Desolate Arctic outpost likely to host US troops under new Greenland deal
At a windswept gravel airstrip in eastern Greenland, a small Danish military detachment has quietly kept watch for…
SOCOM nutrition app aims to optimize ‘performance and lethality’
Special Operations Command, or SOCOM, issued a sole-source contract to Teamworks Tactical Solutions, the maker of a nutrition…
Long deployments overwhelm a strained Navy mental health system, personnel say
The system designed to assist sailors’ mental health aboard deployed U.S. Navy aircraft carriers is unable to meet…
CENTCOM commander visits USS Abraham Lincoln amid mental health concerns
The top leader for U.S. Central Command visited the crew of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln…
Who decides what works? Inside VA’s mental health treatment playbook
For veterans seeking treatment for PTSD, depression, anxiety or substance use disorders, the question sounds simple: If a…
US Space Force, Japan launch sensor to bolster space surveillance above Indo-Pacific
A U.S. Space Force Space Domain Awareness payload launched successfully Aug. 10 aboard Japan’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite 7, or…
Majority of VA mental health visits are timely, but referrals lag: Watchdog
Roughly 80% of mental health appointments made in the Veterans Affairs’ Community Care Program are scheduled within the…
Major VA study to examine effectiveness of psilocybin on depression, PTSD
The Department of Veterans Affairs is launching research to determine whether psilocybin — the psychoactive ingredient in “magic…
Airmen’s waist-to-height ratios not to be scored in physical fitness assessments
As active-duty airmen rush to submit their current waist-to-height ratios by the end of this week, the U.S.…
VA, HHS to increase psychedelic therapy research for PTSD, military-related mental health issues
The Departments of Veterans Affairs and Health and Human Services signed an agreement Monday to increase coordination on…
Largest US military hospital abroad halts labor, delivery services amid Iran war
The largest U.S. Department of Defense hospital abroad is pausing its labor and delivery services until further notice…
Air Force revises physical fitness program, score charts to boost airmen health
The U.S. Air Force updated its physical fitness program and score charts for the fitness tests to boost…