Story by Sidney Hinds | Naval Medical Research Command | 09.25.2025
Brain injury poses a serious health threat to U.S. service members across the world. Cognitive impairment resulting from brain injury can negatively impact individual health, unit readiness and the lethal capacity of the nation’s forces. In defense of U.S. service members, Navy Medicine Research & Development (NMR&D) has explored causes of and solutions to warfighter brain injury resulting......
Story by Julie Lucas | Naval Hospital Jacksonville | 03.10.2025
March is Brain Injury Month and one Expeditionary Medical Facility- Mike service member has shown resiliency through her experience. Lt. Cmdr. Lynn Skinner woke up four years ago with what she thought was a migraine and couldn’t walk, so she called 911 to then wake up in the ICU at Orange Park Medical Center. She suffered from a spontaneous bleeding hemorrhage in her head....
Story by Janet A. Aker | Defense Health Agency | 03.22.2024
Traumatic brain injuries, including concussion, may lead to hearing and vision problems. Sometimes, these hearing and vision injuries are either not immediately apparent or require additional testing to be diagnosed, according to experts from the Defense Health Agency. These injuries may show up together....
Story by Michelle Cornell | Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune | 03.24.2023
With March as Brain Injury Awareness Month, Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune is highlighting the importance of recognizing and receiving proper treatment for brain injuries....
Story by Janet A. Aker | Defense Health Agency | 03.28.2022
The United States military uses a standardized assessment tool to quickly evaluate for possible concussion. For any service member who is exposed to an explosion, a training accident or any other blow to the head, a key first step is to administer the Military Acute Concussion Evaluation 2, known as MACE 2....
Story by Jacob Moore | Defense Health Agency | 01.07.2022
Dr. Paul Pasquina and Dr. Terry Rauch recently discussed the NCAA-DOD Concussion Assessment, Research and Education (CARE) Consortium, the largest concussion and repetitive head impact study in history, on the NCAA’s “Social Series.”...
Story by Ilka Cole | 96th Test Wing | 03.13.2018
In the midst of brain injury awareness month, construction of a facility to treat traumatic brain injury is well underway at the 96th Medical Group. The invisible wounds clinic’s Medical Director, Thomas Piazza, and his staff prepare to deliver the Air Force’s first comprehensive TBI center as part of its IW Initiative....
Story by Leejay Lockhart | Fort Campbell Public Affairs Office | 03.23.2017
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. – Since Fort Campbell’s Intrepid Spirit Center opened more than two years ago, it has allowed staff to take a multidisciplinary approach to treating traumatic brain injuries and associated conditions....
