Veteran Suicides Are Down Since 2018 But Remain Persistently Steady, New VA Report Finds Data released shows that 17.6 veterans died by suicide each day in 2022, roughly the same number as those who took their own...
VA Review Finds Underused Therapists and Misused Scheduling for Mental Health Care at Georgia Clinic An investigation into mental health services at the Hinesville, Georgia, VA clinic found that a program designed to let...
Navy Overhaul of Exceptional Family Member Program Raises Concerns over Ditching Categories Months after sending a letter to families forecasting the change, the Navy has formally announced the revamp of its...
6 Game-Changing Workout Strategies for Beginners or Anyone Restarting Their Fitness Journey Many people new to fitness or experiencing prolonged absences wonder how often they should work out as beginners and what...
VA Funds Ivy League Research into MDMA as Treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress, Alcohol Abuse The research, some of it already underway, is the first of its kind at the VA in more than 50 years.
We Need to Normalize Talking About How the Brain Responds to Severe Stress in the Military Community The fact that our brain's "survival mode" encodes memories so strongly, clearly and vividly also creates vulnerability to...
'Disturbing' Number of VA Mental Health Appointment Cancellations Prompt Lawmakers to Call for Reforms The inquiry from 13 House members follows a yearlong investigation by Military.com into the challenges of obtaining mental...
Military Suicides Rose in 2023, Continuing Upward Trend Pentagon Sees as 'Real Change' Defense Department Suicide Prevention Office staff said the DoD is making unprecedented investments in suicide prevention in...
Why Omega-3s Should Be at the Heart of Your Wellness Plan As you consider ways to enhance your longevity, stave off memory loss and combat feelings of depression, you might be...
Silence Was My Father’s Fortress. I Shared It for a Time Until Poetry Set Me Free. When I came back from Iraq, I carried with me the images of landscapes littered with ruined bodies. To deal with the stew of...
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...
