April is Month of the Military Child
Join us to celebrate the unique resilience of military children by learning about resources, giveaways and more made just for MIlKids and the families that support them. Want to show support? Rock some purple in their honor on April 8. The Department of Defense has...
VA celebrates LGBTQ+ Health Awareness Week
March 18-22 is LGBTQ+ Health Awareness Week. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides care to more than six million Veterans with a diverse range of backgrounds, experiences, and identities. And a growing proportion of VA users are LGBTQ+ Veterans – with over...
Common Myths about PTSD
In this first episode of a two-part series on the PTSD Bytes podcast, host Dr. Colleen Becket-Davenport discusses some common myths surrounding PTSD with Dr. Kelly Maieritsch, clinical psychologist and director of the PTSD Mentoring Program that supports PTSD...
Navy unveils new culture campaign to show ‘what right looks like’
The Navy rolled out a new effort this month to reframe Navy culture and provide leaders the right tools to understand their sailors better.The so-called “Culture of Excellence 2.0″ initiative aims to align several existing Navy programs and concepts and place them...
Coast Guard searches for US Marine who went swimming in Puerto Rico
The U.S. Coast Guard said Thursday it is searching for a U.S. Marine who went swimming in high surf off Puerto Rico’s northeast coast while on vacation.Officials identified him as 26-year-old Samuel Wanjiru from Massachusetts and said he was visiting the island with...
Marine Missing After Swimming in Puerto Rico; Coast Guard Searching Coastal Waters
According to the Coast Guard, 26-year-old Samuel Wanjiru went swimming in the beach area of "La Pared" in Luquillo on the western side of the U.S. territory near San Juan when he became distressed and a 911 call went out.
Army Corps of Engineers supports Baltimore bridge recovery efforts
More than 1,100 Army Corps of Engineers engineering, construction, contracting and operations specialists will take part in recovery efforts and clearing debris following the bridge collapse in Baltimore, Maryland, according to a statement from the Army Corps of...
Space Force’s Leader Warns of ‘Sheer Amount of Work’ Needed to Start New Part-Time Service Model
Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman, the head of the Space Force, told Guardians in an internal memo that he hopes to bring full-time reservists into the service by this summer under a new part-time and full-time model.