I Have PTSD, But PTSD Doesn't Have Me "The ELS tool allows us to see the person, see where there may be struggles and walk them on a path to enrichment."
Hours After 7th Vet Suicide at VA, Officials Repeat Plea for Public to Help The veterans suicide scourge is not just about mental health, VA officials say.
Veterans' Combat Trauma Is Often Passed Onto Their Children "A national effort is required to help reduce the stigma and social isolation experienced by caregivers' children."
VA to Offer New Ketamine-Based Nasal Spray for Depression The newest FDA-approved medication to treat severe depression will soon be available to veterans treated within the VA.
Active-Duty Military Suicides at Record Highs in 2018 The number of suicides matched the high recorded in 2012.
Older Vets Committing Suicide at Alarming Rate Almost seven out of 10 veterans who have committed suicide were over the age of 50, according to a Department of Veterans...
Committee to Study Health Effects of Malaria Drugs Taken by US Troops A National Academies group will consider the health consequences of medications, including mefloquine.
Senators Want Answers on Unspent VA Suicide Prevention Funds A group of 21 lawmakers has asked the VA to account for $17.7 million.
Military Spouse's Intimate View of Husband's Cancer Fight In the ER, Molly Pearl and her husband made the imperceptible shift between soldier and patient, wife and caregiver.
More Than Half of Wounded, Sick, Injured Post-9/11 Veterans Rated Obese A new survey of more than 33,000 Post-9/11 veterans found that 51.7 percent of them were obese.
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...
![A new Wounded Warrior Project survey of more than 33,000 Post-9/11 veterans found that 51.7 percent of the respondents were obese, according to their body max index, or BMI. Of that total, 6.2 percent were rated as "morbidly obese." (Getty Images photo)](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2018-12/obeseman1800.png.jpg?itok=b_MOXvOV "A new Wounded Warrior Project survey of more than 33,000 Post-9/11 veterans found that 51.7 percent of the respondents were obese, according to their body max index, or BMI. Of that total, 6.2 percent were rated as "morbidly obese." (Getty Images photo)")
