Last month the Obama Administration unveiled a research project it hopes Congress will fund to the tune of $100 million in Fiscal 2014. The so-called BRAIN Initiative (Brain Research through …
More than arrows, swords, bullets, or bombs, disease has been the biggest killer of soldiers until quite recently. Malaria was not the only illness that shaped the course of history, …
In Iraq and Afghanistan, where improvised explosive devices (IEDs) have often been insurgents’ weapons of choice, the Department of Defense (DoD) estimates that more than 1,600 service members have lost …
The advanced body armor, improved helmets, heavily armored vehicles, and better, faster, closer medical care provided in the past decade of combat in Southwest Asia have made this war unique …
The Pentagon’s current template for drawing down the size of the military, outlined in its 2013 budget request, calls for 21,600 fewer active-duty personnel in 2013, with a total reduction …
The Pentagon’s current template for drawing down the size of the military calls for a reduction in the Marine Corps’ overall end strength. The recent widening of the Voluntary Enlisted …
A glance at the statistics leaves no doubt that the United States’ all-volunteer military, after more than a decade of war that often has involved multiple individual deployments, is showing …
2011 seemed promising: For the first time since 2004, the suicide rate among active-duty Army personnel decreased from the previous year. One reason for the decrease seemed obvious: One of …
As with all government agencies, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is facing an unknown number of tight – even declining – budgets, just as the number of veterans they …
In February 2011 – after multinational bank JPMorgan Chase publicly admitted it had either overcharged or processed illegal foreclosures on the home mortgages of 18 military families – Holly Petraeus …
