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  • DOD, VA release mobile app targeting post-traumatic stress

    The Defense and Veterans Affairs departments have released a free Apple and Android smartphone mobile application for use with post-traumatic stress disorder treatment.The app is called PE Coach; PE stands for "prolonged exposure."Psychologists at the Defense Department's National Center for

  • 48th MDG responds in my darkest hour (Part 2)

    I want the nightmares to stop!That's one thing I told Dr. Jeffery Peterson, a 48th Medical Operations Squadron clinical psychologist, when I went to see him last year. I admit the visit wasn't voluntary.Just before leaving Afghanistan in May 2011, I had to accomplish an online post-deployment health

  • Panetta, Shinseki warn of stress on VA from wars, budget

    Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki warned Congress this week that looming budget cuts as well as the surge of troops returning from a decade of wars will further challenge the government's ability to provide for veterans in a timely manner.Both

  • New app helps warriors, families manage challenges

    The Department of Defense has a new smartphone mobile application to help service members and their families manage the challenges of military life. LifeArmor has 17 behavioral topics with information, assessments, videos with personal stories, and interactive exercises to develop coping skills.

  • Struggling veteran gets help, secures job

    When Corey Wynn was struggling with a lengthy job search and a bout with unemployment, a group of veterans' organizations helped him in a variety of ways.Wynn, an Alabama Army National Guardsman from Stevensville, Ala., was a military policeman in Iraq from 2009 to 2010. Once he came home from

  • Flashbacks of War: Remembering Red Sand (Part 1)

    Like many, I was prepared to lay down my life for my country each time I shipped off to war. There were a few times when I genuinely believed the cost would be my life, but, sadly it's turned out to be much more.The sacrifices paid in combat can't be quantified in dollars or time, but are counted in

  • VA improves online access to benefits information

    Nearly 1.7 million veterans and service members have registered for the Department of Veterans Affairs-Department of Defense web portal, eBenefits, which provides online information and access to a wide variety of military and veteran benefits resources.A VA news release issued recently says about

  • San Antonio health system among best in wounded warrior, trauma care

    During the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure commission hearings, it was suggested that the military should consolidate all health facilities in San Antonio to create the San Antonio Military Health system. The SAMHS was established after both the Air Force and Army chiefs of staff signed a

  • Exchange management class open to veterans

    The Army and Air Force Exchange Service, already recognized as a Top 100 Military Friendly Employer, is expanding its efforts to recruit and train veterans with its Detail to Retail hiring program. One aspect of Detail to Retail, the Retail Management Program, is a 16-week program designed to train

  • TRICARE Prime enrollment fees increase Oct. 1

    New TRICARE Prime enrollment fees for uniformed service retirees and their families will begin Oct. 1. Retirees who were enrolled before Oct. 1, 2011 will see a more significant increase since their enrollment fee remained at the 2011 levels of $230 and $460 per year when the fees increased last

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