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  • Consumer tips on avoiding scammers

    Service members and their families can be easy targets for scammers, and financial education is key to prevention, said Navy Cmdr. Peter Hoegel, the deputy director of the Pentagon's office of family policy and children and youth.July 16 was Military Consumer Protection Day, and the observance is

  • Officials release support tools for post-concussion sleep issues

    Officials at the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center have released new clinical recommendations and support tools to assist in the identification and treatment of a sleep disturbance occurring in patients after a concussion.The suite of products assists health care providers in the

  • Agency developing implants to help with TBI memory loss

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is working to develop wireless, implantable brain prostheses for service members and veterans who suffer memory loss from traumatic brain injury.Called neuroprotheses, the implant would help declarative memory, which consciously recalls basic knowledge

  • Military Consumer Protection Day set for July 16

    On July 16, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and 35 other federal, state government, and nonprofit organizations - including the Department of Defense, the Federal Trade Commission, Military Saves and the Better Business Bureau - will join together to mark Military Consumer Protection Day.

  • 'Game-changing' device assists injured Army veteran

    After a decade of excruciating pain, retired Army Sgt. 1st Class Frank Larraza figured he would never be able to walk pain-free again.But in a month's time, the 24-year Army veteran has gone from crawling to walking to running."It's an amazing feeling to just stand upright again without pain,"

  • New look for Defense.gov to provide richer content experience

    A richer content experience is in store soon for visitors to the Defense Department's website, as Defense Media Activity officials here prepare for an early July launch of a new Defense.gov.Officials said the redesign will improve visitor experience and better serve audiences by making it easier for

  • Latest Airman magazine issue now available

    The July/August issue of Airman magazine is now available to download and view through a Web browser.This issue's cover story, titled "The Perfect Edge," takes readers into the forests of Washington state to learn how survival, evasion, resistance and escape students learn to survive in austere

  • Officials urge fireworks safety for July Fourth

    Shooting-off fireworks on Independence Day is becoming more hazardous, according to a Consumer Product Safety Commission study issued June 26.In 2013, there were eight deaths and an estimated 11,400 consumers who sustained injuries related to fireworks, the CPSC study said. This represents an

  • AFPS, Pentagon Channel, social media will merge as 'DOD News'

    To better serve the service members and civilian employees of the Defense Department and their families with the latest news about DOD, officials at the Defense Media Activity are combining three platforms to form a new division they said will better enable those outlets to complement one another's

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