Veterans & Military

Dallas County commissioners have authorized a sheriff's department request for M14s, M16s and an armored personnel carrier from a Department of Defense surplus program.

John Bagwell was a disc jockey in Hue when the city was under attack.

The Pentagon has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit involving about 35,000 LGBTQ+ veterans that will help them get benefits like health care and disability.

The Steven A. Cohen Family Medical Clinic at Metrocare in Addison is part of a network that recently launched a public awareness campaign about the signs of suicide.

P.A.W.S. for Patriots is an animal shelter program for veterans launched by the city after hiring its first veterans affairs officer in May.

Retired Marine Aubrey “Dae Dae” McDade Jr. ran through weapon fire to save three Marines and earned the Navy Cross. Now he helps at-risk youth in North Texas.

The loss means that Fort Worth’s Healthy Homes for Heroes program, which provides home modifications to veterans living in Fort Worth, does not have existing funding for the upcoming year. City leaders are working on plans to fill the gap.

Benjamin Franklin had one. So did George Clooney in the 1980s. Now Avery Quiroz, a 9-year-old boy from Windcrest, is ready for his fashionable fame.

After a weeklong trial, Maj. Gen. Phillip Stewart was found not guilty on the charge of sexual assault charge of a female officer in his former command. Stewart was found guilty on the other charges against him, dereliction of duty and conduct unbecoming of an officer.

The husband of the alleged victim was heard on a recorded phone call between him and the two star officer shortly after the assault. He told him, 'Pray you don’t see me on the street.'

Some veterans are developing cancer, heart disease and other health issues that they blame on herbicides and pesticides they encountered in the area. They were left out of a recent law that made it easier for some veterans with toxic exposure to get care and benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs. But the VA wants to hear from them.

In Fort Worth, a housing voucher doesn’t guarantee anyone a place to live. In fact, the housing voucher denial rate in the city is as high as 78%, a previous Fort Worth Report story found.