Hedge Fund Billionaire Spends Millions on Mental Health Clinics for Veterans Contributed by Debbie Gregory Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinics treat veterans and their families for a variety of mental health issues, including post-traumatic stress, depression, anxiety, adjustment issues, anger and other concerns. The founder, hedge fund billionaire Steven Cohen, now plans to expand […]
Manes and Reins: A Gold Star Sister’s Journey to Healing By guest contributor Renee Nickell I had heard the term PTSD as it related to war heroes, but I did not know much about its impacts on civilians. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a mental affliction that can cause one to be hyper-vigilant, aggressive, easily angered, […]
Pilots Can Control Multiple Simulated Aircraft Telepathically Contributed by Debbie Gregory For the first time ever, the U.S. military’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced that it has demonstrated the use of telepathic thought from a human brain embedded with a specific kind of computer chip that allows a person to command and […]
An Overview of the Post 9/11 GI Bill… Contributed by Debbie Gregory Since 1944, the GI Bill has helped millions of Veterans pay for college, graduate school, and training programs. Under this bill, qualifying Veterans and their family members can get money to cover all or some of the costs for school or training. The […]
AI May Enhance Tradecraft, Prevent Geopolitical Surprises Says Military’s Top Spy Contributed by Debbie Gregory Army Lt. Gen. Robert Ashley Jr., the Pentagon’s “top spy,” hopes advances in artificial intelligence (AI) can get a jump on global conflicts when they ignite overnight. “My core mission is to make sure that the secretary of defense is […]
Petition Calls Out Moving Industry on PCS Issues Contributed by Debbie Gregory Every year thousands of military service members and their families pack up and move on military orders. All of their valuables and household goods are packed up by contracted strangers, loaded onto a truck and driven across country. In a perfect world, everything […]
Navy Researchers Making Progress on a Vaccine for Malaria Contributed by Debbie Gregory Navy medical researchers are making progress on a vaccine for malaria, the number one disease that affects deployed troops. In August, Capt. Judith Epstein, clinical director of the Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC) Malaria Department, presented findings on the malaria candidate vaccine, […]
Army Evaluates Drone Retrieval Device that Operates from a Moving Vehicle Contributed Debbie Gregory The Army is looking to integrate more robot technologies, from 3-armed super-soldiers to tiny drones that support squad-level surveillance. Recently, a new drone-retrieval system was introduced that could make it easier for Army units to collect their drones after a mission. […]
Marine Will Serve Almost 3 Years for Stealing From Toys for Tots Contributed by Debbie Gregory A 33-month prison sentence and restitution to the tune of $534,044 is the immediate future of former Staff Sgt. Christopher Aragon. Aragon used his position as a Toys for Tots program coordinator to make payments to himself and defraud […]
New Mission at the VA is Service Contributed by Debbie Gregory There is a new plan in the works to make customer service at the Veterans Administration (VA) priority one. VA Secretary Robert Wilkie said that he has the commitment of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to work together on developing a new electronic “patient-centered health […]
