By Debbie Gregory. A $5.37 million gift will be used to restore a symbolic treasure that depicts the bravery of U.S. Marines who gave their lives to defend freedom. Philanthropist David Rubenstein, the son of a Marine who served in the Pacific, announced that he will give the National Park Foundation the funds needed to wash, […]
By Debbie Gregory. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA/USERRA Law) of 1994 is in place to protect the reemployment rights of service members and Veterans. When they return from a period of service, including when they are called to active service through the Reserves or National […]
By Debbie Gregory. More than 1,000 people have signed a petition calling for Marine Corps leaders to change the tattoo policy in order to save the career of a Marine whose body ink ran head-on into the Corps’ regulations. Sgt. Daniel Knapp got a new tattoo on his forearm, a pair of crossed rifles and the […]
By Debbie Gregory. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has been busy. Self-steering bullets, designed by DARPA, passed testing earlier this year, and actually adjusted their trajectories to hit moving targets in difficult environments, and from long distances. The Extreme Accuracy Tasked Ordnance (EXACTO) has specially designed ammo that features sensors and a real-time optical guidance […]
By Debbie Gregory. Results from a recent study have been published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine indicating that there is a correlation between PTSD and sexual dysfunction. “Persons with PTSD often complain of sexual dysfunction and problems with intimacy more generally, and there’s increasing evidence to support this association,” explained Rachel Yehuda, lead author of […]
By Debbie Gregory. For the last few years of the war in Afghanistan, suicide rates were much higher than the casualty rates. Across the Department of Defense, all of the military branches have been actively and aggressively developing and reworking their suicide prevention programs. The Army has consistently seen the highest suicide rate among the service […]
By Debbie Gregory. Combat medics are responsible for providing first aid and frontline trauma care on the battlefield. They are also responsible for providing continuing medical care in the absence of a readily available physician, including care for disease and battle injury. Combat medics are normally co-located with the combat troops they serve, often times putting […]
By Debbie Gregory. Air Force veteran Ted Koran was in crisis; he was missing his wife, who had died from cancer. Desperately needing someone to talk to, he called the Veterans Crisis Hotline. And then he was placed on hold. Repeatedly. For up to 10 minutes each time, as he fought off suicidal thoughts. When […]
By Debbie Gregory. Corporate America may have taken the lead, and the military is ready to follow. With a number of large organizations are spending millions of dollars to create their own Facebook-style systems, Defense Secretary Ash Carter says the military should look into building an internal social media platform. Carter, taking a page out […]
By Debbie Gregory. Current service members are well aware that the military has been taking measures to cut its spending, in light of our nation’s current economic state. Every branch has seen noticeable reductions in force size, with tens of thousands of service members encouraged to enter early retirement or into involuntary separation. Now those […]
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