Since 9/11, Suicide Has Claimed Four Times More Military Lives Than Combat A study estimates that 30,177 troops and veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have taken their own lives over the...
PTSD Myths Persist in the Military Community, New Survey Finds A poll found that members of the military community are twice as likely as civilians to believe persons with PTSD are violent...
Navy Needs More Mental Health Specialists, Top Civilian Says Sailors would get easier access to mental health providers in their own units under a new plan from Acting Navy Secretary...
Free Health Care for All Troops Is Key Priority, National Guard General Tells Congress Lack of easy access to mental health services may be compounding the suicide issue in the National Guard, its top officer...
Why We Need Mental Health Providers Who Understand the Military Should every counselor who works with military families be required to have first-hand experience of military life?
Depressed? 8 Resources for Military Spouses Finding resources to help you or your friends who are suffering from depression is not something to be ashamed of. Here are 8...
Military Deaths by Suicide Jumped 25% at End of 2020 The number of deaths by suicide among military service members increased alarmingly in the fourth quarter of 2020, according...
Retired Two-Star Opens Up About Mental Health Crisis That Ended His Career Army Maj. Gen. Gregg Martin was at the top of his game until an undiagnosed bipolar disorder cost him his 36-year career.
Let's Rethink the Relationship Between Mental Health Healers and Those They Serve 2020. The Year of Trauma. A year of events that reads like a sci-fi/horror script.
Why So Many Veterans Find the Path to Extremism "Extremist groups use online recruiting tactics to specifically go after veterans and service members."
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...