Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta announced the $450 billion cut to the Pentagon’s budget may partially have to come out of the military’s health insurance program, Tricare. Raised fees and renegotiating retirement pay of veterans are unacceptable measures compared to the price tags of the Pentagon’s other defense contracts.

This week, wounded service members came to Cowell Beach for a surfing trip they’ll never forget. Local businesses and volunteers made the week an awesome experience for the participants, allowing them a chance to relax and rehab at the same time.

After many years in the making, a London performing trio recasts Homer’s epic with a heavier reality: that of veterans returning home from war and facing post traumatic stress disorder.

Veterans on campus and in the community share their stories.

On Wednesday night before Veterans Day, UCSC’s Services for Transfer and Re-Entry Students (STARS) along with the Student Veterans of America will be sponsoring this evening to commemorate and remember all the veterans who have dedicated themselves to serving this country.

For some, this past Memorial Day was just as much about looking forward to the future as it was about remembering the nation’s fallen soldiers. Among those who will graduate from UC Santa Cruz this year—garbed in cap and gown, degree in hand—will be a handful of the school’s few student veterans.

UCSC is just one place where veterans, many of whom never expected to attend college, are taking advantage of the benefits of the post-Sept. 11 GI Bill to pursue higher education.

Several generations of United States veterans, from World War II soldiers to present-day service members home from the Iraq War, turned out for a memorial event Wednesday. The event brought tears to the eyes of some of the nation’s proudest service members.