America is celebrating its 250th anniversary this year, a milestone made possible by the service members who have answered the call of duty since 1776. But the story of our country — and how we got ...

NAPERVILLE, Ill. (WGN) – Jim Hertz, who served in Afghanistan, has helped train dogs for other service members. On this Veterans Day, he was surprised with a dog of his own. Hertz thought he was at ...

Veterans’ mental health is in epidemic mode, and each day we do not act to mitigate this crisis, is another day more than 20 American heroes commit suicide. This is no exaggeration. Studies indicate ...

Marine veteran Anthony Longo is acutely aware of the inner battles many veterans face long after leaving the combat zone. He has also experienced the healing that can come from having "man’s best ...

WASHINGTON — Hank Ford, a 54-year-old Army and Marine Corps veteran, was dozing one morning in February after his wife left for work, when his service dog, Tommy, started barking and pawing his chest ...