federal judge has ordered the VA to build hundreds of housing units and to stop leasing its West LA units to non-veterans. This video was broadcast on Today in LA on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024.

Disability payments had sometimes been considered compensation and pushed veterans over the income limits for receiving assistance. The policy was changed Thursday.

The statistics come amid renewed calls to change a law that has thrown many veterans into sudden hardship.