How Being a Spouse Makes Me Feel Invisible Spouses get the briefs at pre-deployment and reintegration meetings so that we can do our part in getting soldiers help. But...
This Holiday Season, You Have a Chance to Be a True Hero Many veterans have no close circle of trusted friends or a figure in their lives who can look out for them.
Here's Why Veterans Groups Are Happy About the New Airline Restrictions on Service Animals Say goodbye to your chance of sitting next to an emotional support peacock, miniature horse or pig on a U.S. airline.
3 Myths About Free Military Mental Health Help There's a lot of rumors about how mental health services in the military work. But here are three free military mental health...
Peeping Tom Wants to Get Professional Help A 37-year-old airman says he's been peeking into windows since he was 16 but now he wants help before he gets into trouble.
Unemployed Wife Feels Suicidal A reservist's wife can't find employment and feels like a burden to her husband, bringing on suicidal thoughts.
How Can I Help When He's Depressed on Deployment? Halfway through their first deployment, this military spouse is worried her husband is depressed and she's not sure how to...
Ms. Vicki: Left of Boom Left of Boom is great advice that admonishes us to avoid a harmful or hazardous situation.
Are You Experiencing Depression? 4 Symptoms You Should Know Depression is an illness, and it's a very common one. According to Ms. Vicki, there are four major symptoms you should look...
New Productivity Targets for Counselors Could Hurt Mental Health Care for Veterans: GAO The Veterans Health Administration's Readjustment Counseling Service provides care through 300 Vet Centers.
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...