Past PTSD: Reclaiming Who You Are Before his first deployment, Rick was a fun-spirited, loving husband and doting father.
Psychiatrist Honored for Treating Spec Ops Troops A Navy psychiatrist was presented the U.S. Special Operations Command Patriot Award for treating 68 Special Forces operators.
Mental Health Issues Accounted for One-Third of Military Medevacs from Middle East in 2020 Among the evacuations, 27%, or 328, were for mental health conditions, and 19% were for non-battlefield injuries.
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...
Walks on the Mall, Shake Shack Burgers and a Car Crash: Scenes from the Guard's Deployment in DC What started as an 800-troop mission for the D.C. National Guard has ballooned to more than 2,000 troops as Republican...
Former Space Force Sergeant Fatally Shot Teen in 'Vigilante Violence,' Colorado Officials Say Orest Schur received a 54-year prison sentence after a jury in June found him guilty of second-degree murder and attempted...
Airman Killed in Off-Base AK-47 Shooting Near F.E. Warren Air Force Base Identified An airman stationed at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, who died after being shot by an AK-47 fired through the wall of an off...
VA Processes Record-Breaking Number of Disability Claims This Year, with 62% Approval Rate The department has made changes in the past several years designed to process disability compensation claims faster and...
Air Force Chief's Sudden Retirement Raises Question of 'Who Is Next' in Leadership Shake-Up Policy experts told Military.com that the departure raises alarm amid other leadership changes within the Department of the...
