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  • Chiarelli lauds anti-suicide PSAs

    Preventing suicide in the military is showing signs of progress, but breaking the social stigma attached to it remains a challenge, the Army vice chief of staff said at the Blue Star Families' premiere showing of the "I Don't Know What It's Like," public service announcements to help military

  • 'Real Warrior' finds path to physical, emotional healing

    Black-and-white photos of Vietnam-era veterans line the wall at a Veterans Affairs center. Some are smiling and others are gazing at a distant point, but in all, an unseen light catches the emotion in their eyes.The photographer, now retired Staff Sgt. Stacy Pearsall, a veteran of the more recent

  • National Resource Directory goes mobile

    An easy-to-navigate version of the National Resource Directory website -- which connects wounded warriors, service members, veterans and families with those who support them -- is now available for mobile phones. With more than 3,000 new users each day searching for information on the site, it makes

  • DOD authorizes medal for Pakistan relief efforts

    Department of Defense officials have approved the Humanitarian Service Medal for service members who participated in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations in Pakistan following the flooding in Swat Valley on July 31, 2010.Military members must have provided at least one day of

  • New deadline for Retroactive Stop Loss Special Pay

    The deadline for eligible service members, veterans and their beneficiaries to apply for Retroactive Stop Loss Special Pay has been extended to Oct. 21, allowing those eligible more time to apply for the benefits they've earned under the program guidelines.The deadline extension is included in

  • Program helps wounded warrior get hired

    The Air Force's Wounded Warrior Employment Program has a special tool in its employment toolbox to assist combat-related ill/injured Airmen secure civil service jobs. It has helped newly wounded warriors transition into the Air Force's civilian work force since 2006. The employment program affects

  • Wounded warrior returns to serve Air Force

    Gunar Moschner knows all too well the pain and anxiety that follows a devastating combat-related injury, but he also knows help is available through the Air Force Wounded Warrior Program.Thanks to the program -- and his own perseverance - Mr. Moschner is once again serving with the Air Force.His

  • Smartphone app helps troops, vets manage stress

    Veterans dealing with symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder can turn to their smartphones for help any time with the "PTSD Coach" application created by the Veterans Affairs and Defense departments. "This is about giving veterans and service members the help they earned when and where they need

  • Research examines blast impact on human brain

    There's little debate about the risk of a brain injury when a service member gets a blow to the head -- whether from an enemy round or from crashing against a wall or being inside a vehicle during an explosion. But some of the foremost academic researchers from around the world, working in

  • Combat Commander: Stigma of seeking help diminishing

    Efforts to take the stigma out of seeking help when it's needed and build resiliency within the force appear to be paying off, the commander of a brigade that's seen heavy action in Afghanistan told American Forces Press Service. Army Col. Sean M. Jenkins, commander of the 101st Airborne Division's

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