The VA's 2023 Hiring Spree: A Lot of Psychiatrists To handle an influx of new patients, the VA's Veterans Health Administration hired nearly 62,000 new employees in 2023.
They Said the Rise in Military Suicide Is a Mystery. Traumatic Brain Injury May Be an Answer. Veterans who have had a head injury are at higher risk for suicide, but these deaths can be prevented, experts say.
How Trauma Before Service is Shaping a Generation of Troops Acknowledging the prevalence of pre-service trauma -- and how it affects adult service members -- can be helpful for many...
10 Deaths in 10 Months: String of Suicides on a Single Aircraft Carrier The fact that the carrier is in the shipyards has created a difficult environment, according to the sailors who spoke to...
'They Choose Not to Listen': Thae Ohu Speaks for the First Time on Her Experience in the Marines Former Marine Thae Ohu's story became a very public symbol of the way military commanders can fail those under their care.
Mental Health Providers in Tricare East Go Unpaid After Claims Processor Switch The delay in payments has some wondering whether they can continue providing care to military personnel and their families.
The 2 Voices in Your Head: 4 Tips for Controlling Them with a Positive Mindset We all have that inner voice designed to help us stay alive, avoid discomfort and survive as creatures on Earth.
GOP Chairmen Launch Effort to Expand Veterans' Access to Private Doctors The introduction of the new bill formally kicks off what is expected to be a marquee debate during the Trump administration...
Psychedelic Therapy Begins in Colorado, Causing Tension Between Conservatives and Veterans Advocates argue that psychedelic therapy offers an option to those for whom talk therapy alone and anti-depressants have not...
What Happens to Military Families After a Loved One's Suicide? When a member of the military community dies by suicide, their neighbors, friends, brothers in arms, and families gather...
Pentagon Again Expanding Military Border Zones, This Time in Arizona The newest military zone in Arizona -- the fourth border zone created by the Trump administration -- will encompass 140 miles...
Football Dreams Led to 'Fat Boy Flight' and an Over-40-Year Air Force Career In 1971, as a high school senior and captain of the football team, I assumed a college athletic scholarship was in my future...
US Contractors Say Their Colleagues Are Firing Live Ammo as Palestinians Seek Food in Gaza Two U.S. contractors, speaking to the AP on condition of anonymity because they were revealing their employers’ internal...
Tensions Are Rising Between Russia and Azerbaijan. Why Is This Happening Now? Deaths of ethnic Azerbaijanis rounded up by police for decades-old murders in a Russian city. The crash of an Azerbaijan...
Army Creating New Artificial Intelligence-Focused Occupational Specialty and Officer Field Service planners are moving to establish a new enlisted military occupational specialty focused on artificial intelligence...
!["Man/Ready" Vietnam by artist Paul MacWiliams.](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2022-10/pub-painting-man-ready-vietnam-1800.jpg?itok=Lbc8Dm_k ""Man/Ready" Vietnam by artist Paul MacWiliams. (Department of Defense/Defense Visual Information Center)")
