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.
From Hormones to Horses: How Veterans Are Finally Getting Help for Brain Injuries Premature deaths are not inevitable, and treatment is getting better for service members and veterans with the signature...
Lost Years and Missed Opportunities: How the Pentagon Squandered the Chance to Combat Brain Injuries Early pushback from military leaders and lengthy debate in the military medical community about TBI and its often-concurrent...
Blast Pressure Injuries May Affect More Than the Brain of Troops, New Data Shows Data from a live-fire mortar exercise by U.S. Army troops indicates that simply standing near mortars can significantly...
Defense Bill Mandates Changes to Weapons, Other Steps to Protect Troops' Brain Health Members of Congress in both parties have been increasingly concerned about traumatic brain injuries, or TBI, among service...
Maine Senator Introduces Bill to Study Low-Level Blast Injuries on Military Personnel U.S. Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) unveiled a bill on Tuesday that would study the impact of "repetitive low-level blast injuries...
'Guys Lining Up to Volunteer' as Military Tests Ways to Protect Troops from Blasts, Brain Injuries According to the department's Traumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence, more than 20,000 service members were diagnosed...
Traumatic Brain Injury: Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment Traumatic brain injury is the most common combat-related injury. Here is a summary of symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of...
Trump Reignites Controversy over Calling Troops' Brain Injuries 'Headaches' At issue is Iran's strike on al-Asad Air Base in Iraq in retaliation for the U.S. drone strike that Trump ordered to kill...
New Mortar and Rocket Training Simulators Could Shield Marines from Blasts Linked to Brain Injury The Indoor Simulated Marksmanship Trainer, which is currently in use at five Marine Corps bases across the world, allows...
Fired: Joint Chiefs Chairman, Top Navy Leader, Air Force Vice Chief, Service Judge Advocates General In a historic and unprecedented move, the Trump administration on Friday night fired the Joint Chiefs chairman, the Navy's...
Thousands of Pentagon Civilian Workers Will Be Fired Next Week as Trump Purge Begins The massive round of firings is part of an "initial effort" to cut the Defense Department's civilian workforce by 5% to 8%...
VA Crisis Line Employees Among Those Fired Amid Federal Workforce Purge Of the 1,000 employees fired last week from the Department of Veterans Affairs, some were employees who had worked for the...
What's in Store for VA Disability Benefits with New Office of Management and Budget Chief? New OMB Director Russell Vought has contributed to two conservative playbooks that advocate for the revamping of veterans'...
Fort Moore Was Named After My Parents. A Letter Mom Wrote Shows Why It Shouldn’t Go Back to Benning My Dad was a commander in the Vietnam War. My Mom changed how the military cares for widows.
