Gun Buying Restrictions on Base Are Needed to Reduce Suicides, Pentagon Panel Says On-base stores in the U.S. sold 113,200 firearms in 2021, according to figures provided to Military.com by the exchange...
Female Soldiers Twice as Likely to Be Diagnosed with Mental Health Conditions in Theater Than Males, Study Finds Women had higher diagnostic rates than men for a dozen mental health disorders examined by Pentagon researchers.
‘Valhalla Can Wait’—The National Guard Stands at the Crossroads of Crisis As many as 44 veterans die by suicide per day, which is 2.4 times higher than the VA reported national suicide rate.
A Navy Command Tries Radical Transparency to Help Prevent the Next Suicide Historically, the Navy's approach to suicide prevention has been largely reactive.
Three More Sailors Die by Suicide While Their Carriers Are Stuck in Shipyards The suicide aboard the George Washington comes a month after the Navy released its first report on the last three suicides...
Elmo and His Sesame Street Pals Teach Military Kids How to Deal with Post-Pandemic Stress The resources focus on general aspects of wellness and how military families can tackle an already uncertain life with the...
Soldiers Who Are Bullied or Hazed Are More Likely to Face Mental Health Issues, Study Finds A survey of nearly 1,500 combat-deployed troops found that those who reported being bullied or hazed developed mental health...
The Hardest Thing I Did in the Army Wasn't Getting Shot At. It Was Asking for Help. "The Army didn’t save my life. A friend did."
Senator, Navy Secretary Say Sailors Need More Mental Health Help Lawmakers are pointing to a 2021 law that was meant to provide help and asking why it hasn't been fully put into effect by...
Practicing Mindfulness the Marine Corps Way Leads to Mental Resilience The Marine Corps piloted a mindfulness program in 2013, intended to address rising suicide rates among Marines and instances...
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...
