The Next Frontier for Warfighters Might Be Implants in Their Brains. Is the Pentagon Ready for the Consequences? The potential medical applications of access to the brain for treating ailments are far-ranging, but pressure to compete with...
Defense Bill Mandates Changes to Weapons, Other Steps to Protect Troops' Brain Health Members of Congress in both parties have been increasingly concerned about traumatic brain injuries, or TBI, among service...
How Jon Stewart's Visits with Wounded Iraq War Veterans Shaped his Military Advocacy Stewart is pushing for the expansion of the PACT Act to include U.S. special operations forces based in Uzbekistan and...
North Carolina’s ‘Wounded Heroes Day’ Offers More Than Recognition. It Gives Real Help to Veterans in Need. The day will be inaugurated with a new law to address issues facing North Carolina's wounded warriors.
Traumatic Brain Injury Prevention Efforts Included in Must-Pass Defense Bill A growing body of evidence is showing that troops are at risk of exposure to potentially dangerous blasts not just from enemy...
Air Force Captain, Staff Sergeant Permanently Disabled in 2023 Search and Rescue Tactical Vehicle Rollover An Air Force captain and a staff sergeant were both permanently disabled in a rollover crash while training in the Pacific...
Scarred by War, Nigeria’s Wounded Soldiers Fought to Recover at Prince Harry's Invictus Games Though sports had been part of the recovery process for Nigeria’s wounded soldiers, military officials said the Invictus...
Expanding VA's Fertility Treatment Coverage to Vets Without Service Injuries Too Costly, Secretary Says VA Secretary Denis McDonough was asked by Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., why the VA does not cover in vitro fertilization for...
Newly Approved Rapid Blood Test for Traumatic Brain Injury Could Speed Up Treatment for Troops The diagnostic test was developed by Abbott Laboratories and an arm of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command...
Former WWII POW Gives Free Toolboxes to Veterans Each toolbox is filled with up to $500 worth of quality hand tools.
The WWII Fighter Ace and Medal of Honor Recipient Who Helped Give America the Super Bowl When Joe Foss -- then the commissioner of the upstart AFL -- sent a letter to his NFL counterpart, Pete Rozelle, in December...
Migrants Describe Flights Aboard US Military Planes Carrying Out Swift Deportations The Trump administration has enlisted the U.S. military to quickly scale up its deportation capacity, which usually relies on...
Inside San Quentin Prison a Marine Found a New Kind of Family At San Quentin, my hope and dignity landed on a mental ledge.
VA Says 44 Programs Will Continue After Review Required by Trump Federal Funding Freeze In a statement released late Tuesday, department officials said all programs would continue uninterrupted.
Air Force General Fired from Leadership Due to 'Inappropriate Personal Relationships' Brig. Gen. Erik Quigley was removed from his position "following an internal investigation which revealed inappropriate...