September 4, 2012 By Kirk Frady, Army Medicine WASHINGTON -- The Army has designated September as Suicide Prevention Month and joins the nation in observing National Suicide Prevention Week, Sept. 10-14, and World Suicide Prevention Day, Sept. 10. The Army will expand its observance with events occurring during the entire month of September, focusing efforts on total Army … [Read more...]
Army Must Enforce Harsher Consequences for Military Hazing
August 31, 2012 By Nathan Pfau, Army Flier Staff Writer FORT RUCKER, Ala. (Army News Service, Aug. 31, 2012) -- While hazing can be confused with a rite of passage into an organization, especially one as large as and with as much history as the military, it is something the Army does not tolerate, said Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond F. Chandler III, during a visit … [Read more...]
Pendleton Warriors Compete During the Tactical Athlete Challenge
August 30, 2012 By Lance Cpl. Trevon S. Peracca, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — Warriors gathered at Camp Pendleton’s Paige Fieldhouse to compete in the Tactical Athlete Challenge, Aug. 28. The Challenge is a part of the Commanding General’s Cup and hosted 45 teams and more than 180 competitors. It included … [Read more...]
Paid VA study Related to Tinnitus and TBI
August 29, 2012 The repetitive stutter of a machine gun, shocking boom of mortars, the deafening drone of helicopter rotors; the sounds of war are hard to ignore and can leave many Veterans with permanent hearing damage. Tinnitus is the number one disability among Veterans and it affects at least one in every 10 American adults. It is because of this statistic that the VA … [Read more...]
II Marine Expeditionary Force participates in Exercise Atlantic Response
August 29, 2012 By Cpl. Bryan Nygaard , II MEF MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — Approximately 100 Marines with II Marine Expeditionary Force participated in Exercise Atlantic Response 12 aboard Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue near Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Aug. 21-23. Atlantic Response is a scenario-driven, simulation-supported exercise … [Read more...]