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Adm. Daryl Caudle, who oversees most of the Navy‘s East Coast forces, said this week that he wants sailors to know that their mental health is important and that the service has resources available to help them deal with the stress of military service. “I think it’s important for the sailors on the waterfront to […]

Three Marines have died at Parris Island since July, including two instructors at the South Carolina base, according to the Marine Corps. Two of the deaths occurred within days of each other last week. The service said the causes of death are still under investigation — including Staff Sgt. Courtland Bateswind, 27, who was found […]

J. Robert Oppenheimer and the band of geniuses he recruited won the existential race to create the atomic bombs that ended World War II. They also set the stage for a nuclear arms buildup in which worker safety was an afterthought and the mushroom cloud became a Las Vegas tourist attraction. The blockbuster movie “Oppenheimer” […]

Air and Space Force recruits’ first five days of basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, will be different starting next month as the services focus on stress management, nutritional guidance and sleep hygiene to increase the odds of those recruits getting through. The changes, set to take place the first week of […]

An automated system designed to accelerate disability claims decisions at the Department of Veterans Affairs contributed to inaccurate ratings for 27% of claims filed for high blood pressure, a new report from the VA’s inspector general has found. The Automated Benefits Delivery System, introduced in December 2021 ahead of an anticipated flood of disability applications […]