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Military families may get better access to mental health care
Families could see lower costs for mental health care as well as expanded counseling services.
By Karen Jowers
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Military transition classes improving, but attendance still lags
More than half of troops leaving the military last year skipped out on mandatory two-day transition classes.
Military transition classes are ‘falling short,’ lawmakers warn
Research shows most troops don't begin transition classes until they are in their final months of military service.
Texas university launching trauma research program with military
The new center aims to improve the way medical professionals help both civilians and military patients recover from physical, emotional trauma.
By Allison P. Erickson
Hawaii gun permit ruling sides with ‘homesick’ Navy officer
Hawaii cannot deny a firearms permit simply because someone has sought counseling, a judge has ruled.
This whistleblower called out VA about counselor burnout
Ted Blickwedel confronted VA leadership about its treatment of counselors and decreased care for veterans. Then he wrote a book about it.
By Todd South
USS Ronald Reagan sailor dies in Japan
The body of Machinist’s Mate Fireman Brandon Forbes, 20, of Maple Heights, Ohio, was discovered Friday. The aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan was his first assignment in the Navy.
By Kent Miller
Pace of suspected Air Force suicides has slowed this year, officials say
“We need to rethink and change the way we operate as a mental health system,” Air Force clinical psychologist Lt. Col. Aaron Tricht said.
Whatever happened to the Air Force Mentoring Program?
The USAF Mentoring Program, now called Air Force Handbook 36-2643 (17 May 2019), has largely become a “do it yourself” program, with little emphasis on compliance or required documentation, the author of this commentary writes.
By Terry D. Stevens