WASHINGTON (Army News Service, March 8, 2013) -- A report released Friday by the Army's surgeon general found a high degree of validity in the service's diagnoses and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder. Lt. Gen. Patricia D. Horoho discussed findings of the Army Task Force on Behavioral Health during a media roundtable Friday at the Pentagon. She said their report … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2013
Military Substance Abuse Research Progresses
By Terri Moon Cronk American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, March 12, 2013 – Defense Department officials are developing research-based methods to curb substance abuse among service members, their families and veterans, a senior DOD medical official said here yesterday. Dr. Michael E. Kilpatrick -- deputy director for force health protection and readiness programs in … [Read more...]
Navy’s First Littoral Combat Ship Visits Pearl Harbor
PEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- The Navy's first littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) arrived at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam March 11. The ultra- modern U.S. Navy ship, bearing a four-color camouflage combination of flat black, haze gray, haze white and ocean gray, arrived at Pearl Harbor after departing her homeport of San Diego to deploy to the Asia-Pacific region. Following a … [Read more...]
National Brain Injury Awareness Month
March is designated National Brain Injury Awareness Month. According to the Brain Injury Association of America and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1.7 million people in the United States sustain a traumatic brain injury every year, with traumatic brain injury being a contributing factor to a third – or 30.5 percent – of all injury-related deaths in … [Read more...]
Two AF Nurses Heroes of “Operation Babylift”
3/12/2013 - FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. (AFNS) -- No matter how far women were kept away from combat roles, they were never far from harm and the opportunity to rise above and beyond the call of duty. An explosion blew out a pressure door of a C-5A Galaxy as it took off from Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Vietnam, April 4, 1975, forcing it to make an emergency landing with 313 … [Read more...]