A borrowed classroom on the George Washington University campus in Washington, D.C., was filled with writers during this weekend's Veterans Writing Project.

In the halls of the Pentagon and throughout the armed forces, there are signs that women are gaining momentum on the leadership front.

Con-way is an industry leader with more than 28,000 employees, one of whom is Army National Guard Capt. Luke Sanders.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is expanding its efforts to prevent suicide through several new initiatives that increase the availability of services for Veterans, Servicemembers and their families.

The Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (DCoE) will host its next webinar, “Treating Sleep Problems in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury,” Feb. 23, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. (EST).

Samantha Webb has more stress than a typical fifth-grader. The 11-year-old from Sartell, Minn., misses her father, who has been deployed to Kuwait and won't return until May. When he's gone, she fights more with her younger brother and feels her mother's tension.

The Department of Veterans Affairs announced its participation in the largest state-federal legal settlement in history that deals with problems within the mortgage industry.

Alongside the nation’s top defense officials, First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, unveiled a new report today that spotlights military spouses’ employment challenges and aims to remove barriers for the thousands of spouses with occupational licenses.

Are you an active duty Service member looking for a way to more productively use your time while you recover from a wound, illness or injury? Join us on February 24 at Fort Belvoir in the lobby of the Soldier and Family Assistance Center (Building 1263) to learn more about Operation Warfighter, a Federal internship program for wounded, ill and injured recovering Service members.

The Navy and more than 25 large employers are teaming up to host the first-ever “100,000 Jobs Mission Hiring Event” at Naval Support Activity Bethesda, Md., on Feb. 25 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

At least 100 military families will receive homes this year under a partnership between JPMorgan Chase and the nonprofit group Operation Homefront.

Nineteen-year-old Army Pvt. Cody Dollman has a look in his eyes that makes you think he probably used to fight much bigger kids on the playground back home in Wichita, Kan. He says he always wanted to be a soldier — both his grandfathers served in the military — but he's the first in his family to see action overseas.

An Ohio congressman has introduced legislation that would move veteran-owned businesses closer to the front of the line when seeking contracts from the Veterans Affairs Department.

Disability hiring initiatives are ongoing as federal agencies work to meet the president's challenge to hire 100,000 people with disabilities over the next five years.