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...
Marine Recruiter Who Wrote ‘Memoir’ About Teenage Recruit Sentenced to Prison Nearly a year after then-Gunnery Sgt. Christopher Champagne self-published a memoir about his inappropriate relationship with...
Five Chinese Nationals Charged with Covering Up Midnight Visit to Michigan Military Site U.S. authorities charged five Chinese nationals with lying and trying to cover their tracks, more than a year after they were...
Air Force Has a Problem Recruiting for Special Warfare Jobs, New Report Finds The Rand Corp. released a study detailing the issues the Air Force has faced in getting recruits to join Special Warfare...
1,000 Active-Duty Soldiers Called Up to Assist with Hurricane Helene Response The 1,000 troops, an Infantry Battalion Task Force formed from the XVIII Airborne Corps, are from the 82nd Airborne Division...
Army Testing Robot Dogs Armed with Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Rifles in Middle East The Army was testing at least one armed quadrupedal unmanned ground vehicle at an installation in Saudi Arabia.