DoD Seeks Public Input on PTSD and TBI Care A new crowdsourcing effort is seeking original ideas for treatment, diagnosis and prevention of TBI and PTSD
Marine Reservist Shares Story For Brain Injury Awareness Month More than 330,000 veterans have been diagnosed with TBI since 2000. Most of these injuries were diagnosed in noncombat...
Alcohol and TBI: A Dangerous Combination A high percentage of veterans who endure TBI also have a drinking history.
Legion Survey: PTSD/TBI Care Not Working Of more than 3,100 respondents, 59 percent reported either feeling no improvement or worse after TBI and PTSD treatment.
Mobile App to Diagnose Head Injuries Gets FDA OK The new Defense Automated Neurobehavioral Assessment is a mobile phone-based application designed to help medical providers...
Army Taking Look at Case of Paralyzed Green Beret Facing Discharge The Army is taking a second look at the case of a Green Beret who was paralyzed in an accident last year.
VA Seeks to Reallocate Choice Act Funds in $169B Budget Proposal The Veterans Affairs Department would be funded to nearly $169 billion next year under the budget proposed by the White House...
Amputee Conquers Marine Swim Course, Semi-Pro Football Staff Sgt. Adam Jacks’ lost much of his right leg in combat, but that has not stopped him from victories in the pool and on...
180 Days for 180 Weeks: Army Family Plans to 'Walk Off the War' Chief Warrant Officer 3 Ryan Owen's world was at the brink of total implosion.
Report Obscures Extent of Combat-Related Traumatic Brain Injuries The Defense Department fails to separate traumatic brain injuries suffered in the combat theater from those incurred in car...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...