U.S. Navy Capt. Paul Hammer, from the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury, said great strides have been made in combating post-traumatic stress. But during a recent roundtable he hosted to discuss issues in conjunction with Mental Health Month, he said there are still difficulties in treatment and the stigma surrounding mental illness hasn’t been completely removed.
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By Air Force Maj. Nicholas J. Sabula
Defense Media Activity
Throughout the month of April, the Department of Defense is recognizing the important role military children play as part of the military family.
As we continue into the second half of Month of the Military Child, we’re highlighting a variety of different stories based on areas of focus, intertwined with some big program announcements:
Robert L. Gordon III, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Military Community and Family Policy) started the month with an overview of important information affecting military children. (more…)
April is designated the Month of the Military Child, a time to recognize the unique sacrifices and contributions made by military children. For more information, read here.
Medal of Honor day is tomorrow, March 25. In the spirit of the brave service members, many of which were awarded the medal posthumously, we present the Pentagon Channel’s production “Souls of Valor.”
“Spice,” the synthetic cannibinoid that mimics the effects of marijuana, is becoming increasingly scrutinized by the federal government and military services. The designer drug has led to an increase in hospital visits and calls to poison control centers, according to the DEA. Many armed services have guidelines in place, like the Navy’s zero tolerance policy, to discourage recreational use of such substances.
This Pentagon Channel report explains how the drugs can adversely affect service members and the commands t hey serve, and new measures being put into practice in order to put these drugs — and the service members that use them — in their place.
German soldiers of 2nd Company, 1st Battalion, 40th Mechanized Infantry Regiment pull security during an Operational Mentor Liaison Team (OMLT) training exercise at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany. OMLT XXIII and Police Operational Mentor Liaison Team VII training are designed to prepare teams for deployment to Afghanistan with the ability to train, advise, and enable the Afghan National Security Force in areas such as counter-insurgency, combat advisory, and force enabling support operations. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ian Schell (DVIDS)
While flying over Colorado a B-2 Stealth Bomber from Whiteman Air Force Base, MO, moves into position for a mid-air refueling via the boom of a KC-135R Stratotanker from the 128th Air Refueling Wing, Milwaukee on 09 May, 2012. The B-2 Stealth bomber and the KC-135 crews conducted the aerial refueling to maintain mission readiness standards.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt Jeremy M. Wilson (DVIDS)
Royal Canadian Mounted Police assigned to a Marine Security Emergency Response Team debark from the HMCS Ville de Quebec (FFH 332) to conduct boarding operations during Exercise Frontier Sentinel 2012 May 8, 2012 at sea off Sydney, Nova Scotia. Exercise Frontier Sentinel is a combined interagency exercise involving Joint Task Force Atlantic, the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Navy Fleet Forces Command. The exercise is designed to continue to develop and validate the existing plans, treaties and standard operation procedures for a bilateral response to maritime homeland defense and security threats.
(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ernesto Hernandez Fonte / Released) (DVIDS)
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