How the Army Made Me Choose Between My Mental Health and Our Family's Dream Posting "Without an EFMP overhaul, Mental Health Awareness Month will continue to be recognized as simple lip service for military...
Navy Leaders Begin to Acknowledge Mistakes as Investigations into Carrier Suicides Expand Rear Adm. John Meier, commander of Naval Air Force Atlantic, told reporters, "If I knew then what I know today, I think we...
Hundreds of Sailors Being Moved Off Carrier After Surge of Suicides, Captain Tells Crew Capt. Brent Gaut announced that the ship will move 260 sailors "to an offsite barracks-type living arrangement on Norfolk...
Troops at Remote and Overseas Bases Attempt Suicide More Often, GAO Finds Lawmakers ordered the GAO to look into suicides at remote and overseas bases in 2020 following a 33.5% increase in the deaths...
Beekeeping Is All the Rage. These Programs Can Help Veterans Get Started Beekeeping can have sweet rewards.
The Navy Is Deputizing Doctors to Enforce Drug Rules Even for Those Seeking Mental Health Help The Navy is standing by its policy, which does not provide patients with confidentiality and could mean that seeking help has...
A Sailor With Diagnosed Mental Health Issues Says He's Being Targeted for Seeking Help Perez faced repeated disciplinary actions, a positive drug test that suddenly wasn't, allegations of making it all up and...
Remote Bases Seeing More Suicide Attempts But Fewer Deaths, Watchdog Says The lower rate of deaths is likely tied to service members having less access to guns, the GAO found.
Mental Health Visits Up, Suicidal Behavior Down for Vets Given iPads During Pandemic, Study Finds New research showed that distribution of tablet computers by the VA had a positive impact on veterans, especially those in...
Pentagon Orders New Suicide Panel to Look at Alaska and 5 Other Bases Congress mandated a panel outside of the military leadership investigate the ongoing problem of suicide.
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...