By Debbie Gregory. Hormone and gene therapies for anxiety and PTSD could be on the way. Oxytocin, often called the love hormone due to its crucial role in mother-child relationships, social bonding, and intimacy, may enhance compassion of people suffering from symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD.) Compassion is an outcome of emotional of empathy, […]
By Debbie Gregory. Congressman David Jolly (FL-13) and Congresswoman Dina Titus of Nevada’s First Congressional District have co-sponsored legislation mandating the Department of Veterans Affairs to review veteran suicide deaths during the past five years and study any correlation between those deaths and psychiatric drug prescriptions. The bipartisan legislation, called the Veteran Suicide Prevention Act […]
Last year, IBM launched its new Veterans Employment initiative to help veterans and military spouses through its i2 Analyst’s Notebook software. Now, IBM is once again doing its part for veterans by co-sponsoring and participating in VA’s Brain Trust: Pathways to InnoVAtion in Washington, D.C., April 20 and 21. This is the first ever public-private partnership […]
By Debbie Gregory. For the third time in two months, the U.S. Navy has seized an illicit shipment of arms, including machine guns and rocket-propelled grenade launchers, that officials said originated in Iran and were intended for rebels in Yemen. Iran backs the Shiite Houthi rebels in Yemen, who are fighting the internationally recognized government, […]
By Debbie Gregory. Earlier this month, a brave U.S. canine warrior was awarded the PDSA Dicken Medal — the animal equivalent of the British Victoria Cross, the highest military honor for valor in the U.K. at Wellington Barracks in London, England. U.S.Marine dog Lucca served on 400 missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. She served under […]
By Debbie Gregory. The Navy is weighing charges of espionage against a Taiwan-born navy officer who became a naturalized U.S. citizen, in a highly secretive case in which he is accused of providing classified information to China and Taiwan, according to U.S. officials. Lt. Cmdr. Edward C. Lin, a U.S. naval flight officer with an […]
By Debbie Gregory. More than 3.8 million U.S. veterans are living with a service-related disability. Of those, 1.1 million have a disability rating of 70% or higher. These men and women will need medical care the rest of their lives, and when that happens, their families want two things: the best medical care possible and to […]
By Debbie Gregory. Just days after arrival its arrival in the South China Sea, the John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group had moved on. While the group’s appearance in the region came during a period of rising tensions, Navy officials have maintained that the ships were in the area for standard operations only. After just […]
By Debbie Gregory. Missouri resident Eric L. Rapert left the Army under a cloud, court-martialed on charges that including making what sounded like racist threats against President Barack Obama. Now the nation’s highest military appeals court has upheld the ruling. The case defined the boundaries governing free speech by members of the military, underscoring that […]
By Debbie Gregory. Suicide prevention often relies on the power of human connection. And since more and more, that connection is moving online, could social media play a role in reducing the alarming rate in which those who have served commit suicide? In a study called “Indicators of Suicide Found on Social Networks” researchers discovered […]
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