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Quickly giving morphine to wounded troops cuts in half the chance they will develop post-traumatic stress disorder. More >

Wives of soldiers sent to war suffered significantly higher rates of mental health issues than those whose husbands stayed home, according to the largest study ever done on the emotional impact of war on Army wives. More >

Rank doesn’t matter, nor does it count if your father was a general or a sergeant major: Anyone who reports to his or her unit on Day One in poor physical condition has lost the respect of fellow soldiers.

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In and out of uniform, those who have served the nation in the military are killing themselves at rates never seen before. More >

The wife of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff had a message Wednesday for those trying to prevent military suicides: Don't forget the spouses. More >

When retired Army Maj. Ed Pulido was medically evacuated from Iraq in August 2004, he knew tough challenges were ahead, as he’d have to learn to live without his left leg. More >

When Staff Sgt. Megan Krause returned home from a deployment in Iraq in 2006, she thought the scariest moments of her life were over. More >

My friend Don served 19 years active duty in the Marine Corps before he was injured by a rocket-propelled grenade in Afghanistan in 2003. More >

Home from war and out of the military, young male veterans appear to be committing suicide at a higher rate. More >

Training and Doctrine Command released its vision of future warfare in December, and at times it reads like a script by Gene Roddenberry, creator of “Star Trek.” More >

WASHINGTON - Some 200 wounded active duty members and military veterans will compete in the inaugural Warrior Games May 10-14 in Colorado Springs, Colo., Defense Department officials announced Thursday. More >

The Alexandria Veterans Affairs (VA) clinic will offer H1N1 vaccine and seasonal flu shots at no charge to veterans who receive their health care through the VA. More >

Jason Johnston is the first local soldier to die in either Afghanistan or Iraq, but many others are paying a price for their service. The Orleans County Veterans Service Agency has filed 100 disability claims for veterans from the two wars, and about 75 percent of the claims are related to post traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury. More >

Americans should prepare to accept hundreds of U.S. casualties each month in Afghanistan during spring offensives with enemy forces.

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GRAFENWÖHR, Germany – The Army is preparing to open several multimillion-dollar facilities to treat soldiers for combat stress and traumatic brain injury (TBI) at Grafenwöhr and Vilseck. More >

Dave Sharpe was troubled by thoughts he could not share after he returned from a tour in Iraq. "I found myself waking up in the middle of the night, punching holes in walls, kicking and beating the refrigerator door," he said. More >

When Army Spc. Matt Ping returned to the States after 16 months isolated in the mountains of northeast Afghanistan, he felt cut off from his new surroundings.

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Michelle Ford had newborn twins and a husband severely wounded in Afghanistan when she got the offer to move into a group home on the campus of Walter Reed Army Medical Center. More >

A wide-ranging Department of Defense survey revealed the rate of servicemembers attempting suicide has doubled in recent years, coinciding with an increase in those reporting symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and those abusing prescription drugs. More >

Sgt. Kristopher Giuranna admits he tries to avoid the families of friends who didn't make it out of Iraq with him. Short condolences at their memorial services are about all he can manage. More >

Reaching a hundred of anything is usually considered a milestone—whether its years of age or points in a basketball game. USA Cares has just reached such a milestone with the one-hundredth veteran assisted through our Warrior Treatment Today program. More >

Two new studies seem to provide more evidence that post-traumatic stress disorder is a chemical change in the brain caused by trauma — and that it might be possible to diagnose, treat and predict susceptibility to it based on brain scans or blood tests. More >

In hindsight the warning signs all look so obvious. An Army doctor in medical school who preferred offering militant political screeds about Islam in place of assigned papers on scientific topics. A psychiatrist who sought to have some patients charged with war crimes for their actions in Iraq and Afghanistan. More >

A Fort Drum soldier accused of fatally stabbing two fellow servicemen has been arraigned on fugitive from justice charges in Ohio and has agreed to return to New York to face murder charges. More >

Army brigade leaders at Fort Campbell have begun monthly meetings of officers, doctors and counselors to catch early signs of emotional or mental stress among their troops and intervene before soldiers hurt themselves or others. More >

WASHINGTON –To expedite the delivery of benefits to many injured servicemembers who receive disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the Department announced the expansion of a program with the Department of Defense (DoD) to streamline the application process for people retiring or exiting the military due to disabilities. More >

For Vivienne Pacquette, being a combat veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder means avoiding phone calls to her sons, dinner out with her husband and therapy sessions that make her talk about seeing the reds and whites of her friends’ insides after a mortar attack in 2004. More >

A congressional watchdog agency reported Thursday that the Defense Department cannot locate post-deployment health questionnaires for more than 72,000 people — about 23 percent of service members who have returned from combat since Jan. 1, 2007, when the detailed assessments were supposed to be kept for anyone deployed for 30 days or longer. More >

FORT HOOD, Texas — They were supposed to be spending a day leading Mass, talking to soldiers about love and marriage, readying for their own deployment. Instead, the military chaplains of Fort Hood found themselves on the afternoon of Nov. 5 scrambling to the front lines of the worst shooting massacre on a military base in U.S. history. More >

The Army has released a pocket-sized suicide awareness guide for small-unit leaders to use as a comprehensive, quick reference for identifying Soldiers at risk and connecting them to suicide-intervention resources. More >

BOISE, Idaho — Rep. Walt Minnick says he intends to introduce a bill this week in the U.S. House that would require the government to reimburse veterans for health care related travel costs. More >